T Thelen
Biographic Data
| ID | 19919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T Thelen |
| GIVEN NAMES | T |
| FAMILY NAME | Thelen |
| SIGNATURE | THELEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kanazawa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5859-3094 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Travel in Japan’s Postgrowth Hyperrealities and National Conservative Ideology: Shinkai Makoto’s Suzume No Tojimari
Suzume no tojimari (2022) depicts the coming-of-age road trip of a teenage girl through abandoned places, in order to save Japan from giant earthquake worms, and to confront her own past of 3/11. With hyperrealistic visuals and references to Shinto mythology and folklore traditions, the movie constructs a correlation between human misbehavior and natural disasters. This narrative indicates the restoration of a mythological unity of Japanese land,…
Sacred or sacrificed placemaking: A Contested Fan Pilgrimage Site for Rural Tourism Development
The concept of placemaking describes the transformation and development of a site directed by the local authorities. This longitudinal study examines the emergence of a fan pilgrimage site in rural Japan and the subsequent placemaking process to establish it as a popular culture tourism site. The study uncovers friction among stakeholders and backlash against the top-down placemaking approach from both residents and fans, whose attitudes are more…
Understanding fan tourists at a non-commodified fan pilgrimage site: An application of fan capital theory
This study aims to examine how fan tourism emerges at a non-commodified touristic site and what constitutes meaningful, (in)authentic fan tourism experiences. The research focus is on Japanese fan tourists visiting the officially denied Attack on Titan media pilgrimage site in Nördlingen, Germany. Drawing on fan capital theory from fan studies, the findings suggest that two types of fan capital, namely fan cultural capital and fan symbolic capita…
Revitalization and Internal Colonialism in Rural Japan
Regional (Re)discovery
Between 1990s’ Nostalgia and ‘LGBT-friendly’ Tokyo Olympics: Representations of LGBTQ People in NHK’s Morning Drama Series
This article investigates the first representation of LGBTQ characters in an asadora (Japanese morning drama), arguably the most conservative and ‘traditional’ series format in contemporary Japanese television. I suggest that the introduction of an openly gay character in 2018’s Hanbun, aoi can be accounted for by appeal to two factors. First, this particular series’ thematic focus on failure, manga, and nostalgia for the 1990s, including the ‘ga…
Film tourism impacts: A multi-stakeholder longitudinal approach
This study examines multiple local stakeholders’ perceptions of film tourism impacts to shed light on the complexities of film tourism planning and development, using a longitudinal exploratory research approach. The Japanese TV series Mare (2015) was chosen as the case study. Qualitative interviews with various local stakeholders were conducted over a 21-month-long period of a film tourism development project in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The s…
The Japanization of wife and whisky in NHK’s morning drama Massan
The story of NHK’s morning drama (asadora) Massan (2014–2015) is loosely based on real events. It depicts the lives of the Japanese whisky pioneer Massan and his Scottish wife Ellie in pre- and post-war Japan. Ellie assimilates and grows into the role of a perfect Japanese ‘good wife and wise mother’, while Massan fulfils his dream and succeeds in producing the first authentic whisky made in Japan. Approaching the series’ narrative from the persp…
On countryside roads to national identity: Japanese morning drama series ( asadora) and contents tourism
Since the 1960s, NHK's morning drama series (asadora) have become known as a popular and quasi-institutionalised serial format of Japanese TV broadcasting. They attract millions of viewers by telling stories of female protagonists struggling to achieve personal fulfilment. At the same time, they also function as tools to spread certain forms of national identity, which are often linked to conservative concepts of an ideal Japanese lifestyle and a…
Film tourism impacts: A multi-stakeholder longitudinal approach
This study examines multiple local stakeholders’ perceptions of film tourism impacts to shed light on the complexities of film tourism planning and development, using a longitudinal exploratory research approach. The Japanese TV series Mare (2015) was chosen as the case study. Qualitative interviews with various local stakeholders were conducted over a 21-month-long period of a film tourism development project in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The s…
On countryside roads to national identity: Japanese morning drama series ( asadora) and contents tourism
Since the 1960s, NHK's morning drama series (asadora) have become known as a popular and quasi-institutionalised serial format of Japanese TV broadcasting. They attract millions of viewers by telling stories of female protagonists struggling to achieve personal fulfilment. At the same time, they also function as tools to spread certain forms of national identity, which are often linked to conservative concepts of an ideal Japanese lifestyle and a…
Sacred or sacrificed placemaking: A Contested Fan Pilgrimage Site for Rural Tourism Development
The concept of placemaking describes the transformation and development of a site directed by the local authorities. This longitudinal study examines the emergence of a fan pilgrimage site in rural Japan and the subsequent placemaking process to establish it as a popular culture tourism site. The study uncovers friction among stakeholders and backlash against the top-down placemaking approach from both residents and fans, whose attitudes are more…
The Japanization of wife and whisky in NHK’s morning drama Massan
The story of NHK’s morning drama (asadora) Massan (2014–2015) is loosely based on real events. It depicts the lives of the Japanese whisky pioneer Massan and his Scottish wife Ellie in pre- and post-war Japan. Ellie assimilates and grows into the role of a perfect Japanese ‘good wife and wise mother’, while Massan fulfils his dream and succeeds in producing the first authentic whisky made in Japan. Approaching the series’ narrative from the persp…
On countryside roads to national identity: Japanese morning drama series ( asadora) and contents tourism
Since the 1960s, NHK's morning drama series (asadora) have become known as a popular and quasi-institutionalised serial format of Japanese TV broadcasting. They attract millions of viewers by telling stories of female protagonists struggling to achieve personal fulfilment. At the same time, they also function as tools to spread certain forms of national identity, which are often linked to conservative concepts of an ideal Japanese lifestyle and a…
The Japanization of wife and whisky in NHK’s morning drama Massan
The story of NHK’s morning drama (asadora) Massan (2014–2015) is loosely based on real events. It depicts the lives of the Japanese whisky pioneer Massan and his Scottish wife Ellie in pre- and post-war Japan. Ellie assimilates and grows into the role of a perfect Japanese ‘good wife and wise mother’, while Massan fulfils his dream and succeeds in producing the first authentic whisky made in Japan. Approaching the series’ narrative from the persp…
Film tourism impacts: A multi-stakeholder longitudinal approach
This study examines multiple local stakeholders’ perceptions of film tourism impacts to shed light on the complexities of film tourism planning and development, using a longitudinal exploratory research approach. The Japanese TV series Mare (2015) was chosen as the case study. Qualitative interviews with various local stakeholders were conducted over a 21-month-long period of a film tourism development project in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The s…
Between 1990s’ Nostalgia and ‘LGBT-friendly’ Tokyo Olympics: Representations of LGBTQ People in NHK’s Morning Drama Series
This article investigates the first representation of LGBTQ characters in an asadora (Japanese morning drama), arguably the most conservative and ‘traditional’ series format in contemporary Japanese television. I suggest that the introduction of an openly gay character in 2018’s Hanbun, aoi can be accounted for by appeal to two factors. First, this particular series’ thematic focus on failure, manga, and nostalgia for the 1990s, including the ‘ga…
Revitalization and Internal Colonialism in Rural Japan
Regional (Re)discovery
Understanding fan tourists at a non-commodified fan pilgrimage site: An application of fan capital theory
This study aims to examine how fan tourism emerges at a non-commodified touristic site and what constitutes meaningful, (in)authentic fan tourism experiences. The research focus is on Japanese fan tourists visiting the officially denied Attack on Titan media pilgrimage site in Nördlingen, Germany. Drawing on fan capital theory from fan studies, the findings suggest that two types of fan capital, namely fan cultural capital and fan symbolic capita…
Sacred or sacrificed placemaking: A Contested Fan Pilgrimage Site for Rural Tourism Development
The concept of placemaking describes the transformation and development of a site directed by the local authorities. This longitudinal study examines the emergence of a fan pilgrimage site in rural Japan and the subsequent placemaking process to establish it as a popular culture tourism site. The study uncovers friction among stakeholders and backlash against the top-down placemaking approach from both residents and fans, whose attitudes are more…
Travel in Japan’s Postgrowth Hyperrealities and National Conservative Ideology: Shinkai Makoto’s Suzume No Tojimari
Suzume no tojimari (2022) depicts the coming-of-age road trip of a teenage girl through abandoned places, in order to save Japan from giant earthquake worms, and to confront her own past of 3/11. With hyperrealistic visuals and references to Shinto mythology and folklore traditions, the movie constructs a correlation between human misbehavior and natural disasters. This narrative indicates the restoration of a mythological unity of Japanese land,…
Political science (6 works) · Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Tourism (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Business (3 works)