Aya Domenig (born 1972) is a filmmaker and anthropologist of
Japaneseâ€"Swiss origin.Born in Kameoka, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture,
Japan, Aya Domenig has joint Swiss and Japanese citizenship. Her
mother is of Japanese origin, Domenig's father is Swiss, and her
grandfather, Shigeru Doi, worked at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital
after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.In 1976
Domenig's parents moved to Switzerland, where they lived in Kilchberg
and in Zürich-Hottingen. She attended a gymnasium in Zürich, and
from 1992 to 2000 she studied Social Anthropology, Film Studies and
Japanology at the University of Zurich. Earning a Monbushô
scholarship by the Government of Japan, in 1996/97 Aya Domenig
attended the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Aya Domenig's practical
experiences include language stays in France and Japan at the
Sendagaya Japanese Institute, she made two internships and also worked
as translator. Domenig graduated in Visual Anthropology in 2000, and
in 2001 Domenig attended the film and video department at the ZHdK
University Zürich where she graduated in 2005, producing the short
fiction film Haru Ichiban (Spring Storm) in co-operation with the
Osaka University of Arts and Visual Media (Osaka Geijutsu Daigaku).Aya
Domenig published a social study treating the relevance of the Swiss
novel Heidi in 2001, and in 2007 she participated a study related to
the funeral culture on behalf of the government of the city of
Zürich.
Japaneseâ€"Swiss origin.Born in Kameoka, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture,
Japan, Aya Domenig has joint Swiss and Japanese citizenship. Her
mother is of Japanese origin, Domenig's father is Swiss, and her
grandfather, Shigeru Doi, worked at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital
after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.In 1976
Domenig's parents moved to Switzerland, where they lived in Kilchberg
and in Zürich-Hottingen. She attended a gymnasium in Zürich, and
from 1992 to 2000 she studied Social Anthropology, Film Studies and
Japanology at the University of Zurich. Earning a Monbushô
scholarship by the Government of Japan, in 1996/97 Aya Domenig
attended the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Aya Domenig's practical
experiences include language stays in France and Japan at the
Sendagaya Japanese Institute, she made two internships and also worked
as translator. Domenig graduated in Visual Anthropology in 2000, and
in 2001 Domenig attended the film and video department at the ZHdK
University Zürich where she graduated in 2005, producing the short
fiction film Haru Ichiban (Spring Storm) in co-operation with the
Osaka University of Arts and Visual Media (Osaka Geijutsu Daigaku).Aya
Domenig published a social study treating the relevance of the Swiss
novel Heidi in 2001, and in 2007 she participated a study related to
the funeral culture on behalf of the government of the city of
Zürich.
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