Bodies and Structures began as a chance encounter at an Association for Asian Studies panel in 2016. Since then, we have hosted three conferences, three builders' workshops, worked closely with fifteen module builders and our development team at the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, and benefited from the time, treasure, and generosity of numerous institutions and individuals. We thank you for your support and commitment. We could not have done this without you.

Bodies and Structures 2.0

This project was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this site do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

We would also like to express our gratitude to the following organizations for their generous support. In alphabetical order:

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University
• Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara
• The Departments of History at North Carolina State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara

The Scalar development team at the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Erik C. Loyer and Craig Dietrich, have been wonderful partners throughout this process—always responsive to our multiple “could we do this?” queries, generous with their time, and fully committed to producing tools and an environment that advance the needs of scholars and students. We appreciate as well the support we've received from Tara McPherson and Curtis Fletcher at ANVC, and from Michael Morgan in implementing the new Scalar tools.

In addition, we would like to thank the following individuals for their behind-the-scenes efforts on our behalf:

• Paula Brasswell, NCSU CHASS Research Office
• Swati Chattopadhyay, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Joyce Christian, NCSU CHASS Research Office
• John Corrigan, Florida State University
• Matt Delmont, Dartmouth College
• Martin Dusinberre, University of Zurich
• Courtney Hamilton, NCSU Department of History
• Daniel Henninger, Systems and Programming Lead, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, NCSU
• Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College
• Robin Le Blanc, Washington and Lee University
• Allison Levy, Brown University
• Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
• Kandra Polatis, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Aike Rots, University of Oslo
• Shih-lung Shaw, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Missy Thomas, NCSU CHASS Research Office
• Kiyoteru Tsutsui, University of Michigan

Finally, thank you to our families and friends, who tolerated hearing about this project for two years—during most of which time the world was also ending. Thank you to those who supported our family systems and institutions when we got up early and stayed up late to join synchronous Zoom meetings. Thank you for hanging on for just one more sec while we finished thoughts on Slack and Google Docs. Thank you to those who stuck with us when it felt like we were stalled. And thank you to the newest members of our extended Bodies and Structures family, Connie and James, for coming into this world right when we needed boosts of good news. It's been a long road. We are glad to see you all at the end of it.

In memory of those lost to COVID-19.

David R. Ambaras and Kate McDonald
Somewhere in cyberspace, September 2021

Bodies and Structures 1.0

We would like to express our gratitude to the following organizations for their generous support of Bodies and Structures 1.0. In alphabetical order:

• Carolina Asia Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• College of Letters and Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts, Duke University
• Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Department of History, North Carolina State University
• East Asia Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Global Asia Initiative, Duke University
• Japan Foundation New York
• Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
• Schlaijker-McIntyre Fund, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Triangle Center for Japanese Studies

In addition, we would like to thank the following individuals for their behind-the-scenes contributions to Bodies and Structures 1.0:

• Paul D. Barclay
• Matthew Booker
• Leo Ching
• Karen Ciccone
• Craig Dietrich
• Brian Dietz
• Maren Ehlers
• Curtis Fletcher
• Sandy Freitag
• Fred Freitas
• Erik Loyer
• Harold Marcuse
• John Mertz
• Tara McPherson
• Chris Nelson
• Simon Partner
• Morgan Pitelka
• Luke Roberts
• Markus Wust

We would also like to extend a special note of gratitude for our families. Thank you for sharing in our excitement about the Bodies and Structures project and for pushing us to make it what we wanted it to be. We are particularly grateful for the contributions of one baby Decker, who amiably tolerated more than the typical infant's share of Google Docs writing sessions and kept our Skype meetings short and to the point.

David R. Ambaras and Kate McDonald
Somewhere in cyberspace, December 2018