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Karen Nakamura is an accomplished scholar in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Disability Studies, LGBT movements, and minority social movements. Her research is particularly concerned with identity politics and visual anthropology, with an emphasis on ethnographic filmmaking in Japan. In 2006, she published 'Deaf Japan: Signing Politics and Identity,' which examines sign language and deaf social movements in Japan. Her project on psychiatric disabilities explores community-based recovery and resulted in ethnographic films, as well as a book titled 'Disability Soul: Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan' published in 2014. Nakamura's work has earned her numerous accolades, including the John Whitney Hall Book Prize, the SVA Short Film Award, and the David Plath Media Award. She is currently working on projects related to trans movements and disability in Japan, along with launching a new research initiative focused on robotics, augmentation, and prosthetic technology.
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