Shows
New Books in the History of ScienceAya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in other modern nation-states and empires, population has been an index of national strength and a preoccupation of specialists and policymakers alike. Homei tackles the origins and changes of this interest in Japan, and the mutual dependence of the development of population as an object of knowledge and management for both the state and scientific community. Science for Governing shows that population science was shaped by the shifting imperatives and ideologies of the state and the sociopoli...2023-03-1053 min
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastAya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in other modern nation-states and empires, population has been an index of national strength and a preoccupation of specialists and policymakers alike. Homei tackles the origins and changes of this interest in Japan, and the mutual dependence of the development of population as an object of knowledge and management for both the state and scientific community. Science for Governing shows that population science was shaped by the shifting imperatives and ideologies of the state and the sociopoli...2023-03-1053 min
New Books in East Asian StudiesAya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in other modern nation-states and empires, population has been an index of national strength and a preoccupation of specialists and policymakers alike. Homei tackles the origins and changes of this interest in Japan, and the mutual dependence of the development of population as an object of knowledge and management for both the state and scientific community. Science for Governing shows that population science was shaped by the shifting imperatives and ideologies of the state and the sociopoli...2023-03-1053 min
New Books in Public PolicyAya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in other modern nation-states and empires, population has been an index of national strength and a preoccupation of specialists and policymakers alike. Homei tackles the origins and changes of this interest in Japan, and the mutual dependence of the development of population as an object of knowledge and management for both the state and scientific community. Science for Governing shows that population science was shaped by the shifting imperatives and ideologies of the state and the sociopoli...2023-03-1053 min
New Books in Japanese StudiesAya Homei, "Science for Governing Japan's Population" (Cambridge UP, 2022)Aya Homei’s Science for Governing Japan’s Population (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines the science and policy of population in Japan, 1860s-1960s. As in other modern nation-states and empires, population has been an index of national strength and a preoccupation of specialists and policymakers alike. Homei tackles the origins and changes of this interest in Japan, and the mutual dependence of the development of population as an object of knowledge and management for both the state and scientific community. Science for Governing shows that population science was shaped by the shifting imperatives and ideologies of the state and the sociopoli...2023-03-1053 min
Beyond Japan with Oliver Moxham[S2E19] 🤰 Family Planning Policy with Dr Aya HomeiOliver is joined by Dr Aya Homei from the University of Manchester to discuss family planning, looking at how Japan’s history of medical science has influenced policy and its impact on the current aging population. Aya unpacks historical attitudes in Japan towards child-bearing held by individuals and the nation and explains that through scientific thought of the time, such as eugenics, much can be understood about attitudes today in Japan and East Asia.
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[L] Graph of birth rates provided by Dr Aya Homei....2022-02-1746 min
Nissan Institute of Japanese StudiesA History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacyDr Aya Homei, Manchester University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.2016-03-101h 02Nissan Institute of Japanese StudiesA History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy (Slides)Dr Aya Homei, Manchester University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.2016-03-1018 min