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NISHIURA,MADOKA
 
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Affiliation*
College of Contemporary Psychology Department of Body Expression and Cinematic Arts
Title*
Assistant Professor
Degree
Ph.D. （ 7 2024   The University of Tokyo ）
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Campus Career*
  • 4 2026 - Present 
    College of Contemporary Psychology   Department of Body Expression and Cinematic Arts   Assistant Professor
 

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore  / Semiotic Anthropology, Anthropology of Music, Deaf Studies, Play Studies

Research History

  • 4 2026 - Present 
    Rikkyo University   College of Contemporary Psychology Department of Expression Studies   Assistant Professor

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  • 4 2025 - Present 
    Hosei University   Faculty of Sustainability Studies

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  • 4 2024 - 4 2026 
    Tamagawa University   College of Arts and Sciences Department of Liberal Arts

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  • 4 2025 - 3 2026 
    University of the Sacred Heart   Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Human Relations

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  • 10 2024 - 3 2026 
    The University of Tokyo   Graduate School of Arts and Sciences   research fellow

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  • 5 2023 - 3 2024 
    Harvard Department of Anthropology   visiting fellow

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  • 8 2021 - 5 2022 
    Harvard Yenching Institute   Visiting Fellow

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  • 4 2018 - 7 2021 
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   Research Fellow

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Education

  • 4 2018 - 7 2024 
    The University of Tokyo   Graduate School of Arts and Sciences   Department of Cultural Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

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  • 4 2016 - 3 2018 
    The University of Tokyo   Graduate School of Arts and Sciences   Department of Cultural Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

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    Country： Japan

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  • 4 2012 - 3 2016 
    Tokyo University of the Arts   Faculty of Music   Musicology

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    Country： Japan

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Committee Memberships

  • 1 2018 - 4 2024 
    東洋音楽学会   参事（会報担当）

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    Committee type：Academic society

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Awards

  • 7 2025  
    アジア太平洋フォーラム・淡路会議  第24回アジア太平洋研究賞 佳作  博士論文

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  • 6 2024  
    SS25 Forrest Research Foundation  SS25 Forrest Research Foundation ECR Award 

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  • 2015  
    Ataka Award 

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Papers

  • 手話を聞く――バリ島ブンカラ村における「聾であること」と〈身体のポエティクス〉 Peer-reviewed

    西浦まどか

    2024年度東京大学総合文化研究科提出博士論文   3 2024

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    Authorship：Lead author   Publishing type：Doctoral thesis  

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  • Deaf Bodies Filled with Sound: Musical Participation, Solitude, and Self-sufficiency in Bengkala, the "Deaf Village" in Bali Peer-reviewed

    Madoka NISHIURA

      87 ( 3 ) 441 - 460   12 2022

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    Authorship：Lead author   Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

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  • Lines in d/Deaf Singing: Why does the Song Signing Conflict in Japan Occur? Invited

    TSUCHIDA Madoka

    Japanese Journal of Sign Language Studies30 ( 3 ) 18 - 30   25 12 2021

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    Language：Japanese   Publisher：Japanese Association of Sign Linguistics  

    This paper discusses the conflict between d/Deaf and hearing people over song signing performances in Japan. Focusing on the domain of music and taking into account the diversity within the deaf category <i>(i.e.</i>, congenital, late-deafened, and hard of hearing), the paper addresses the following theoretical questions: What is singing for the d/Deaf, and how does it differ from hearing? With an emphasis on the kinetic lines in sign language, I refer to cultural anthropologist Tim Ingold's discussion on line and perception and introduce his perspective of “the process of line creation in correspondence to the environment in the all-sensory perceptual experience.” I propose the possibility of considering d/Deaf singing as an orientation to the process of kinetic line creation itself. I conclude that the lack of such a perspective on line creation is one of the main causes of the musical problems of the song signing conflict.

    DOI： 10.7877/jasl.30.3_18

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Misc.

Books and Other Publications

  • The logic of music without sound: The film "LISTEN" as a translation

    （ Role： Contributor ,  The logic of music without sound: The film "LISTEN" as a translation）

    5 2023 

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    Responsible for pages：pp.235-250  

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Presentations

  • 〈彼岸と此岸を行き来する〉遊びとしての手話歌――バリ島の聾者村落コミュニティのフィールドワークから

    日本発達心理学会第36回大会  3 2025 

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  • The Vulnerability of a Tourist-Oriented Deaf Community in Bali, Indonesia, During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The GASP-EES International Symposium: Crisis of Wellbeing and Wellbeing in Crisis Across Borders  12 2024 

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  • Everyone here Signs Sign Language Cinematically: Descriptive Expressions in Kata Kolok in Bali, Indonesia.

    SS25 (Sociolinguistics Symposium)  6 2024 

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  • Translating Qualia: Intersemiotic Translation between Oral and Sign Language in Bali.

    AAA (The American Anthropological Association)  11 2023 

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  • How are Deaf People Involved with Music in Bali?: Musicking as a Multimodal Interaction with Playfulness.

    SEM (the Society for Ethnomusicology)  10 2023 

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  • Doubled Space: Cardinal and Conceptual Pointing in Village Sign Language

    Madoka Nishiura

    Michicagoan Conference in Linguistic Anthropology  13 5 2023 

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    Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • The Poetics of Bodies: From Sign Language to Dance

    WORKSHOP ON SEMIOTICS RESEARCH  18 5 2022 

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    Event date： 17 5 2022 - 18 5 2022

    Language：English   Presentation type：Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

    Venue：Harvard University  

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Teaching Experience

  • 4 2025 - Present 
    fieldwork （ University of the Sacred Heart ）

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  • 4 2025 - Present 
    Introduction to Anthropology of Music （ Hosei University ）

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  • 4 2024 - 3 2025 
    Academic Writing 101, 102 （ Tamagawa University ）

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  • 4 2024 - 3 2025 
    Cultural Anthropology 101 （ Tamagawa University ）

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Social Contribution

  • 社会人向け講座「人はなぜ音楽するのか――音楽人類学入門」（FILTR）

    Lecturer

    FILTR  7 2024 - Present

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    Type：Seminar, workshop

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