KARASAWA Taisuke

Teaching Staff (Arts & Roots)

Title	Associate Professor

Research Fields	Philosophy / Cultural anthropology

Education	2012 Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University 2007 Master of Arts, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University 2002 Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

Selected Professional Experience	2019-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2018-2019 Adjunct Lecturer, Japanese Culture and Language Program (JCLP), Ryukoku University, Kyoto 2017-2019 Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University 2016-Present Joint Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University 2016-2022 Visiting Researcher, International Research Center for Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo 2015-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University 2013-2016 Visiting Researcher, Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University 2013-2015 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University

Recent Activities	<Single-author books> 2020 ‘Ura-Nihon’ bunka-ron: Kan-nihonkai no bunka, shinkō, and shizen [The Cultural Theory of ‘Opposite Japanese’ Culture: It’s Culture, Faith, and Nature]. Nu-su publishing, Tokyo. 2015 Minakata Kumagusu: Nihonjin no kanousei no kyokugen [Minakata Kumagusu: The Ultimate Possibility of the Japanese]. Chuokoron-shinsha, Tokyo. 2014 Minakata Kumagusu no mita yume: Passage ni tatsu mono [Dreams That Minakata Kumagusu Saw: The Man Standing on the Passage]. (Winner, 13th Yuasa Yasuo Prize) Bensei, Tokyo. <Co-authored book> 2011 ‘Ura-Nihon’ bunka runessansu [Renaissance of the ‘Opposite’ Japanese Culture] (with ISHIZUKA Masahide, KUDO Yutaka and ISHIKAWA Iori). Shakaihyoronsha, Tokyo. <Selected Essays> Please refer to the link: JST RESEARCH MAP 2022 Nenkin tetsugaku no shiza [Perspective of Slime Mold Philosophy: Tactility and Cytoplasmic Streaming]. Eureka, vol. 789, pp.309-316. Seidosha, Tkyo. 2022 Tact ni Kansuru tetsugaku teki kousatsu: Minakata Kumagusu no gensetsu kara [Philosophical Deliberation on tact: From the Discourse of Minakata Kumagusu].Eco-Philosophy, vol.16, pp.81-94. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2021 Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru Nagiran no hakken [Discovery of Cymbidium nagifolium by Minakata Kumagusu]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 15, pp.69-89. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2020 Myōe no yume ni okeru doubutsu no imi [The Meaning of Animals in Dreams of Myōe]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 14, pp.93-105. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2019 Minakata Kumagusu wa ‘Yudaya-kyo no Mikkyo no Mandala’ de nani wo hyogen shiyou to shita ka: Sephirot no ki to no hikaku [What Minakata Kumagusu reveals through his ‘Kabbalistic Mandala’: A comparison with the Sephirothic tree]. Studies in Comparative Philosophy, vol. 45, pp. 109-117. Japanese Association for Comparative Philosophy, Tokyo. 2018 Bricoleur Kumagusu: “Yariate” to Bricolage wo megutte [Bricoleur Kumagusu: Concerning “Yariate” and Bricolage]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 12, pp.25-38. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2017 Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru ‘Sekai ninshiki kouzou zu’ no kaidoku to kousatsu: ‘Na’ to ‘In’ wo meguru gensetsu wo cyushin ni [A Diagram for Recognizing the World Structure by Kumagusu Minakata: Analyzing its elements]. The Bulletin of Kubikino Institute of Folk-Archive, vol. 2-8, pp.1-22, Kubikino Institute of Folk-Archive, Niigata. Shintou suru ba aruiwa <Cyūkan> no shiza: Doubutsu, Youji, Myōkōnin [A Perspective of Interpenetrative Place: Animals, Infants, and Myōkōnin]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 11, pp.35-45. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2016 Nachi-zan ni okeru cyoukankaku teki gensyou: Minakata Kumagusu ni yoru kijutsu to “Human Personality” to no hikaku wo tūjite [Parapsychological Phenomena at Mt. Nach: A Comparison of Kumagusu Minakata’s descriptions and Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 10, pp.35-52. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2015 Minakata Kumagusu to ‘Telepathy’ to iu kotoba ni kansuru kousatsu [A Study about Kumagusu Minakata and the Word ‘Telepathy’]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 9, pp.61-74. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2014 Ima Shinto wo minaosu: Something Great eno kantan to sūkei no nen [Re-consideration about Shinto: A Sense of Admiration and Veneration to Something Great]. Eco-Philosophy, vol. 8, pp.47-60. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Eco-Philosophy, Toyo University, Tokyo. 2013 Minakata Kumagusu no ‘Naikan’ ni kansuru kousatsu: Jung shinrigaku wo enyou shite [A Study about Kumagusu Minakata’s Introspection: Jungian Psychological Approach]. Japanese Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol. 12, pp.3-18. Japan Transpersonal Association, Tokyo. <Special Presentations/Lectures> 2023 Nenkin, Knit, Uzu [Slime mold, Knit, Vortex]. Chihiro Hasunuma and Taisuke Karasawa. The 10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art: Akibi-jū-nen, spin-off project. Akita City Cultural Creation Center, Akita. 2022 Fukugo-Geijyutsu to seisei sareru ‘aida’ ni tsuite [About Transdisciplinary art and the creation of ‘betweenness’]. Conference on Transdisciplinary Arts 2022: Trans/Trance-disciplinary Art, Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts, Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts, Akita University of Art. 2020 Minakata Kumagusu no yume-kenkyu [Minakata Kumagusu’s dream research]. Association of Jungian Analysts, Japan (AJAJ) Seminar 156. Co-op Inn Kyoto, Kyoto. 2017-18 Kumagusu to art [Kumagusu and art]. reading club vol. 2 (reading club series). KYOTO ART HOSTEL kumagusuku, Kyoto. 2015 Kumagusu: Yume ni tsuite [Kumagusu: About his dreams]. THE BOX OF MEMORY (FUJIMOTO Yukio exhibition), KYOTO ART HOSTEL kumagusuku, Kyoto. <Other> 2023 Art work. NENKIN!!!! (with Research Club for Slime Mold, Akita University of Art). The 10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art: Akibi-jū-nen. Akita City Cultural Creation Center, Akita. 2022 Art work. Mijikahokori wo totonoeru (with Research Club for Slime Mold, Akita University of Art). Special exhibition. Nichijyō wo totonoeru. Hajimari art center, Fukushima. 2021 Talk session. Komoru to hiraku: Chi no kyojin Minakata Kumagusu to Art [Seclusion and Openness: Kumagusu Minakata, the Giant of Knowledge and Contemporary Art] (with MAEDA Kōhei). Kinan Chemistry Session vol.2, Kinan Art Week 2021, Wakayama. 2019-2021 Research associate. Special exhibition ARTS & ROUTES: Awai wo tadoru tabi. Akita University of Art and Arts Center Akita, Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita. 2018 Interviewee, Taiyo no to [Tower of the Sun] (feature documentary film; dir. SEKINE Kosai). Parco, Spoon, Tokyo. 2017-2018 Academic research support. Nou no naka no mori: Minakata Kumagusu no hakken [A section of forest of the brain: Kumagusu Minakata’s discovery method]. Wild: Untamed Mind. 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo.

Courses Taught	Introduction to Arts & Roots Arts & Roots Seminar Project Planning and Presentation Art Project Philosophy Cultural Anthropology Advanced Cultural Anthropology Contemporary Art Seminar (Arts & Roots) Graduation Project (Arts & Roots) (Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts) Transdisciplinary Arts Theory Applied Transdisciplinary Arts :Theory Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar Guided Research I, II (Master’s Program) Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Theory I, II Production Skills Workshop I, II, Ⅲ Guided Research I, II (Doctoral Program)

Example Works

Minakata Kumagusu no mita yume: pasaji ni tatsu mono [Dreams that Minakata Kumagusu saw: The Man Standing on the Passage]. (2014)	Minakata Kumagusu: Nihonjin no kanousei no kyokugen [Minakata Kumagusu: The Ultimate Possibility of the Japanese]. (2015)	Ura-Nihon’ bunka-ron: Kan-nihonkai no bunka, shinkō, and shizen [The Cultural Theory of ‘Opposite Japanese’ Culture: It’s Culture, Faith, and Nature]. (2020)	Mijikahokori wo totonoeru, Special exhibition: Nichijyō wo totonoeru.（2022）	NENKIN!!!! The 10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art: Akibi-jū-nen. (2023)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: KARASAWA Taisuke (Japanese page)