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https://www.japankyo.com/2021/04/about-unesco-washoku-japanese-cuisine/ On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, Dr. Katarzyna Cwiertka stops by to discuss what exactly washoku (Japanese cuisine) is and how the term was redefined in an effort to get it registered...
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https://www.mareonline.nl/opinie/schaf-de-verplichte-bachelorscriptie-af/ mareonline.nl Hoe de werkdruk snel en simpel omlaag kan: schaf de verplichte bachelorscriptie af 5-6 minutes Gastschrijver vrijdag 20 november 2020 Om de tsunami aan scripties te bedwingen riep...
The Nordic Asia Podcast: Japanese Food and Food Packaging with Katarzyna Cwiertka
In this episode, Katarzyna J. Cwiertka speaks with Satoko Naito to share her expertise on Japanese food and food packaging. The discussion deals with washoku (“Japanese food”), designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013, as well as the fascinating and...
Podcast: Branding Japan’s Food From Meibutsu to Washoku
Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Yasuhara Miho’s Branding Japan’s Food: From Meibutsu to Washoku (University of Hawaii Press, 2020) explores historical and contemporary practices of place branding through food in Japan. The book’s narrative centers on the event that...

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- WIRED: The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling? 7/12/2015
- “Japanstudies betrekt met adviesraad bedrijfsleven en alumni bij opleiding” (Leiden University, 30 January 2015) 2/2/2015
- The First Humanities Symposium on Kimchi (Reporter Korea, 28 November 2014) 10/12/2014
- “Eeuwenoude banden tussen Japan en Leiden zijn bijzonder” (Leiden University, 31 October 2014) 3/11/2014
- RTL Nieuws 31 October 2014 2/11/2014
- Japan omarmt jeugdcultuur (Volkskrant, 29 July 2014) 20/8/2014
- “We Are What We Eat…So It Might As Well Be Delicious” (Kyoto Journal, January 2014) 31/1/2014
- Een papieren tas als statussymbool (Mare, January 2014) 30/1/2014
- OBA Live 11 March 2013 16/12/2013