Commons Vol.2(issued in February 2023)

Special Issue: Margins

• Preface

Essays

• What you can do with margins of books:
  The art of reading, thinking, and writingTakamitsu Yamamoto
• Margins for urban management:
  Public space, private space, suburban areaFumihiko Omori

Conversations

• The Present Situation of Metaverse and Virtual Reality
  Shoichi Hasegawa (Institute of Innovative Research) × Kyohhei Kitamura (Future of Humanity Research Center)
• The role of Tokyo Tech Archives: The “margin” as a means of connection
  Shigehisa Hirose (Tokyo Tech Museum and Archives) × Yoshimi Takuwa (Future of Humanity Research Center)

Reviews

• Lives, deaths and precarious worldsHugh de Ferranti
• White in the Works by Ilya KabakovAya Kawamura
• Margins outside of the park: Reborn-Art FestivalAsa Ito
• Letting go and Receiving: Yohaku in Fujii Kaze's MusicKyohhei Kitamura
• Margins of vegetation science in urban space: Matthew Gandy's natura urbanaKumiko Kiuchi
• The "margin" as the potential of scientific theories:
  Drawing graphs of the rational progress of science as described by Larry Laudan
  Yoshimi Takuwa

Peer-reviewed Articles

• A "legacy" of the Second Oomoto Incident:
  The "Japanization" of Daoyuan-World Red Swastika Society under the Sino-Japanese
  War and the "Greater East Asian War"Bunya Tamaoki
• Right to Know One's Origin and Family Law:
  Parenthood through Assisted Reproductive TechnologyMaho Tamaki
• The approval practice of “out-of-masculinity” by Johnny’s male fans:
  deconstruction from dominance / subordinationKoki Ono
• Interaction between Body and Image in Phantom Limb SensitizersRikako Kashima
• Altruism in the preservation of historical materials:
  introducing the analogy of Francis Bacon's "seedlings"Yoshimi Takuwa

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