Category: News
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Book chapter by Xinqi He on native-speakerism and racism
Xinqi He’s book chapter “The Intertwining of Native-Speakerism and Racism in the Construction of Linguistic Identity” has been published in Discourses of Identity: Language Learning, Teaching, and Reclamation Perspectives in Japan (eds. Martin Mielick, Ryuko Kubota, Luke Lawrence) from Palgrave Macmillan. Details can be found here:link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-11988-0
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Book chapter by Yuko Itatsu on Nike ads and the representation of diversity and inclusion
Yuko Itatsu’s book chapter “Not Quite There: Nike’s Diversity and Inclusion Agenda and Japan’s Readiness” has been published in Gender in Japanese Popular Culture: Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities (ed. Sirpa Salenius) from Palgrave Macmillan. Details can be found here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-12942-1
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Appearance on NHK Sunday Debate (日曜討論)
Yuko Itatsu will be a panelist on NHK’s Sunday Debate (“Nichiyo Touron”) and participate in a discussion about AI on April 16, 2023, from 9-10am. You can find more details here. 板津木綿子が４月１６日のNHK『日曜討論』に出演し、「AIとどう向い合うか」について議論に参加します。 詳細はこちらをご覧ください。
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Presentation at the International Workshop on Craft and New Forms of Organizing
Yasha Lai will present a paper titled “Crafting the sensible: A case study of Japanese pottery” at the International Workshop on Craft and New Forms of Organizing organized by Kyoto University and Copenhagen Business School on April 21, 2023. ライヤシャが京都大学にて開催される International Workshop on Craft and New Forms of Organizingで “Crafting the sensible: A case study…
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Book published: Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power
Yuko Itatsu co-edited a book with Ai Hisano entitled Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power from the University of Tokyo. This is a book in Japanese. Details can be found here. 東京大学B’AIグローバルフォーラム・板津木綿子・久野愛共編『AIから読み解く社会ー権力化する最新技術』が東京大学出版会より刊行されました。詳細はこちらです。
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Latest edition of the student magazine “Komaba Times Issue 12: Emergence” has been published
The latest edition of “Komaba Times”, a student-oriented English magazine for and by University of Tokyo students has been published. The theme is “Emergence” and features contributions from students in various departments and campuses at the University. Alyssa Castillo Yap worked on the issue as editor-in-chief and contributor. It also features creative work from Yasha…
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Presentation at the Annual Conference for the Organization of American Historians
Yuko Itatsu will present a paper titled “Playing to win: The construction of hegemonic power in recreational spaces in early 20th century Los Angeles” at the annual conference for the Organization of American Historians held in Los Angeles on March 30, 2023. 板津木綿子がロサンゼルスにて開催されるOrganization of American Historians の年次大会で”Playing to win: The construction of hegemonic power in…
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Xinqi He receives the Ichiko Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Xinqi He was awarded the Ichiko Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Constructing native-speakerism ideology in a globalized era: From the perspective of language learning in a multilingual context.” 何欣琪さんの博士論文「Constructing native-speakerism ideology in a globalized era: From the perspective of language learning in a multilingual context（グローバリゼーションにおけるネイティブ至上主義の構造：多言語背景における言語習得の視点から）」が評価され、東京大学総合文化研究科より一高賞を受賞しました。
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Panel Discussion at The 3rd International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond
On February 17, 2023, Yuko Itatsu will be participating in a panel discussion at The 3rd International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond, entitled “Exploring the boundary between brain intelligence and artificial intelligence: What is needed to realize “Beyond AI”?” Please find more details here: beyondai.jp/?lang=en
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Journal Article in Studies of Language and Cultural Education (Vol. 20)
The paper “Sign language inheritance of Coda (Hearing Children of Deaf Adult/s): Analyzing from dialogue between Codas” by Asuka Ando has been published in the journal Studies of Language and Cultural Education (Vol. 20). The paper is in Japanese. 安東明珠花著の「コーダの手話継承―コーダ同士の語りからの分析・考察」が『言語文化教育研究』第20巻に掲載されました。論文は日本語で書かれています。
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36th Itatsu Lab Meeting
On December 18, 2022, we had our last lab meeting of the year. Wishing everyone a good end to 2022, and a happy new year! 2022年12月18日に今年終の研究会を行いました。良いお年をお迎えください。
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34th Itatsu Lab Meeting
On October 22, 2022, we had our first in-person lab meeting of the year. It was a lovely time discussing our research, and meeting our new members in real life! We were also very happy to have had Professor Shaolu Yu, Associate Professor in Urban Studies at Rhodes College, as a guest at our lab…
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Presentation at the Annual UT-SNU-NCCU Symposium
On October 29, 2022, the Annual UT-SNU-NCCU Symposium was held online on the Gather Town platform, hosted by Seoul National University. Participants included Master’s and Doctoral students from the University of Tokyo, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, and Seoul National University in Korea. The theme for this year’s conference was “Beyond Boundaries: Communication for Diverse…
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東京大学の広報誌「学内広報」に取材記事が掲載されました
東京大学の広報誌「学内広報」に安東明珠花（男女共同参画室 特任研究員/総合文化研究科博士課程学生）の取材記事が掲載されました。「学内広報」にはこちらのリンクからアクセスできます。https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/public-relations/kouhou.html The interview article of Asuka Ando (Project Researcher at The Office for Gender Equality) was published on the school magazine “Gakunaikouhou”. Link to the online magazine is shown below. No English translation is provided for the article.https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/public-relations/kouhou.html
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Presentation at Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
On September 20, 2022, Yuko Itatsu presented a talk entitled “The geopolitics of AI research: Call for APAC AI studies” for the Expert Speaker Series at the Digital Media Research Center at the Queensland University of Technology. 板津木綿子が2022年9月20日にクィーンズランド工科大学デジタルメディア研究センターのエクスパート・スピーカー・シリーズで「AI研究の政治学：アジア太平洋地域のAI研究でできること」と題して講演をしました。
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Presentation at Cultural Typhoon 2022
On September 17, 2022, Yuko Itatsu presented a paper called “You can’t stop us: Critical analysis of female empowerment in Japanese sports brand ads” at the 2022 annual conference for Cultural Typhoon. 板津木綿子が 2022年9月17日、カルチュラルタイフーン年次大会にて ”You can’t stop us: Critical analysis of female empowerment in Japanese sports brand ads”と題して口頭発表を行いました。
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Presentation at Asian Coda Conference 2022
Asuka Ando, our lab member, will attend symposium “The Current Status and Future of Asian Coda Network” at Asian Coda Conference 2022 on Sep.23, 2022. Language: English Website: http://codakorea.com/2022conference *Coda: Hearing Children of Deaf Adult/s 研究室メンバーの安東明珠花が2022年9月23日にアジアコーダ会議のシンポジウム「アジアのコーダネットワークの今とこれから」に参加します。言語：英語ウェブサイト：https://jcoda.jimdofree.com/2022アジアコーダ会議/ *コーダ：聞こえない親を持つ聞こえる子ども
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Presented individual research on BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics)
Xinqi He, our lab member, has presented individual research on BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) titled ‘The exclusion within mobile population under native-speakerism intertwining with racism’ (2022/9/2). 何 欣琪が2022年9月2日に行われたBAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics)にて‘The exclusion within mobile population under native-speakerism intertwining with racism（人種差別と絡み合うネイティブスピーカリズムにおける移動する人々同士の排除）’ というタイトルで研究発表（個人）を行いました。
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A Keynote Lecture at the Event for Seidanren
On May 27, 2022, Yuko Itatsu gave a keynote lecture entitled “Our future with Artificial Intelligence as Consumers” at the founding event for the Osaka chapter of Seidanren. ２０２２年５月２７日に国民生活産業・消費者団体連合会の大阪生団連発足会にて、板津木綿子が「生活に織り込まれた人工知能と私たちの未来」と題して記念講演を行いました。
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Our Lab Logo
The logo was designed by Yasha Lai. The base form comes from the Chinese characters for Itatsu. The figure on the left symbolizes a person and represents human agency. The arch symbolizes efforts the lab makes to bring inclusivity for marginalized populations in society, and the wiggly line symbolizes the messy movements of the human…
YUKO ITATSU LABORATORY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 