This episode features the word ‘OUTPUT’.

In this inaugural episode of Busting Buzzwords we meet Matt Shores. Matt is a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Japanese Studies at The University of Sydney.

He has a Ph.D. in Japanese literature and specialises in Edo-period (1600-1868) literary arts and entertainment. His research and interests span eras before this to the present day.

Matt apprenticed with rakugo (comic storytelling) masters Katsura Bunshi V (1930-2005) and Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949) and has trained in other traditional performing arts, such as bunraku, kabuki, kyōgen, nō, shamisen, etc., to supplement his understanding of premodern Japan and be better situated to illustrate that it was anything but quiet or confined to the page.

He has worked with numerous scholars and licensed practitioners, examining and translating works, performing in and staging productions, and enjoys involving students in educational and outreach projects.

In our conversation, Matt refers to his personal website which you can find here: https://mwshores.com. His academic profile page is here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/matthew-shores.html.

You can also find us and leave comments and likes on Instagram: @busting.buzzwords

Production Credits and Acknowledgments:

Hosts: Clara Sitbon and Ben Nickl

Have a buzzword you’d like us to talk about? You can email us at busting.buzzwords@gmail.com

• Karen Ho: visual design and cover art, @karencyho on Instagram or check out karencyho.com.
• Jacob Craig: audio production.
• Tyler Mahoney: episode recording.
• Joshua Dowton: Welcome to Country recording.
• FASS Media Room: episode recording studio/main recording venue (located on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation).

We thank the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the technical team for their invaluable support.

We thank Michael West as a member and representative of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for recording a Welcome to Country segment for the podcast's pilot season. We thank the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for the opportunity to collaborate on this project and hope to continue in future. Please note that Michael West/the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council holds the sole copyright to the Welcome to Country segments. No reproduction, edits, or re-use of any kind of these segments is permitted without express and written confirmation from Michael West and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

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