Members

 
KIMURA Tadamasa
Name:

KIMURA Tadamasa

Fields:Theoretical scrutiny of the concept of Information Society. Ethnographic and socio-cultural systemic study of ICT and its effects. Digital divide, esp. systemic change of wealth/risk production and redistribution associated with so-called deindustrialization. Theoretical investigation of the meaning of deindustrialization and the role of ICT in its process. Cultural knowledge as situated cognition and cultural models approach. Clinical knowledge of biomedicine in interaction between professionals and laypersons from the perspective of cognitive anthropology.
Category:
I. Technology, Information, and the Brain
During Global COE Program (2007-2012).
 
Publications etc.
–Books:

Culture, Mind, Media, text book for cultural anthropology, University of Seikei Press, 1997
Strategic Visions of Second Generation Internet, NTT publication, 1997
New Paradigm for Social Agreement in the Age of Info-Communications, with Motohiro Tsuchiya, NTT publication, 1998
Political Economy of Online Education, NTT publication, 2000
What is Digital Divide?: Toward Consensus Community, Iwanami Shoten, 2001
Network Reality: Understanding Post Advanced Consumer Society, Iwanami Shoten, 2004
"Internet Governance: What it is" In:Internet Problematics 2001, pp.49-64, Iwanami Shoten.2000
"Why domain name is important?: A political-economic view" In: Internet Problematics 2001, pp.65-79, Iwanami Shoten.2000
"E-business is not disruptive." In:The Principles of Modern Japanology. Vol.1: Work. pp.94-98. Iwanami Shoten. 2001
"Perspective from Medical Anthropology." In: Hayakawa, H. ed. To Become a Doctor: As a Person to Study Medicine.. pp.41-81. Yurumi Shoten. 2002
"Socio-cultural Comparative Study of 'Digital Divide'." In: C&C Promotion Foundation ed. Digital Divide: Its Structure and Issues. pp. 25-101. NTT publication. 2002
"'structuralism'; 'transformation', 'symbolic mechanism', 'symbolic statement', 'encyclopedic knowledge', 'mode of information', 'folk theory', 'ethnopsychology', 'indigenous psychology', 'collective memory', 'basic color terms', 'focal color', 'cultural schema', 'culture theory', 'culture and inference', 'cultural models and motivation', 'formal semantic analysis', 'componential analysis', 'cross-cultural analysis', 'lexeme', 'cognitive division of labor', 'navigation', 'basic emotions', 'cultural consensus theory'", In: Japanese Cognitive Science Society ed. Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Kyoritsu Publication. 2002
"Value System." In:Kokuryo, J. et.al. eds., Keywords to Understand Information Society. Vol.1, pp.121-131, Baifukan. 2003
"Digital Divide." In:Kokuryo, J. et.al. eds., Keywords to Understand Information Society. Vol.1, pp.262-269, Baifukan. 2003
"Current Picture of Digital Divide." In: Hashimoto, Y. ed. Network Society. Series Contemporary Media and Journalism Vol.2, pp. 102-133. Minerva Shobo.2005
"Information Network and Japanese Society." In: Hashimoto, Y. ed. 'Media,' Course on Sociolinguistics. Vol.2, pp. 240-263. Hitsuji Shobo. 2005
"Ethnography of 'Information Society'", In: Yamashita, S. and M. Fukushima eds., Praxis of Contemporary Anthropology, pp.62-82. Yuhikaku. 2005
"Toward the Scandinavian Model of Post Advanced Consumer Society." In: Negoro R. ed. Socio-Economic System in the Digital Age. pp. 291-297. Media Select. 2005
"Cyberspace as Socio-psychological Space: Cross-Cultural Comparison between the Finnish, Japan and Korea." with Yoshitaka Saito. In: Katja Valaskivi ed. Vaurauden Lapset: Näkökulmia japanilaiseen ja suomalaiseen nykykulttuuriin. ("Children of Affluence. Approaches to Japanese and Finnish Contemporary Culture"). pp. Vaptapaino (In Finnish.). 2006
"Bologna: Perspective of Network Society as Civic Society." In: Izumi, H. ed. Creative City: Generation of Innovative Contents Business. pp.115-136. NTT publication. 2007
"Barcelona: Toward Creative Network Society." In: Izumi, H. ed. Creative City: Generation of Innovative Contents Business. pp. 137-151. NTT publication. 2007

Publications etc.
–Papers:

"‘IT’s effect on community: pursuit for new way of political activities." NIRA (National Institute for Research Advancement) Policy Research, vol.8 no.5, pp.26-31. 1995
"Examination room as socio-cultural cognitive space." Collected Papers on Design of Information, Media and Space. pp.25-26. Information Processing Society of Japan. 1995
"Electronic mail as a means of cyber politics." Proceedings of Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences 5th Annual Conference pp.1-14. 1996
"Cultural Models of 'fever'." Proceedings of Japanese Society of Ethnology 49th Annucal Conference. pp.25-32. 1996
"Electronic mail as socio-cultural activity." Linguistic Study of Japanese. vol.15 no.12, pp.12-26. 1996
"Ethnography of fever." Culture and Mind. vol.2 no.3, pp.34-54. 1998
"Grammar of media and passive attitude toward network among college students." Linguistic Study of Japanese. vol.17 no.11, pp.188-203. 1998
"Internet use and information literacy" Proceedings of Japan Association of Social Informatics 14th Annual Conference. pp.195-200. 1999
"Performance measurement and IT strategy in local government – A case study of New York City." Proceedings of Japan Association of Social Informatics 14th Annual Conference pp.141-146. 1999
"Growing Use of ICT among Japanese college students in the late 90s and its Social Implications." Memoirs of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology. vol.13, pp.17-22. 1999
"'Scandinavian Model' of Informatization." Jitsuzyo no Nihon. vol.102, no. 12, pp.64-66. Jituzyo no Nihon Sha. 1999
"New paradigm for social agreement in networked society" IMIDAS2000. pp.30-31, Shueisha. 2000
"Digital divide: Comprehensive restructuring of World System and decision to be made of Japanese society." Memoirs of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology. vol.14, pp.1-6. 2000
"Nordic countries as IT nations." Gyosei & ADP (public administration & auto data processing). Jan.2001, Institute of Administrative Information Systems. 2001
"On information society as PACS, Post Advanced Consumer Society." Intelplace. vol.66, pp.16-20, International University of Japan. 2001
"Investigation of 'Internet Paradox'." with Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Daisuke Tsuji, Kenichi Ishii and Sammi Kim. Research bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, the University of Tokyo in Japanese, vol.18 pp.335-485. 2002
"Cross-cultural study of internet use among Japanese and Korean college students", with Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Daisuke Tsuji, Kenichi Ishii and Sammi Kim. Research bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, the University of Tokyo in Japanese, vol.20, pp.205-345. 2003
"'Rational ignorance' in a society with information technology innovations: Do people's attitudes toward the digital divide differ among social groups?" with Yoshitaka Saito. Journal of Japan Association for Social Informatics, vol.16 no.2, pp.45-58. 2004
"Network Reality: Conceiving a plot of information society as post advanced consumer society." NIRA Policy Research, vol.17 no.12 pp.6-26. 2004
"Factors to Affect Setting Up of Their Own Homepage among Internet Users: Comparison among the Japanese, the Korean and the Finns." with Yoshitaka Saito. Journal of Japan Society of Information and Communication Research. vol.23 no.1, pp.45-52. 2005
"Digital Divide and Japanese Society." Studies of Broadcasting and Media. Vol.3, pp.9-56. 2005
"SNS (Social Networking Service) and Interpersonal Trust Based on the Study of its Early Adopters among College Students." Journal of Japan Association for Social Informatics, vol.17 no.2, pp.23-31. 2005
"Interaction Between Internet Media and Mass Media is Gaining Momentum." NIRA Policy Research, vol.18 no.12 pp.23-31. 2005
"Cognitive Anthropology of 'Getting Sick.'" Journal of Waseda Society of Cultural Anthropology, vol.7, pp.66-96. 2006

Publications etc.
–Others:

HONORS & AWARDS

Sep. 2001, Japan Association for Social Informatics, Excellent Publications Award for the publication, " What is Digital Divide?: Toward Consensus Community” Iwanami Shoten.
Mar. 2002, Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Telecom Social Science Publication Award for the publication, " What is Digital Divide?: Toward Consensus Community” Iwanami Shoten.

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