Media, migration and nationalism:
Comparing European and Asian Experiences and Perspectives.
Venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda 6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 101-0021, Japan.

1st Day: PhD Masterclass, Wednesday September 19 2018
addressing methodological, ethical and theoretical challenges
Opening remarks: Dr. Koen Leurs, Utrecht University & Dr. Tomohisa Hirata, Gunma University.
10.00 -12.30 Morning session:
Masterclass methodological and ethical challenges with Prof. Atsushi Iwai, Gunma University
Introduction: How to Cope with Cohesiveness in Decision Making: A Technology-Related
Indirect Approach - Prof. Atsushi Iwai, Gunma Universitya) The Rise of Anti-Migrant Sentiments in Turkey- Seval Yurtcicek Ozaydinb) The Datafication of Livability: Appropriating Race-ethnically Categorized Governmental OpenData- Gerwin van Schie
12:30-14:30 Lunch Break
14.30-17.00 Afternoon session:
Masterclass theoretical challenges with Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi, Utrecht University
Introduction: Paradoxes of Postcolonial Media Cultures- Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi, Utrecht Universitya) Revisiting the “Connected Migrant” Through Cultural Reproductive Labor and Mothering
Practices-Laura Candidatub) Toleration as Nationalist’s Morals: Between Liberalism and a Desire for Reinterpretation ofNational Identities- Kumpei Nakamurac) European Minorities Between State and Nation- Jesse Amelsvoort* The masterclasses will open with an introduction of 30-45 minutes by professor Iwai andPonzanesi. Each masterclass participant presentation will be within 20 mins, followed by 10mins for questions and discussions. The session will end with a collaborative discussion.

2nd Day: Seminar, Thursday September 20, 2018
10.00-10.30 Opening remarks
Dr. Tomohisa Hirata, Gunma University & Dr. Koen Leurs, Utrecht University
10.30-12.30 Plenary Session 1 Media and Polarization
Chair & discussant: Dr. Tomohisa Hirata, Gunma Universitya) Post Truth Politics and Media Matters in Japan– Dr. Ryosuke Nishida, Tokyo Institute of Technologyb) Discourses on Xenophobia in Twitter: A Case Study of Tweets about “Hinomaru”– Dr. Yuya Nakatani, Kyoto Universityc) Social Media, Homeland and Ordinariness Among Kurdish Forced Migrants in Milan, Italy– Dr. Elisabetta Costa, University of Groningend) Digital Migration Studies: The Case of Young Connected Migrants Interfacing with Difference– Dr. Koen Leurs, Utrecht University
12.30-13.00: Open discussion session 1
13.00-14.30: Roundtable (with lunch & art exhibition):
local activists, journalists & artists reflecting on media, migration and the rise of nationalism
14.30-16.30: Plenary Session 2 The Politics of Migration Management & Border Control
Chair & discussant: Prof. Atsushi Iwai, Gunma Universitya) The Border Goes Where the Movement Is. The Technopolitcs of Europe’s Moving Borders– Prof. Huub Dijstelbloem, University of Amsterdamb) Gender at the Border– Dr. Christine Quinan, Utrecht Universityc) Histories of Migrant Registration and Citizenship– Dr. Sara Park, Kobe University (via Skype)16.30-17.00: Open Discussion session 2* Each presentation will be within 20 mins, followed by 10 mins for questions and discussions.
Panels will end with a collaborative discussion.

3rd Day: Seminar Friday September 21, 2018
10.00-12.00: Plenary Session 3 Transnational Migrant Networks and Digital Diasporas
Chair & discussant: Prof. Huub Dijstelbloem, University of Amsterdama) Peruvian Networks and Peruvian Youth Identity. The Case of Mooka-city, Tochigi Prefecture– Jose Bravo Kohatsu, Utsunomiya Universityb) The Politics of Intimate Transnational Connections– Dr. Donya Alinejad, Utrecht Universityc) Recent Situation of Filipino Social Relationships in Kyoto City
– Atsumasa Nagata, Osaka International University
12.00-12.30: Open Discussion session 312.30-14.00 Roundtable (with lunch & art exhibition):
local activists, journalists & artists reflecting on media, migration and the rise of nationalism
14.00-16.00: Plenary Session 4 Social Media as Contact Zones
Chair & discussant: Dr. Koen Leurs, Utrecht Universitya) Digital Cosmopolitanism: Connectivity and its Discontents– Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi, Utrecht Universityb) Representations of Urban Multiculturalism: The Case of Ethnic Food– Dr. Daisuke Yasui, Meiji Gakuin Universityc) Integrating Through the Digital: Analyzing the Role of Icts and Social Media in Refugee
Settlement Processes– Dr. Amanda Paz Alencar, Erasmus University Rotterdamd) Contact Zones and a Question of the “Imaginary/Real” Scape- Dr. Tomohisa Hirata, Gunma University
16.00-16.30 Open Discussion session 416.30-16.45 Closing Remarks and Future Collaborations- Dr. Koen Leurs, Utrecht University & Dr. Tomohisa Hirata, Gunma University.
* Each presentation will be within 20 mins, followed by 10 mins for questions and discussions.
Panels will end with a collaborative discussion.