Katsuya Hirano's guest appearances

Katsuya Hirano

The Meiji at 150 Podcast

Hokkaidō 150

Scott Harrison

Steven Ericson

Andrew Gordon

David Anderson

William Smith

Mark Watson

Jonathan Reynolds

Noemi Godefroy

Christina Yi

Kerim Yasar

Seth Jacobowitz

Michael Roellinghoff

Sheryl Lightfoot

Mai Ishihara

Timothy Brook

OwlTail

In this episode, republished from the Meiji at 150 Podcast, Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA) underlines the racialization and dispossession of the Indigenous Ainu inhabitants of Hokkaidō during Japanese settler colonization of the island during the Meiji Period.  We discuss the role of capitalism and infrastructural development in Japanese imperial expansion, the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on the Ainu population, conditions for Ainu today, and the ongoing challenges of cultural commodification.

Hokkaidō 150 Podcast Episode 3 - Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA)

In this episode, Dr. Katsuya Hirano delivers a lecture entitled "Terra Nullius and Settler Colonization of Ainu Moshir (Hokkaidō)." This lecture was held as part of the "Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond" workshop on March 15, 2019 at the University of British Columbia, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded land of the Musqueam First Nation.

Hokkaidō 150 Workshop Audio - Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA)

In this episode, Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA) recounts Japanese settler colonization of Hokkaidō during the Meiji Period, underlining the racialization and dispossession of indigenous Ainu inhabitants.  We discuss the role of capitalism and infrastructural development in Japanese imperial expansion, the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on the Ainu population, conditions for Ainu today, and the challenges of cultural commodification. (Transcript here).

<p>In this episode, Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA) recounts Japanese settler colonization of Hokkaidō during the Meiji Period, underlining the racialization and dispossession of indigenous Ainu inhabitants.  We discuss the role of capitalism and infrastructural development in Japanese imperial expansion, the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on the Ainu population, conditions for Ainu today, and the challenges of cultural commodification. (Transcript <a href="https://meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca/episode-38-dr-katsuya-hirano-ucla/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>).</p>

Episode 38 - Dr. Katsuya Hirano (UCLA)