Essays about: "Elena Kilina"

Found 1 essay containing the words Elena Kilina.

  1. 1. Cubicle Shelter: New Spaces for the Tokyo Homeless

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Elena Kilina; [2012]
    Keywords : private space; Internet; Tokyo; temporary homeless; nanmin; manga café; public space; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper explores the intersection of new urban spaces and new modalities of ‘homelessness’ in Japanese cities. We argue that the recent social phenomenon of “net café refugees” (netto kafe nanmin – people who substitute ‘manga cafes’ for their domestic residence) is conditioned by new forms of leisure, information technology, social manners, and the longterm contraction of the Japanese domestic economy. READ MORE