I am an Associate Professor of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. Please click here about me. While I have primarily focused on interdisciplinary media and communication studies, I have also conducted sociological research in areas such as media, culture, and family.
東京大学グローバル教育センターのサマーコースで「Culture, Media and Society in Japan」という授業を担当しました。7月に10日間、研究室院生がTAとして活躍しました。秋葉原や神田にフィールドトリップにも一緒に行きました。
10 days in July, Fujita Lab members (Fujita and master’s students) taught a course “Culture, Media and Society in Japan” at Global Unit Courses (GUC), UTokyo. Wonderful students from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America participated. We went on field trips to places like Akihabara and Kanda. Two students from our lab did an excellent job as TAs. We hope this becomes a memorable summer for all the participants of the course!^^
オーストラリア・ゴールドコーストで開催された第74回 International Communication Association学会年次大会に参加して、藤田がポスター報告部門で1位に選ばれました。
I won 1st place at the poster competition 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference! I hope to attend the annual conference with my lab members next year. ICA2024 Poster Winners
フランス・ブルゴーニュ大学で開催されたInternational Communication Associationの地域大会に参加して研究報告をしました。
I gave a presentation on media and global culinary field at the ICA regional conference organized by the University of Burgundy. I hope to meet you all again next year^^.
“Rap Music, Race and Gender: On Two Sites Kawasaki and Korean Japanese, Hip Hop Feminism”
Last year, I organized an open lecture held at Meiji University on 15th, October, 2022.
This lecture aimed to deepen the understanding of social phenomena and research surrounding race and gender that are currently of interest in Japan, through lectures and discussions from academic and music industry perspectives, with a focus on rap music as the main theme.
In the first part, rapper FUNI, who has been active mainly in Kawasaki, and sociologist Kohei Kawabata discussed the community, identity, and diversity of Kawasaki and the Zainichi Korean community.
In the second part, Dr. Aisha Durham from South Florida University gave a lecture on Hip Hop feminism, rapper. Then, artist Akkogorilla and music writer Shihou Watanabe discussed the position of female rappers in the music industry in Japan and the United States.
So many people participated in this lecture online, and I hope to hold this kind of hip hop event again in-peson soon!
I did a presentation titled “Media, Identity, and Trans-locality: Female Japanese Migrants in London” (by Kaoru Takahashi and Yuiko Fujita) at the 72nd International Communication Association Annual Conference in Paris on 29th May, 2022.