Category: News
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Presentation at 2024 National Women’s Studies Annual Conference
On November 15, 2024, Xin QING (Charlie) did a presentation titled “Beyond Feminist Potential and Exploitative Agenda: Narratives of Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery in Japan” at the 2024 National Women’s Studies Annual Conference organized by the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) in Detroit, US. Conference details can be found <HERE>.Session and presentation details can be…
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Presentations at 2024 UT-SNU-NCCU International Symposium
By Yiqi “Chris” Zhang, Jingzhi “Ginger” Huang & Priya Mu On October 17, 2024, three members of the Itatsu Lab—ZHANG Yiqi Chris, HUANG Jingzhi Ginger, and Priya Mu—presented their research at the UT-SNU-NCCU International Symposium held in Taipei, Taiwan. The presentation details are provided below: Symposium details can be found ＜HERE＞. 2024年10月17日、板津研究室のメンバー張義祺(クリス)、Jingzhi Huang（ジンヂー）、プリヤ・ムーの3名が、台湾台北で開催されたUT-SNU-NCCU国際シンポジウムで研究発表を行いました。発表の詳細は以下の通りです。 シンポジウムの詳細は＜こちら＞。
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B’AI & Yokoyama Lab Summer Research Workshop
By Priya Mu & Jingzhi “Ginger” Huang On August 23, 2024, Jingzhi Huang and Priya Mu participated in a joint summer workshop organized by the B’AI Global Forum and Prof. Hiromi Yokoyama Laboratory, where they shared their research. The presentation details are provided below: 2024年8月23日、ジンヂーとプリヤ・ムはB’AIグローバルフォーラムと横山広美教授の研究室が主催する合同サマー・ワークショップに参加し、それぞれの研究を発表しました。
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Symposium on AI and digital humanitarianism
2024年11月18日に、板津木綿子がB’AI Global Forumの５周年記念シンポジウム「 AI & DEI: デジタル人道主義の未来」に登壇します。詳細はこちらです。 On November 18, 2024, Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at the B’AI Global Forum 5th Anniversary Symposium “AI and DEI: The Future of Digital Humanitarianism.”Details can be found <HERE>.
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AI talent in Japan
On October 30, 2024, Yuko Itatsu will be speaking about AI talent in Japan at the Global HR Forum “AX and H.: (ext.) HR, Human, Hybrid, Harmony, Human Centric” organized in Seoul, Korea. Details can be found <HERE>. 2024年10月30日、板津木綿子は韓国・ソウルで開催されるGlobal HR Forum “AX and H.: (ext.) HR, Human, Hybrid, Harmony, Human Centric” に登壇します。詳細はこちらです。
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Comments on social impact of AI in German documentary program
Yuko Itatsu appeared in a documentary program by the Deutsche Welle, titled “Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us? | Us & Them | DW Documentary.”Please find the English version <HERE>. 板津木綿子がドイツ公営放送 Deutsche Welleのドキュメンターに出演しました。AIの社会的影響についての番組です。Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us? | Us & Them | DW Documentary英語版はこちらです。
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Presentation on genital stereotypes, women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at IFRWH 2024
On August 9, 2024, Xin QING (Charlie) did a presentation titled “Clinic Narratives of Labiaplasty in Japan: Between Taboo, Norm, Trauma and Makeable Body” at the International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) 2024 Conference. Conference details can be found ＜HERE＞. 2024年8月9日、Xin QING (Charlie) は国際女性史連盟2024年度定例会で、「日本における小陰唇縮小手術に関するクリニック・ナラティブ：タブー、規範、トラウマと可塑性のある体の間」と題した研究発表を行いました。 会議の詳細は＜こちら＞。
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Book review on AI and the city
Priya Mu wrote a book review of “Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on AI” Edited by Federico Cugurullo, Federico Caprotti, Matthew Cook, Andrew Karvonen, Pauline McGuirk, and Simon Marvin, London: Routledge, 2023., published in Social & Cultural Geography on 29 May 2024. Link to the review: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2024.2359809 プリヤ・ム は、 Federico Cugurullo, Federico Caprotti, Matthew…
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Book talk on Burmese Cinema
On June 13, 2024, the Itatsu lab hosted a book talk by Dr Jane Ferguson (Associate Professor in Anthropology and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University) entitled “The Burmese Way to Socialist Realism: Comparing Burmese Re-makes of Hollywood Movies from the Parliamentary Democracy and Socialist Periods.” This research is included in her book Silver Screens and Golden Dreams: A Social History…
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Journal publication on AI and diversity
Yuko Itatsu published a co-authored paper titled “The relationship between the attitudes of the use of AI and diversity awareness: comparisons between Japan, the US, Germany, and South Korea” in AI and Society. The paper can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01982-4 板津木綿子の共著論文がAI and Societyでオンライン公開されました。オープンアクセスで下記より閲覧可能です。 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01982-4
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Presentation on fictoromantics
Yuko Itatsu presented a paper called “To love and be loved: Tales of the fictoromantic” at the research workshop “Cultural Imaginaries of AI: From technology to art” co-organized by the B’AI Global Forum and the Cultural History of AI project (CulturIA) at the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR). Details can be found <HERE>. 板津木綿子はフィクトロマンティックに関する研究発表を行いました。 詳細はこちらです。
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Itatsu and Hisano Lab Retreat to Hoki Museum and Cyberdyne: Visibility and Ambiguity of Reality
By Jingzhi “Ginger” Huang On March 11th, Itatsu Lab and Hisano Lab embarked on a two-day retreat to the Hoki Museum in Chiba, the first museum dedicated to contemporary Japanese realistic paintings, and Cyberdyne, a pioneering company in hybrid assistive limb technology located in Tsukuba. The tour delved into the discussion on today’s world, where…
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Book Publication on Language Education
Shoko Moriya authored a chapter of the book titled Multi-dynamics in Language Education, published by Akashi Shoten on March 31, 2024. 森谷祥子は、2024年3月31日に明石書店より出版された『言語教育のマルチダイナミクス』の章の１つを執筆しました。 Details can be found <HERE>. 詳細はこちら。
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Marriage-hunting: Marriage ‘Markets’ and the Rationalization of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan
On 22 April 2024, the Itatsu Lab, with the support of ITASIA Program, will be organizing a lecture titled “Marriage-hunting: Marriage ‘Markets’ and the Rationalization of Intimacy in Contemporary Japan.” Time April 22 (Mon) 2024, 13:00 – 14:30 JST Venue Room 92B, 9th floor, Engineering Bldg. 2 Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo Format In-person only;…
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【RSVP due March 8】Itatsu Lab will host Open Lab Day
The Itatsu Lab will take part in the virtual open campus day at the University of Tokyo. It will be a 60-minute session where Prof Yuko Itatsu and some of the lab members will discuss their research. Time: 14:50 ~ (60 mins), March 26 (Tues) 2024 Venue: ZOOM Language: English RSVP due on March 8…
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UN 68th Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) side event
On March 22, 2024, Yuko Itatsu will be part of a panel discussion on “Digitally empowered and women-led development: An NGO CSW68 Parallel Event,” organized by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. 板津木綿子は３月２２日、国連第６８期女性の地位委員会のサイドイベントとして、笹川平和財団が主催するデジタル技術と女性に関するイベントにパネリストとして登壇します。 Registration details can be found <HERE>. 申し込みはこちら。
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Educational transformation and liberal arts
On March 15, 2024, Yuko Itatsu will be offering remarks about language education and AI as a panelist for a symposium on educational transformation and liberal arts. This event is hosted by the Komaba Centre for Educational Excellence at the University of Tokyo. 板津木綿子は３月１５日に開催される東京大学教養教育高度化機構シンポジウム「東京大学のEducational Transformation：教養教育の質的転換」にパネリストとして登壇します。 Details can be found <HERE>. 詳細はこちら。
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Workshop on Queering AI at the University of Sydney
On February 21, 2024, Yuko Itatsu delivered a workshop on queering artificial intelligence as a visiting professor at the Hunt-Simes Institute for Sexuality Studies at the University of Sydney. 板津木綿子は２月２１日にシドニー大学にて「Queering AI」というワークショップを開催しました。 Details can be found <HERE>. 詳細はこちら。
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Journal article on gender and robotic representation
Yuko Itatsu’s co-authored journal article with Ai Hisano on gender and robotic representation was published in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 42:1 (2024) pp 9-13. 久野愛・板津木綿子の共著論文「ロボットとジェンダーについての比較文化的考察」が『ロボット学会誌』（2024 年 42 巻 1 号）に掲載されました。 Details can be found <HERE>. 詳細はこちら。
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Book review on Journalism, fake news & disinformation (UNESCO, 2023)
Yuko Itatsu wrote a book review on the Japanese translation of Journalism, fake news & disinformation: Handbook for journalism education and training (UNESCO, 2023). 板津木綿子が『ユネスコ フェイクニュース対応ハンドブック――SNS時代のジャーナリズム教育』（明石書店）の書評を執筆しました。 For more details about the book: https://book.asahi.com/jinbun/article/15131905 本書について：https://book.asahi.com/jinbun/article/15131905
YUKO ITATSU LABORATORY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 