On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Marcela Christina Musgrove Ch. wrote:
> doing a workshop in Japanese culture. I am trying to do some ethnographic
> fieldwork on keitais and how they are used, but while I have had no problems
> finding background information(probably too much at this point), have had
> trouble focusing the rest of my project, especially since I can't speak
> Japanese. Don't know if anyone can offer suggestions or insight on doing
> fieldwork
What do you mean by "fieldwork"? You can get in touch with some Japanese
people who can speak English by placing a free classified ad under
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/
That's a real magazine, not just a web site. There are probably other web
sites or mailing lists that you could use, but I don't know them offhand.
> or how they themselves have seen the keitai affect Japanese culture.
My wife had no email before her previous keitai, 4 years ago. We probably
wouldn't have started dating without it, because my Japanese phone
speaking skills were not too hot then. She upgraded to a camera phone
last year, after I did. Some of her older friends still have really old
phones (e.g., monochrome), while her younger friends have camera phones.
It's amazing how fast they can input email on the keypad. Besides email
and talking, she uses her keitai to get weather forecasts and train
routes.
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Received on Thu Jun 19 11:38:03 2003