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PRESENTATIONS

コスプレイヤーとコミュニケーション:コスプレスタジオの調査事例から。京都大学、社会・経済システム学会第43回大会。 2024年10月26日。(共同発表者:貝沼明華)

 

​Cosplay Studios and Regional Revitalization in Japan. JAMS@AX Symposium, Anime Expo, Los Angeles. July 6th, 2024.​

 

Symbols and Semiotics in Cosplay Culture: Communication through Image and the Representation of Religion. Symbols of Japan, Japan as Symbols: An Interdisciplinary Workshop. School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University. July 14th, 2023.

 

Cosplay Spaces: Studios in Japan during the Pandemic. Kyoto Manga Museum. Mechademia Academic Association 2023. May 27th, 2023. (Group presentation with Asuka Kainuma)

 

Shotengai: Resilient Cultural and Economic Centers of Japan on the Brink. Mechademia Academic Association 2022, Anime Expo, Los Angeles. June 28th, 2022. 

 

Nikkei and Otaku: Brazilian-Japanese Perspectives on Anime Contents in Social Integration. Kyoto Manga Museum. SGMS: Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures 2021. May 29th, 2021.  (remote presentation)​

 

Creating Pilgrimage - Positioning the World Cosplay Summit as Sanctum for Community Congregation. Mutual Images Research Association, Ryukoku University.  January 24th, 2021. (remote presentation)

 

Nakano Broadway: Anime Town under the Threat of Pandemic. Temple University, Tokyo. Anthropology of Japan in Japan. December 6th, 2020. (remote presentation) 

 

COVID-19によるパンデミックが及ぼしたソーシャルイノベーション:コスプレのオンライ ンコラボレーション改革。東京工業大学、社会・経済システム学会第39回大会。2020年11月1日。(リモート発表) 

 

Influences of Covid-19 on the Digitization of Global Cosplay Communities. The Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (IAFOR, BAMC2020), University of Barcelona. September 18th, 2020 (remote presentation)

 

Digital Layers: Temporal Development of Japanese Online Cosplay Communities. Nanzan University, Nagoya. Anthropology of Japan in Japan. December 8th, 2018.

 

インターネットネットワークの社会的およびデジタル的視点とコスプレの発展。静岡大学, 社会・経済システム学会第37回大会。2018年9月28日。          

 

Character across Forms: Intertextuality and the Bond of Universals. Kyoto Manga Museum. SGMS: Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures 2018. May 26th, 2018.        

 

Digital Cosplay and Postmodern Construct of Community, Stitching Time: The Forms, Functions and Fascinations of ‘Cosplay’ Fandom. Yamanashi Gakuin University. International College of Liberal Arts, Kofu City. March 18th, 2017.​

 

Cosplayers in the Military - Intersections of Soft and Hard Power. Aoyama Gakuin University.  SGMS: Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures 2016. March 18th, 2016.​

 

Familiarizing the Unfamiliar: Language Acquisition through Manga and Anime. Meisei University. ISC Professional Development Forum, Meisei Univeristy. November 16th, 2013.

 

Takucos: Digital Costuming and the Disconnected Community. Minneapolis College of Art and Design. SGMS: Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures 2013. September 28th, 2013.

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