Yuiko Fujita I Ethnography Lab

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  • A Talk by Prof. Jessica Retis (Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona)

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    Transpacific Diasporas in Transition: Media, Migration, and the Reconfiguration of Nikkei Identities This lecture explored how media practices shaped identity and community formation among Japanese diaspora communities connecting Japan and South America (Brazil and Peru). Drawing on long-term fieldwork conducted across three cities — São Paulo, Lima, and Tokyo — between 2016 and 2026, it…

  • Students Presented at EPIC 2025 Helsinki/ 院生海外学会研究報告

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    院生が9月にヘルシンキのアアルト大学で開催されたEPIC 2025で発表しました！ 藤田研の張さんと苗村研の矢作さん（副指導生）が、産業エスノグラフィーの学会 EPIC で発表しました。2人ともボランティアとしても活躍しました。学会では多様な研究者やエスノグラファー、デザイナーとの交流の機会がありました。 全体としての大きな議題は、AIをいかにリサーチに利用していくのか、そして調査を担う人間の役割はどう変化していくのか、という点でした。欧米の研究者や実務家が真剣かつ熱のこもった議論を交わし、エスノグラフィーの可能性と課題が浮き彫りとなりました。 Zhang from the Fujita Lab and Yahagi from the Naemura Lab (co-supervised) presented at EPIC 2025, the international conference on industrial ethnography, held at Aalto University, Helsinki. Both also contributed as volunteers during the event. The conference provided valuable opportunities to interact with a wide range of researchers, ethnographers,…

  • New Publication: International Journal of Cultural Studies/ 論文掲載

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    I am pleased to announce that my new research article has just been published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies. 新しい論文が International Journal of Cultural Studies に掲載されました！ Yuiko Fujita (2025) ‘Everyday nationhood and digital media: Tracing identity among Japanese cultural migrants‘International Journal of Cultural Studies About the Study This article examines how Japanese youth…

  • International Visitors to Our Lab This Summer/ 海外研究者訪問

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    藤田研究室では海外の研究者とのコラボを進めています。この夏は、海外の大学から4名の先生方に研究室にお越しいただきました。 ご来訪くださった先生方に心より感謝申し上げます。Duke University の Prof. Kimberly Hassel には研究室でのトークも行っていただきました。詳しくはこちら This summer, we were delighted to welcome excellent professors from overseas universities: We are deeply grateful to all the professors for visiting our lab.　Prof. Kimberly Hassel (Duke University) also gave a talk at our lab. Her visit is featured in a separate post.

  • Student Research Featured in Asahi Shimbun/院生研究 朝日新聞記事

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    小田さん（M1）の調査が朝日新聞で紹介 2025年8月7日付の朝日新聞デジタル「Re:Ron」欄で、修士1年・小田さんとの若者と政治に関する調査を紹介しました。 On August 7, 2025, Asahi Shimbun introduced the research of Oda, a first-year master’s student in the Fujita Lab, in its Re:Ron column.The study explores the relationship between young people and political engagement. Read the article here:朝日新聞 Asahi Shimbun (August 7, 2025)https://www.asahi.com/articles/AST844DKPT84ULLI001M.html

  • Summer Course: Culture, Media and Society in Japan at GUC 2025/ サマーコース

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    今年も、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！日本のメディア文化や社会に関する講義の後、根津、秋葉原や新大久保にフィールドトリップに行きました。院生さんたちがTAとして大活躍しました。またぜひ東京にきてください！ We once again had the pleasure of teaching “Culture, Media and Society in Japan” this summer at the Global Education Center, University of Tokyo.We gave lectures on Japanese media and culture, emotional labor, globalization, and other topics. Our field trips took us to Nezu, Akihabara, Shin-Okubo and other areas…

  • A Talk by Prof. Kimberly Hassel (Duke University)

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    We were pleased to welcome Professor Kimberly Hassel, a cultural anthropologist from Duke University, to our lab. Prof. Hassel kindly gave a talk and shared insights from her new book project, which sparked great interest among our lab members. We had an engaging and thought-provoking discussion, particularly around the themes of digital media and youth…

  • Presentation at 75th Annual ICA Preconference / 国際学会研究報告

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    アメリカ・デンバーで開催された第75回 International Communication Association学会のPreconference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research to Address Emerging Urban Challengesで研究報告をしました。前から著書を読んでいた研究者の方と一緒に議論の場を共有できて楽しかったです。 I presented my research at the Preconference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research to Address Emerging Urban Challenges” at the 75th International Communication Association conference in Denver, USA. It was a pleasure to share the discussion space with scholars whose work I…