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I am an Associate Professor of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. Please click here about me.
As an ethnographer, I have studied transnational media and migration from Tokyo to New York, London, and Paris, as well as mothering, work and care in Japan. I am directing a research lab conducting research projects on media, culture, and society.
Summer Course: Culture, Media and Society in Japan at GUC
For 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!^^
74th Annual ICA Conference
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
ICA Food Communication Conference
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 Event
“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!
Poster presentation at the 72nd ICA Annual Conference
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.