TSUJIMOTO Kyoko Profile

Research Interests: Auditory and Acoustic communication in contemporary East Asia
Currently Research Topic: The mixture of tradition and modernity in the sound culture of East Asian cities:
A Study of Dragon and Lion Dances by the young generation in Hong Kong

▼Education
APR 2007- Ph.D. Course, Department of Comparative Studies, School of Cultural and Social Studies
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
MAR 2007 M.A. in Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
University of Tokyo
MAR 2004 B.A. in Department of Musicology
Tokyo University of the Arts (former name: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
MAR 2000 Graduate
Aichi Prefectural Chigusa High School

▼Research Assistant
OCT 2010- Research Assistant(Honorary), Department of Music,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009-2010 Research Assistant(Honorary), Chinese Opera Information Centre, Department of Music
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007-2008 Research Assistant, National Museum of Ethnology
2007-2008 Fieldwork and Research Assistant, Project "Visual Documentation of Traditional Performing Arts: Challenges and Prospects"
hosted by National Museum of Ethnology
2008 Research and Clerical Assistant, International Seminar "The Age of the 78s in East Asia:Sound Recordings and Associative Modernities"
co-hosted by National Taiwan University and National Museum of Ethnology

▼Works
▽Degrees' Thesis
2007 Rethinking Soundscapes：Toward an Anthropology of Auditory Culture (M.A. Thesis)
2004 The Roles of the culture of Sounds of Traditional Performance in Yokohama Chinatown (B.A. Thesis)

▽Papers
2009 East Asian Soundscape and Communication among Dragon Dance in Hong Kong.
inCollection of Papers for The 8th International Seminal on China-Japanese Music :pp.155-160.
2009 A Lineage and Prospect of Soundscape Studies as a Sound Ethnography.
in TOUYOU ONGAKU KENKYU 74:pp.89-108.
2007 The Roles of Sounds and Auditory senses in Transformation of Communities in Yokohama Chinatown.
inCollection of Papers for The 7th International Seminal on China-Japanese Music :pp.437-447.
2006 A Study of Sounds of Outdoor Performance in Yokohama Chinatown.
in Soundscape 8: 23-30.

▽Research Reports
2010 An Anthropological study of Sound Environment in East Asia: Mainly about Dragon and Lion Dances in Hong Kong.
in Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation(Calpis) Yearly Research Reports 2009
2010 Sound Ethnography and Contemporary Fieldwork- How do we listen?.
in Soundscape 12-1. in press

▽Oral Talks
26 AUG 2010 Dragons and Lions Dancing in Hong Kong: Acoustic Communication through IT Media
The Second Conference of the ICTM Study Group for Musics of East Asia, at Academy of Korean Studies
19 JUN 2010 Transferring Sounds and Layering Auditory Culture in East Asian Cities : From the Field of Dragon and Lion Dance of Hong Kong
2010 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, at Koli,Finland
12 SEP 2009 East Asian Soundscape and Communication among Dragon Dance in Hong Kong
8th International Seminal on China-Japanese Music, at Nanjing Normal University
08 SEP 2007 The Roles of Sounds and Auditory senses in Transformation of Communities in Yokohama Chinatown
7th International Seminal on China-Japanese Music, at Wuhan Conservatory of Music
21 JUL 2007 Rethinking Soundscape : An Anthropological Study about sound environment
9th collegium of Auditory Visual Culture Studies, at Doshisha University
13 MAR 2004 The Roles of the culture of Sounds of Traditional Performance in Yokohama Chinatown
11th collegium of the Eastern Japan Chapter, The Society for Research in Asiatic Music, at Ochanomizu University

▽Poster Presentation
01 MAY 2010 Dragons and Lions Dancing in Hong Kong: Acoustic Communication through IT Media
NTU-CUHK Music Forum 2010, at National Taiwan University

▽Panel Discussion
31 MAR 2007 Round-table talk: Current study on sound environment and cross-sectional integration
in Soundscape 9, 25-32

▼Experiences
▽Field Works
JUN 2009-　　　Field Work in Hong Kong (-MAY 2011)
AUG-OCT 2008Preparatory research about Taiji, Dragon and Lion Dance assosiations at Hong Kong
JUL-NOV 2003 Research about Lion and Dragon Dance associations at Yokohama Chinatown, Japan

▽Research Funds
APR 2011- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences DC2
JUL 2009-JUN 2010 Academic Financial Incentive for the year 2009, Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation(Calpis)
JUN 2009-MAR 2011 3rd International Sports Scholarship, Yamaha Motor Foundation for Sports
OCT 2007-SEP 2008 Research Grant for the year 2007, The Matsushita International Foundation(Panasonic)
SEP 2007 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Student Initiative Practical Education Programs

▽Licenses
MAR 2004 Class One Teaching Certificate for Junior and Senior High Schools (Music)
MAR 2004 License for Curator

▽Committees
OCT 2007-SEP 2010 Staff, The Society for Research in Asiatic Music
APR 2007-MAR 2008 Staff, Sokendai Workshop (Students'interdisciplinary workshop in The University for Advanced Studies)

▽Languages
JUN 2009-　　 Japanese Teaching (Voluntary), Japanese Speaking Club in Hong Kong
AUG-SEP 2007 Cantonese, Language Training Course, The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Osaka
JUL-AUG 2002 Chinese Mandarin, Language Training Course, The Central Academy of Drama, Beijing

▼Academic Societies
The Society for Research in Asiatic Music/Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
/The Musicologocal Society of Japan/Soundscape Association of Japan/International Council for Traditional Music

▼Study Groups
Contemporary Anthropology Workshop, Auditory Culture Workshop