Research.

研究プロジェクト

This Lab

We conduct critical analyses of contemporary society with a focus on the gendered and sexualized dimensions of contemporary media. We pay an attention to the recent changes in media and communication, particularly those related to digitization.
メディア社会・文化が国境を越え，また物質性を越えて形成されている現状を踏まえ，ジェンダーを含むクリティカルな視点から社会・文化分析を行っています。

GCC Research Group

The Gender, Culture, and Communication (GCC) Research Group at Meiji University investigates the complex nature of contemporary media and popular culture with a particular attention to gender and diversity in Japan and beyond.
明治大学ジェンダー・カルチャー・コミュニケーション研究グループ（GCC Research Group）はトランスナショナルな文脈で形成される現代メディア・ポピュラーカルチャー文化についてジェンダーの視点を交えて研究しています。

Current Projects

Social media, gender, sexuality
​2019-2022, PI

Funded project on the new social formation through social media and its gendered and sexualized dimensions. JSPS Grant-In-Aid Scientific Research.
科研費基盤C: ソーシャルメディアの広がりとジェンダー規範の形成に関する研究

Apps for community safety
In preparation, Co-I

Project to examine the development and use of safety apps. App development is planned in collaboration with an engineer and a local municipality.
地域の安全のためのアプリ開発とその利用に関する研究、エンジニア・地方自治体と協働

Digital technology and culture
​In preparation, Co-I

Collaborating with scholars in Japan and abroad to start new research.
デジタルテクノロジーの文化的側面に関する国際共同研究

Past Projects 

• Gender representation in women's media, funded by Meiji University's Institute of Humanities Joint-Research Fund, 2017-2019, PI
• Gender and sexual representation in manga and the negotiation of gender and sexuality norms among manga fans, funded by Meiji University, 2012-2017, PI
• Individualization of life courses and biographical changes, funded by DIJ, 2008-2011, PI
• Globalization of gender politics and feminist networks (2001-2007), funded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, PI; book publication funded by DIJ, 2009
• ​...etc.

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