Interview with Frank Mondelli

Interview with Frank Mondelli

From Asian Ethnology Podcast by Asian Ethnology

November 26, 2020 · 26 min

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Frank Mondelli discussing his research on assistive technologies for deafness in 20th century Japan.

Interviewer: Mark Bookman Date recorded: 26 October 2020 This episode of Asian Ethnology Podcast features Frank Mondelli, a doctoral candidate at Stanford University. Frank recently returned from research in Japan and is currently working on his doctoral dissertation on the social, technical, and political history of assistive technologies for deafness and hearing impairment in 20th century Japan. Frank discusses his recent work on the history of hearing aids in 1950s Japan, how he became interested in assistive technology, and how thinking about assistive technology can help us think about accessibility and inclusivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode is part of the "Disability and Japan in the Digital Age" project run through the Anthropological Institute, Nanzan University. Publications discussed in this episode Mills, Mara and Jonathan Sterne. "Dismediation – Three Proposals, Six Tactics" in Disability Media Studies , ed. Elizabeth Ellcessor and Bill Kirkpatrick

People in this episode

Host: Mark Bookman

Guest: Frank Mondelli

Topics covered

  • assistive technology
  • deafness
  • accessibility
  • inclusivity
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • history of hearing aids
  • disability studies

Keywords

  • assistive technologies
  • deafness
  • hearing impairment
  • Japan
  • COVID-19
  • accessibility
  • history of hearing aids
  • disability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford University, Anthropological Institute, Nanzan University

Books & works: Disability Media Studies

Places: Japan

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