Discussion: Tetsuya Miura & Hiroshi Ashida "Data & Analogical Imagination: Regarding Fashion & Cooking"

Born in 1976. Completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Cultural Representation at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. He is currently a professor in the Department of Comparative Arts at Aoyama Gakuin University, specializing in film studies. He also writes on food. His books include "LAフード・ダイアリー" (Kodansha, 2021), "食べたくなる本" (Misuzu Shobo, 2019), "『ハッピーアワー』論" (Hattori Publishing, 2018), "映画とは何か──フランス映画思想史" (Chikuma Sensho, 2014), and "サスペンス映画史" (Misuzu Shobo, 2012).

Born in 1978. Leaving the Ph.D. program in Human and Environmental Studies at Kyoto University upon earning the requisite credits. After serving as an associate curator at the Kyoto Costume Culture Research Foundation, he now serves as an associate professor in the Faculty of Design at Kyoto Seika University and Vice President. His special field is fashion theory. His works include "言葉と衣服" (Adachi Press, 2021). As a translator, he has worked on Agnès Rocamora and Anneke Smelik's "Thinking Through Fashion" (joint translation supervisor, Film Art Publishing, 2018), and others. He is also on the editorial board of the fashion critique magazine "vanitas" (Adachi Press) and is a member of "kotobatofuku," a shop for literature and clothing.