Meanings
plural kakemonos
- chiefly corporateA portable self-standing roll-up banner.
Posters, flyers, and kakemono provisionally displayed in the RA room are shown in the flow of communication practices. They are removed at the end of the event and appear as a PDF on the website of the diploma a month after the event
2014 September 30, Francois-Xavier de Vaujany, N. Mitev, P. Laniray, E. Vaast, Materiality and Time: Historical Perspectives on Organizations, Artefacts and Practices, Springer, →ISBN1 more example
Depending on the national or local context, these campaigns will use the most effective media and information and communication technology supports, which may include […] posters ; information booth at the entrance of a market ; kakemonos ; special events co-sponsored by the fisheries authorities and cooperatives
2019, Koane Mindjimba, Illia Rosenthal, Yvette Diei-Ouadi, Kennedy Bomfeh, Aina Randrianantoandro, FAO-Thiaroye Processing Technique: Towards Adopting Improved Fish Smoking Systems in the Context of Benefits, Trade-offs and Policy Implications in Selected Developing Countries, Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Origin
- Japanese掛け物
- Englishkakemono
Borrowed from Japanese 掛け物 (kakemono, literally “hanging thing”).
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