Personnel Information

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YOSHIDA Yuko


Title

Associate Professor

Field

Field of Economics

Mail Address

E-mail address

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Profile

I research testimony, acts of witnessing, and cultural memory in artistic, transformative forms through collaboration with survivors such as natural disasters from global perspectives.
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • narrative hermeneutics

  • visual narrative

  • cultural memory

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Fukuoka Women's University， Faculty of Literature

    University， 2007， Graduated， Japan

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • University of Amsterdam， Graduate School, Division of Humanities， Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis

    Doctor's Course， 2024， Completed， Netherlands

  • Leiden University ， Graduate School, Division of Humanities， Centre for the Arts in Society

    Master's Course， 2013， Completed， Netherlands

  • Kyushu University， Graduate School, Division of Comparative Culture， Intercultural studies

    Master's Course， 2011， Completed， Japan

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • Ph.D. (Humanities) ， Humanities & Social Sciences / Theory of art practice， University of Amsterdam ， Thesis， 2025， SILENCE AFTER CATASTROPHE:DISASTER SURVIVOR WITNESSING IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

  • M.A.Cum Laude (Film and Photographic Studies)， Humanities & Social Sciences / Theory of art practice， Leiden University ， Coursework， 2013

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Shiga University Organization for International Communication Department of Economics，Associate Professor， 2024.04 - Now

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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Kobe University Institute for Promotion of Higher Education， Assistant professor， 2023.04 - 2024.03

  • Kyushu Sangyo University Language Education and Research Center， Part-time Lecturer， 2021.04 - 2021.10

  • Kyushu University Faculty of Design ， Researcher， 2019.04 - 2023.03

  • Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)， Researcher， 2014.10 - 2015.03

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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Memory Studies Association

  • The Women's Studies Association of Japan

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Theory of art practice

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Research Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation Special Research Grant “The Future of Food and Human Society” ， 2025.07 - Now

    Compact Aquaponics System Designed for Future Generations’ “Edible Memory”，International Collaboration，International Joint Research Projects

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • A Simulation for a Short-term Study Abroad Program on Green Economy Practices: A Survey of Community Backyard Aquaponics on Guam Island， Research Center for Sustainability and Environment Shiga University Annual Report， vol.22 (1) (p.59 - 62) ， 2025.08, YOSHIDA, Yuko. David Crisostomo, Michael Hall

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)， Multiple Authorship

    Authorship：Lead author  

  • The Post-COVID 19 Pandemic Challenges of the Short-Term Overseas Program as a Liberal Arts Elective: Analysis on Taiwan and Denmark Global Challenge Program Courses ， Kobe Journal of Higher Education ， vol.32 (p.179 - 190) ， 2024.03, Yoshida, Yuko and Matsumoto Yasuyo

    DOI:10.24546/0100488367, Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)， Multiple Authorship

    Authorship：Lead author  

  • Naturalization of Sex Object， Polymorfia ， vol.8 (p.72 - 81) ， 2023.03, YOSHIDA, Yuko

    DOI:10.15017/7348005, Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)， Single Author

    Authorship：Lead author  

  • When Memory Becomes Debris: Aesthetic Modes of Representing Disaster Loss， University of Bucharest Review: Literary and Cultural Studies Series， vol.12 (2) (p.34 - 46) ， 2022.10, YOSHIDA, Yuko

    Research paper (scientific journal)， Single Author

    Authorship：Lead author  

  • Recipes for the Dead: A Transformative Scheme for Bearing Witness to Quake-disaster Survivors， The Journal of Design， vol.33 (p.55 - 62) ， 2020.11, YOSHIDA, Yuko

    DOI:10.15017/4113199, Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)， Single Author

    Authorship：Lead author  

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Animated Architecture: A Spatial Investigation of the Moving Image, Liverpool University Press, 2024.04, YOSHIDA, Yuko

    Scholarly book，Reviewed，Animated Embodiments of Witnessing: An Architectural Narrative of Silence, Contributor

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • The 11th World Conference on Media & Mass Communication- "Rethinking Media Futures: Sustainability, Resistance, and Communication Justice", Bali, Indonesia, International presentation， 2026.03，2026.03.24， Sense-making Future Edible Memory: Empowering Circular Food Production and Consumption for Youth in Depopulating Cities， Oral presentation (general)

  • Reframing the Archive: International Conference of Photography & Visual Culture Haunted Archives of Livingness Visual Culture and the Politics of Care in the Age of Ecological Entanglement, International presentation， 2025.09，2025.09.26， Silent Witnessing and Engagement of Intersubjective Disaster Memory Transmission， Oral presentation (general)

  • Lisbon Livable Cities: Culture, People & Place, University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, International presentation， 2025.07，2025.07.09， Design for Urban Sustainable Small-scale Organic Vegetable Production: An Aquaponics System for Residential or Community Application， Oral presentation (general)

  • UNIC Thematic Conference: Urban resilience, sustainability and the future of inclusive post-industrial societies, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden, International presentation， 2025.05，2025.05.09， Design for Urban Sustainable Back Yard Organic Vegetable Production: An Aquaponics Project for Educational and Future Community Expansion， Oral presentation (general)

  • 3rd "Food and Memory" International Interdisciplinary Conference, Warsaw, Poland, Session Chair, International presentation， 2024.06，2024.06.28， Cultural Silence: A Response-ability Between Food and Nurturing the Deceased， Oral presentation (general)

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Hikone City Gender Equality Promotion Committee ， Committee member ， 2024.10 - Now

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Research Grants & Projects 【 display / non-display 】

  • ，Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation Special Research Grant “The Future of Food and Human Society” ，Contributed fundContributed fund，Other，International Collaboration，2025.07 - Now，Kaiun Memorial Foundation Special Research Grant “The Future of Food and Human Society”

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Preferred joint research theme 【 display / non-display 】

  • Comparative Cultural Memory Studies

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Charge of on-campus class subject 【 display / non-display 】

  • Media and Information，Undergraduate (liberal arts)，2026.04 - 2026.09

  • English basics ，Undergraduate (liberal arts)，2026.04 - 2026.09

  • English Exercise ，Undergraduate (liberal arts)，2026.04 - 2026.09

  • English Exercise ，Undergraduate (liberal arts)，2026.10 - 2027.03

  • English 1a，Undergraduate (liberal arts)，2026.10 - 2027.03

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Social Contribution 【 display / non-display 】

  • Gender Equality Regional Promotion Initiatives，2026.04 - Now

  • Hikone City Gender Equality Committee member ，2024.10 - Now

  • Shiga International Association for Globalization Member ，2024.09 - Now

  • International Film Festival Rotterdam ，2015.01

  • Stockholm International Film Festival，2011.11

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Media Coverage 【 display / non-display 】

  • 石積み再「生」広がる教育

    2022.01

    Author：Other  

  • 震災忘れぬ誓う「生」

    2021.12

    Author：Other  

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Academic Activities 【 display / non-display 】

  • Hikone City Gender Equality Promotion Committee

    2024.10 - Now

  • International environmental studies survey project

    2025.04 - Now

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