Teaching Staff (Arts & Roots)

Title	Associate Professor
Research Fields	Philosophy / Cultural anthropology
Education	2012 Ph.D. (Social Sciences), Waseda University 2007 M.A. (Social Sciences), Waseda University 2002 Bachelor’s (Letters), Keio University
Selected Professional Experience	2019-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2018-2019 Adjunct Lecturer, Japanese Culture and Language Program (JCLP), Ryukoku University, Kyoto 2017-2019 Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University 2016-Present Joint Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University 2016-Present Visiting Researcher, International Research Center for Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2015-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University 2013-2016 Visiting Researcher, Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University 2013-2015 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
Recent Activities	<Single-author books> 2020 ‘Ura-Nihon’ bunka-ron: Kan-nihonkai no bunka, shinkō, and shizen [The Cultural Theory of ‘Opposite Japanese’ Culture: It’s Culture, Faith, and Nature]. Nu-su publishing, Tokyo 2015 Minakata Kumagusu: Nihonjin no kanousei no kyokugen [Minakata Kumagusu: The Ultimate Possibility of the Japanese]. Chuokoron-shinsha, Tokyo 2014 Minakata Kumagusu no mita yume: Passage ni tatsu mono [Dreams That Minakata Kumagusu Saw: The Man Standing on the Passage]. (Winner, 13th Yuasa Yasuo Prize) Bensei, Tokyo   <Co-authored book> 2011 ‘Ura-Nihon’ bunka runessansu [Renaissance of the ‘Opposite’ Japanese Culture] (with ISHIZUKA Masahide, KUDO Yutaka and ISHIKAWA Iori). Shakaihyoronsha, Tokyo   <Selected Essays> 2021 Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru Nagiran no hakken [Discovery of Cymbidium nagifolium by Minakata Kumagusu]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 15, pp.69-89. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2020 Myōe no yume ni okeru doubutsu no imi [The Meaning of Animals in Dreams of Myōe]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 14, pp.93-105. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2019 Minakata Kumagusu wa ‘Yudaya-kyo no Mikkyo no Mandala’ de nani wo hyogen shiyou to shita ka: Sephirot no ki to no hikaku [What Minakata Kumagusu reveals through his ‘Kabbalistic Mandala’: A comparison with the Sephirothic tree]. Studies in Comparative Philosophy, vol. 45, pp. 109-117. Japanese Association for Comparative Philosophy, Tokyo 2018 Bricoleur Kumagusu: “Yariate” to Bricolage wo megutte [Bricoleur Kumagusu: Concerning “Yariate” and Bricolage]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 12, pp.25-38. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2017 Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru ‘Sekai ninshiki kouzou zu’ no kaidoku to kousatsu: ‘Na’ to ‘In’ wo meguru gensetsu wo cyushin ni [A Diagram for Recognizing the World Structure by Kumagusu Minakata: Analyzing its elements]. The Bulletin of Kubikino Institute of Folk-Archive, vol. 2-8, pp.1-22, Kubikino Institute of Folk-Archive, Niigata Shintou suru ba aruiwa <Cyūkan> no shiza: Doubutsu, Youji, Myōkōnin [A Perspective of Interpenetrative Place: Animals, Infants, and Myōkōnin]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 11, pp.35-45. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2016 Nachi-zan ni okeru cyoukankaku teki gensyou: Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru kijutsu to “Human Personality” to no hikaku wo tūjite [Parapsychological Phenomena at Mt. Nach: A Comparison of Kumagusu Minakata’s descriptions and Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 10, pp.35-52. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2015 Minakata Kumagusu to ‘Telepathy’ to iu kotoba ni kansuru kousatsu [A Study about Kumagusu Minakata and the Word ‘Telepathy’]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 9, pp.61-74. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2014 Ima Shinto wo minaosu: Something Great eno kantan to sūkei no nen [Re-consideration about Shinto: A Sense of Admiration and Veneration to Something Great]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 8, pp.47-60. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2013 Minakata Kumagusu no ‘Naikan’ ni kansuru kousatsu: Jung shinrigaku wo enyou shite [A Study about Kumagusu Minakata’s Introspection: Jungian Psychological Approach]. Japanese Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol. 12, pp.3-18. Japan Transpersonal Association, Tokyo   <Special Presentations/Lctures> 2020 Minakata Kumagusu no yume-kenkyu [Minakata Kumagusu’s dream research]. Association of Jungian Analysts, Japan (AJAJ) Seminar 156. Co-op Inn Kyoto 2017-18 Kumagusu to art [Kumagusu and art]. reading club vol. 2 (reading club series). KYOTO ART HOSTEL kumagusuku, Kyoto 2015 Kumagusu: Yume ni tsuite [Kumagusu: About his dreams]. THE BOX OF MEMORY (FUJIMOTO Yukio exhibition). KYOTO ART HOSTEL kumagusuku, Kyoto   <Other> 2021 Talk session. Komoru to hiraku: Chi no kyojin Minakata Kumagusu to Art [Seclusion and Openness: Kumagusu Minakata, the Giant of Knowledge and Contemporary Art] (with MAEDA Kōhei). Kinan Chemistry Session vol.2, Kinan Art Week 2021, Wakayama 2019-2021 Research associate. Special exhibition ARTS & ROUTES: Awai wo tadoru tabi. Akita University of Art and Arts Center Akita, Akita Museum of Modern Art 2018 Interviewee, Taiyo no to [Tower of the Sun] (feature documentary film; dir. SEKINE Kosai). Parco, Spoon Interviewee, Taiyo no to [Tower of the Sun] (feature documentary film; dir. SEKINE Kosai). Parco, Spoon, Tokyo 2017-2018 Academic research support. Nou no naka no mori: Minakata Kumagusu no hakken [A section of forest of the brain: Kumagusu Minakata’s discovery method]. Wild: Untamed Mind. 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo
Courses Taught	Introduction to Arts & Roots Arts & Roots Seminar Project Planning and Presentation Art Project Philosophy Cultural Anthropology Advanced Cultural Anthropology Contemporary Art Seminar (Arts & Roots) Graduation Project (Arts & Roots) (Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts) Transdisciplinary Arts Theory Applied Transdisciplinary Arts Theory C Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar Guided Research I, II (Master’s Program) Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Theory I, II Production Skills Workshop I, II, Ⅲ Guided Research I, II(Doctoral Program)

 

Example Works
‘Ura-Nippon’ bunka runessansu [Renaissance of the ‘Opposite’ Japanese Culture] (co-author; 2011)	Minakata Kumagusu no mita yume: pasaji ni tatsu mono [Dreams that Minakata Kumagusu saw: The Man Standing on the Passage] (2014)	Minakata Kumagusu: Nihonjin no kanousei no kyokugen [Minakata Kumagusu: The Ultimate Possibility of the Japanese] (2015)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: KARASAWA Taisuke (Japanese page)