Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2023
2024.Mar.22
The Trauma Reporting Study Group held a total of four sessions during the 2023 academic year, including book club meetings. In addition to the book club session on Trauma Reporting: A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories by Jo Healey, we organized a debate related to the “Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual abuse scandal” and a study session featuring guest speaker Mameta Endo on "The Internet and Social Movements." We also hosted an online public lecture by Cait McMahon titled “Covering trauma: Building mental fitness for journalists.”
Report on the Participation in HISS (the Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality Studies) 2024
2024.Mar.22
Drs. Yuko Itatsu and Kyoko Takeuchi from the B'AI Global Forum participated in HISS (the Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality Studies) 2024 held in Sydney from February 19 to March 1, 2024.
Report on the 27th B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“Exploratory analysis of perceptions of artificial intelligence among high school students living in Japan”
2024.Mar.22
On February 27, 2024, the 27th session of the “B'AI Book Club” was held in a hybrid format, featuring two of the graduate student members, William Guzman and Alyssa Castillo Yap, presenting on their ongoing research regarding the perceptions of AI among high school students in Japan.
Report on Lecture by Dr. Cait McMahon
“Covering Trauma: Building Mental Fitness for Journalists”
2024.Mar.22
On February 13, 2024, the Trauma Reporting Study Group welcomed Dr. Cait McMahon OAM, a psychologist from Australia and a leading expert on the intersection of trauma and journalism, to the University of Tokyo for a public lecture titled "Covering Trauma: Building Mental Fitness for Journalists."
Report on the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies”
2024.Mar.22
On January 18, 2024, the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 took place. Dr. Andrew Lapworth (UNSW Canberra) delivered a presentation titled “Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies.”
Report on Lecture by Dr. Karen Shimakawa “Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance”
2024.Mar.22
On January 10, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum held a talk by Dr. Karen Shimakawa from New York University entitled “Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance.”
Report on the 25th B’AI Book Club
Articles Exploring the Intersections of Performance, Culture, and Critical AI from a Multidisciplinary Perspective
2024.Mar.21
The 25th meeting of the B’AI Book Club was held on December 19, 2023. Dr. Karen Shimakawa, Associate Professor of Performance Studies and Co-Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs in New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, reviewed articles exploring the intersections of performance, culture, and critical AI from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Report on the B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
2024.Mar.12
On January 15, 2024, a lecture titled "Language Education in the AI Era" was held, featuring presentations by Yujin Yaguchi (Vice President and Director of the Center for Global Education, The University of Tokyo), Sho Tsuji (Lecturer at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo), and Takane Ito (Vice President and Project Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo).
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Stock and Flow of Cultural Resources to the Educational Field from the Perspective of ‘Relationship between Technology and Society’”
2024.Mar.12
On July 19, 2022, the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 took place online. Masao Oi (PhD Student, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo; Project Researcher, TRC-ADEAC Inc.) delivered a presentation titled “Stock and Flow of Cultural Resources to the Educational Field from the Perspective of ‘Relationship between Technology and Society.’”