表題番号:2020C-425 日付:2022/04/11
研究課題Re-gendering Oceania: Art, Activism, and Gender/Sexual Minorities Across the Pacific and Asia
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 国際学術院 国際教養学部 教授 ドボルザーク グレッグ
研究成果概要

This special project (Tokutei Kadai), proposed originally in 2019 for AY2020 but delayed unavoidably because of the global coronavirus pandemic, was undertaken mainly in the 2021 academic year.  Originally, the proposal was to travel to New Zealand, but since overseas travel was mostly restricted and New Zealand’s borders remained closed, this project was modified to concentrate instead on the work of indigenous and minority artists within Japan. Building on the first phase of my 2019-2021 Kakenhi project, this special project (Tokutei Kadai) successfully established a new research base that now addresses the field of gender studies to both complement my research as well as establish a basis for curatorial and ethnographic research around decolonization and sexual and gender minorities in Japan. My research on "Decolonizing Japan" entailed ethnographic and art-related research in Okinawa, particularly Okinawa island and Yonaguni Island.  I met with numerous artists who work with themes of feminism, gender, and queer identity.  Later, I also surveyed art exhibits and met with artists in the Tohoku region that dealt with Ainu themes of gender, as well as the major Feminisms exhibit at the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Art.