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User:Kurtishanlon

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About Me

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I am a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia, writing my dissertation on Uta-awase from the Heian period.

My academic interests are specifically in a type of Japanese poem called waka, and I am very interested in the ways literary and ludic cultures intersect. There are many games and forms of play from Japan that incorporate waka knowledge and composition, such as uta-awase and hyakunin isshū karuta, and I am interested in researching the societal role of these games.

Education

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Wikipedia Projects

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My goal on Wikipedia is to facilitate the wider dissemination of knowledge about Japan and Japanese literature through open access channels.

I primarily focus my attention on the section of Wikipedia dedicated to Japanese literature, specifically premodern. My activities include

  • Expanding stubs into full articles
  • Writing new articles about historical people or literature that does not exist on English Wikipedia
  • Translating articles from Japanese Wikipedia on these topics and publishing them on English Wikipedia