MURATA,Mariko - Faculty of Sociology Department of Sociology Media Major

MURATA, Mariko

Faculty, Department/Institute

Faculty of Sociology Department of Sociology Media Major

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Professor Apr. 1,2016

Academic Degrees

Mar. 2002 The University of Tokyo
Nov. 2004 Goldsmiths College, University of London
PhD, Interdisciplinary Information Studies May 2012 The University of Tokyo

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E-mail Address：mmurata@kansai-u.ac.jp

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	media, mùseùms, pùblić spaće, ćommùnićation;

research topic	museum as media
Study theme state	Individual Research
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research topic	Museums and Popular Culture
Study theme state	Joint research within Japan
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research topic
Study theme state	Joint research within Japan
research duration
Research Programs
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Research Topics Overview

Research Publications

No.	Type of publication	Date of publication (Date of presentation)	Title	Type of research result	Jointly authored or single authored	Publisher and journal name	Volume number
1	Papers1	2018/4～2018,04,00,,,	Multiculturalism and Museums of the 21st Century: Cultural Challenges in Japan and the U.K	Academic Journal	International coauthorship
2	Papers1	2017/10～2017,10,00,,,	Making a manga exhibition accessible for the visually-impaired: using tactile art as method	In-house publication	Single-Author
3	Survey report22	2016/3～2016,03,00,,,	Exhibiting Popular Culture: Focusing on sports, manga comics, and popular music museums in Japan	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulletin of the Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University	Volume 47, Number2
4	Papers1	2016/3～2016,03,00,,,	Media Bricolage on 'Reading' : Creating an art installation 'Analog Electronic Book'	In-house publication	Co-author	Bulletin of Aichi Shukutoku University. Faculty of Media Theories and Production	Vol.6
5	Book2	2014/12～2014,12,,,,	The Museum as Ideology: Media Studies on Objects and Spaces	Monograph	Single-Author	Jimbun Shoin
6	Papers1	2014/10～2014,10,,,,	‘Politics’ of Site and Display: The Korean Comics Exhibition ‘Flowers that Never Wilt’ at the Angouleme International Comics Festival	In-house publication	Co-author
7	Papers1	2013/3～2013,03,,,,	Development of Manga Reading Behavior Scale and Manga Image Scale	In-house publication	Co-author	Bulletin of the Faculty of Sociology	Vol. 44, No.2, pp.75-99
8	Edited book3	2013～2013,,,,,	Popular Culture Museum: Collecting, Sharing and Consuming Cultures	Monograph	Co-editor	Minerva Shobo
9	Papers1	2012/9～2012,09,,,,	Visitor Survey at the Hiroshima City Manga Library: What It Means to Deal with Manga in Libraries	In-house publication	Co-author	Journal of Kyoto Seika University	Vol.41, pp.112-127
10	Papers1	2011/3～2011,03,,,,	What Do People Do in Manga Museums?: Rethinking 'Manga Environment' through Visitor Behavior	Academic Journal	Co-author	Manga Studies	Vol 17, pp.76-85
11	Papers1	2010/9～2010,09,,,,	Visitor Survey ath the Kyoto International Manga Museum: Considering Museums and Popular Culture	In-house publication	Co-author	Journal of Kyoto Seika University	Vol.37, pp.77-92
12	Papers1	2009/10～2009,10,,,,	The Expansion of Museum Image in Postmodern Japan	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulletin of the Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University	41(1)
13	Papers1	2009/1～2009,01,,,,	The Establishment of Modern Museums in Japan	In-house publication	Single-Author	Journal of Kyoto Seika University	35
14	Chapter or Section5	2009～2009,,,,,	Media Literacy Workshops: Learning, Playing and Designing a New Information Society	Monograph	Co-authored chapter	University of Tokyo Press
15	Papers1	2008/3～2008,03,,,,	The Collecting ‘Gaze’: from ‘the cabinet of curiosites’ to the Quai Branly Museum	In-house publication		Journal of Kyoto Seika University	34
16	Papers1	2007/9～2007,09,,,,	Considering Museum Objects	In-house publication	Single-Author	Journal of Kyoto Seika University	33
17	Magazine article15	2006～2006,,,,,	'Narratives' in the museum –Beyond the discourse on ‘Art’	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Bijutsu Forum 21/ Daigo Shobo	vol. 14
18	Papers1	2005/3～2005,03,,,,	Ethnography of the Hospital-reach Project: Creating cross-cultural communication among institutions	In-house publication	Single-Author	Journal of Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo	No.69
19	Papers1	2004～2004,,,,,	Reconceptualizing Museum Communication: A Call for Media Studies	In-house publication	Single-Author	The Bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies	66
20	Papers1	2003/3～2003,03,,,,	A Brief History of Visitor Studies and its Issues: Offering an essential perspective for effective museum communication in Japan	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Bulletin of Japan Museum Management Academy	No.7
21	Papers1	2003/3～2003,03,,,,	Museums and Media Literacy: A Developmental Study at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography	In-house publication	Co-author	The Bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, The University of Tokyo	No.65

Magazine articleUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorMURATA,Mariko2019/4～

Magazine articleUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorMURATA,Mariko2018/9～978-4-9085-1523-1

PapersMulticulturalism and Museums of the 21st Century: Cultural Challenges in Japan and the U.KIn refereedAcademic JournalInternational coauthorshipMURATA,Mariko;YOSHIARA Yuuki2018/4～

PapersMaking a manga exhibition accessible for the visually-impaired: using tactile art as methodUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA,Mariko2017/10～

Survey reportExhibiting Popular Culture: Focusing on sports, manga comics, and popular music museums in JapanUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA,MarikoBulletin of the Faculty of Sociology, Kansai UniversityVolume 47, Number22016/3～

PapersMedia Bricolage on 'Reading' : Creating an art installation 'Analog Electronic Book'UnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorMIYATA Masako, KEHARA Hiroki, MURATA,Mariko, TANIGAWA RyuichiBulletin of Aichi Shukutoku University. Faculty of Media Theories and ProductionVol.62016/3～

BookMonographCo-editorHASEGAWA, Hajime, MURATA,Mariko;2015/8～

PapersIn-house publicationCo-authorYAMANAKA Chie, MURATA,Mariko, ITO Yu, TANIGAWA Ryuichi2015/3～

BookThe Museum as Ideology: Media Studies on Objects and SpacesUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorMURATA,Mariko;Jimbun Shoin2014/12～

Papers‘Politics’ of Site and Display: The Korean Comics Exhibition ‘Flowers that Never Wilt’ at the Angouleme International Comics FestivalUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorMURATA,Mariko;PASQUIER, Aurelien;YAMANAKA Chie;ITO Yu;2014/10～

PapersDevelopment of Manga Reading Behavior Scale and Manga Image ScaleUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorTakafumi Wakita;Mariko Murata;Chie Yamanaka;Yu Ito;Ryuichi Tanigawa;Bulletin of the Faculty of SociologyVol. 44, No.2, pp.75-992013/3～

Edited bookPopular Culture Museum: Collecting, Sharing and Consuming CulturesMonographCo-editorSaeko Ishita;Mariko Murata ;Chie Yamanaka;Minerva Shobo2013～

Survey reportUnrefereedOtherCo-authorRyuichi Tanigawa;Yu Ito;Mariko Murata;Chie Yamanaka;;2013～Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University

PapersVisitor Survey at the Hiroshima City Manga Library: What It Means to Deal with Manga in LibrariesUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorYu Ito;Mariko Murata;Chie Yamanaka;Ryuichi Tanigawa;Journal of Kyoto Seika UniversityVol.41, pp.112-1272012/9～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorMariko Murata;Chie Yamanaka;Yu Ito;Ryuichi Tanigawa;Bulletin of the Faculty of SociologyVol.43, No.2,pp.95-1142012/3～

PapersWhat Do People Do in Manga Museums?: Rethinking 'Manga Environment' through Visitor BehaviorIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authorChie Yamanaka;Yu Ito;Mariko Murata;Ryuichi Tanigawa;Manga StudiesVol 17, pp.76-852011/3～Japan Society for Studies in Cartoon and Comics

PapersVisitor Survey ath the Kyoto International Manga Museum: Considering Museums and Popular CultureUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorMariko Murata;Chie Yamanaka;Ryuichi Tanigawa;Yu Ito;;Journal of Kyoto Seika UniversityVol.37, pp.77-922010/9～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;2010/3～

PapersThe Expansion of Museum Image in Postmodern JapanIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;;Bulletin of the Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University41(1)2009/10～This paper aims to describe the evolution of postmodern museums in Japan. Mainly in Europe and the United States, the so-called postmodern museums are expanding: they are mega, spectacular, and popular. In Japanese museums, however, postmodernism evolved in a different way: as a dissociation of museums and its image. In other words, while the ‘hakubutsukan’ administration could not literally pursue the postmodern movement, spectacular and fashionable images of museums are presented and represented through the media, affecting people’s museum image. It is the aim of this paper to outline this phenomenon, and to reconsider why postmodern museums in Japan came out to be this way.

PapersThe Establishment of Modern Museums in Japan In-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA,Mariko;Journal of Kyoto Seika University352009/1～This paper aims to roughly sketch the thorough and unique history of museums in Japan, and to understand how and why Japanese museums have become what they are today. Japan has ‘imported’ and implemented the idea of European museums during the Meiji era. Opening a museum was one of the governmental issues, when they were so eager to absorb as much knowledge as possible from the western countries. After enduring effort made by some of the key persons, museums were acknowledged as important devices for education and enlightenment, and have increased gradually. However, museums in Japan developed quite differently from that of the West in many ways. This also meant that the existence and meaning of museums to the Japanese society were also very different. It is the aim of this paper to outline these differences and the reason behind. Only when this process is clear can we fully discuss the issue of museum communication in Japan.

Edited bookMonographCo-editorOMOTE, Tomoyuki;KANAZAWA, Kodama;MURATA, Mariko;2009～

Chapter or SectionMedia Literacy Workshops: Learning, Playing and Designing a New Information SocietyMonographCo-authored chapterMIZUKOSHI, Shin;MELL Project on Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo;MURATA, Mariko;University of Tokyo Press2009～

PapersThe Collecting ‘Gaze’: from ‘the cabinet of curiosites’ to the Quai Branly MuseumIn-house publicationMURATA, Mariko;Journal of Kyoto Seika University342008/3～This paper is a sequel to the former paper ‘Considering museum objects.’ It focuses on the collecting culture of the museum, and the modern ‘gaze’ which formed such culture. This gaze, which is imperial in its origin and which categorizes the non-western culture as the ‘other’ and exotic, is deeply enmeshed within the roots of the museum. It implicitly affects every aspect of museum communication we encounter today. Thus it is essential to analyze the historical and cultural formation of such gaze, in order to understand the museum communication process. The seed of such gaze can be typically seen in picturesque paintings which emphasize the visual fascination of nature, ruins, libraries, and jumbled up cabinets, etc. Here the objects are ‘visually’ collected in the paintings, in order to eye them inside a single frame. While this gaze, or this fetish, is the origin of the collection culture, it is drastically transformed into the so-called ‘panoramic view’ by encountering modern technologies such as the invention of　railways, the custom of sight-seeing, and the spectacles of the world expositions. The paper will observe the characteristics of this view, and how it shaped the modern museum; here the ‘museum of ethnology’ is a case in point. Lastly, the paper focuses on the postmodern gaze that seems to have appeared in museums very recently. Here, I will try to analyze the Quai Branly Museum in Paris as a case study.

PapersConsidering Museum ObjectsIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;Journal of Kyoto Seika University332007/9～Museums are institutions which acquire, conserve, and display objects to the public; thus their ‘collections’ are historical and unique to the museum. Without exception, these objects are enmeshed in a complex power relation, and dealing with them generates/ regenerates yet another new context. How then can we consider the meaning of museum objects? How have museum professionals been tackling with this difficult issue? So far, museum objects tend to be discussed by either one of the following frameworks: by explaining each objects separately, or by thinking the collection as a whole. The former method can be seen in disciplines such as art history, anthropology, and museums studies; it explains the background and ‘roots’ of the objects separately. In the latter framework, the background and ‘roots’ of each objects are omitted, and the ‘collection’ is explained as a systematic whole. Here, there is a huge gap between the two discussions; while the former focuses on the ‘roots’ of the objects, the latter omits them. But where have the ‘roots’ gone? By indicating the argument of James Clifford, I will try to explain the reasons for this gap, and how the gap itself explains the modernity of the museum ‘dispositif’.

Magazine article'Narratives' in the museum –Beyond the discourse on ‘Art’Academic JournalSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;Bijutsu Forum 21/ Daigo Shobovol. 142006～

PapersEthnography of the Hospital-reach Project: Creating cross-cultural communication among institutionsIn refereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;Journal of Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of TokyoNo.692005/3～

OtherCo-authorTSUKASE, Mie;MIKOUCHI, Akiko;MURATA, Mariko;;2004/4～

PapersReconceptualizing Museum Communication: A Call for Media StudiesIn refereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;The Bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies662004～

OtherSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;2003/7～

PapersA Brief History of Visitor Studies and its Issues: Offering an essential perspective for effective museum communication in JapanIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorMURATA, Mariko;Bulletin of Japan Museum Management AcademyNo.72003/3～This paper will briefly go over the history of American visitor studies and examine the derivative issues. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate why it is necessary for Japanese museums to understand the historical background of the American system when seeking ways of adapting the study effectively within its Japanese counterpart. Today museums around the world face many difficulties due to recession and globalization, and it has become essential for them to develop effective ways of communication. To deal with their issues, visitor studies has developed mainly in the United States, influencing the way museum communication should be. In Japan, the study was introduced in the 1950s but was hardly implemented. It was not until recently that the visitor studies became a major concern for Japanese museums and was expected to play an important role in reforming the current situation. However, many issues have yet to be dealt with satisfactorily in the field of visitor studies. The field has not fully achieved its goal of effective communication. Moreover, the museum situation in Japan is totally different from that of the United States, and it is difficult to apply the study as it is. Therefore it is essential to have an in-depth understanding of the reasons behind the way the study has developed.

PapersMuseums and Media Literacy: A Developmental Study at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyIn-house publicationCo-authorMIZUKOSHI, Shin;MURATA, Mariko;The Bulletin of the Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, The University of Tokyo No.652003/3～

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