Paul J. Kramer

Vigilanz und Fotografie, oder: Die Kunst, aufmerksam zu sehen Wir sind im Urlaub. Mein Bruder und ich sind für einen Tag nach Dubrovnik gefahren und umrunden die Altstadt von der Stadtmauer aus. Rechts von uns, in vielleicht zwanzig Metern Tiefe, branden die Wel...

🌞🌊 Gedanklich nach Dubrovnik reisen?
Der neue Blogbeitrag von Tamara Klarić nimmt uns mit – eine kleine Auszeit vom winterlichen Grau inklusive.

👉 Jetzt lesen: vigilanz.hypotheses.org/14305, Vigilanz und Fotografie – Die Kunst, aufmerksam zu sehen

Thank you to the speakers Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, Timo Thelen, Masahiko Nishioka, @paul-jokr.bsky.social and our in-person & online audiences for stimulating discussions at our Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives & Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City
▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/hita-w...

I’m very excited about this upcoming event at the DIJ together with Sebastian Polak-Rotmann, Timo Thelen, and Masahiko Nishioka, who has been engaged in community (re)building for over 25 years.

Please feel free to drop by and discuss with us, either in person or online. 👇🏻👇🏻

Innovation, games, machizukuri, climate & ‘the mouse’: check out the winter issue of our #DIJNewsletter for the latest on our institute, research, publications, events, alumni, jobs & more @barbtokyo.bsky.social @nicolemmueller.bsky.social @paul-jokr.bsky.social
📑 www.dijtokyo.org/publication/...

„[Citizens] are practicing freedom by alerting neighbors to danger, calling attention to patterns of abuse and showing compassion to the persecuted.“

This article by Michael S. Roth is a great example for the importance of #vigilance.

See also Ingo Rohrer on our blog
vigilanz.hypotheses.org/12189

A big thank you to the DWIH Tokyo for bringing together scientists, businesses & policy makers to discuss innovations, research, knowledge in society, future policies & action plans at the 'Sustainable Consumption & Production' symposium, incl. DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social & Sebastian Polak-Rottmann

Thank you very much for the kind reply and sharing this information with me! I’ll have a deeper look! I interviewed several people at Japanese schools recently, and schools surely had a large impact. I‘d love to discuss more, let’s stay in touch!

Dissertation Project Kramer (Abstract) The Japan-Center is one of the largest institutions for Japanese studies and research in the German-speaking world, covering a wide range of topics.

🔗 Also check out my dissertation project here 💡👉🏻
www.kw.lmu.de/japan/en/res... (English)

Einblicke in die Feldforschung: Wie lokale Gemeinschaften Krisen meistern – und was Hita mich über Resilienz lehrt - Blog des Japan-Zentrums Vor einigen Tagen erschien in der Lokalzeitung der Präfektur Ōita (Ōita Gōdō Shimbun) ein kurzer Artikel über meine noch laufende Feldforschung (Abbildung 1). Seit Oktober 2024 arbeite ich in Hita...

Check out the blog here 👉🏻 (German) www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/2025/11/20/e...

It’s been an incredible year of fieldwork, and I want to thank the @sfb1369.bsky.social and my supervisor @gabrielevogt.bsky.social for making this possible

More updates soon!

Einblicke in die Feldforschung: Wie lokale Gemeinschaften Krisen meistern – und was Hita mich über Resilienz lehrt - Blog des Japan-Zentrums Vor einigen Tagen erschien in der Lokalzeitung der Präfektur Ōita (Ōita Gōdō Shimbun) ein kurzer Artikel über meine noch laufende Feldforschung (Abbildung 1). Seit Oktober 2024 arbeite ich in Hita...

I’ve been quiet here, busy with #fieldwork and making friends in the beautiful #Hita, in #Japan. My research on #Covid19 #governance was recently featured in #Oita Godo Shimbun, which finally inspired me to post a short fieldwork update on the Japan-Center‘s blog!

See below👇🏻

#大分 #日田 #自粛 #jishuku

Christmas decorations at Haneda airport, with a plane in the background.

Back in Japan! I think I’ve never been to Haneda this time of the year, so seeing the Christmas decorations was a first for me.

Between Cure and Control Since antiquity, doctors have always been required to be "vigilant" (i.e., extremely attentive), particularly when it comes to any symptoms exhibited and/or complained of by the patient. As outlined i...

Pünktlich zum Wochenende ist der neueste Band unserer Reihe Vigilanzkulturen ist erschienen!
Viel Spaß beim Lesen von Benedetta Chizzolinis „Between Cure and Control. Doctors, Convicts and Slaves in Tuscan and Papal Galleys (16th–18th Centuries)“ 📖

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Some impressions from the first day of the 2025 @ipsa.org world congress in Seoul, yesterday. Looking forward to more cutting-edge research on the second day, today!

It’s good to be back! But now the real work begins (after I treat myself to some good food first).

About my research 👉🏻 project.paul-kramer.com

Thanks to @gabrielevogt.bsky.social for putting me on her team, thus granting me this opportunity!