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Yuka Mizutani

 
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NameYuka Mizutani
URLhttps://researchmap.jp/yukamizutani?lang=en
AffiliationSophia University
SectionCenter for Global Education and Discovery/Graduate School of Global Studies, Program in International Cooperation Studies
Job titleProfessor
DegreePh.D (Area Studies)(Sophia University)
Research funding number90568453
ORCID ID0000-0003-4755-3537
J-Global ID200901069016141532

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Learning from the worldviews of Indigenous people in North America and the Pacific, and the residents of geographically marginalized communities.


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My research focuses on contemporary issues of cultural revitalization by Indigenous people and the marginalized communities in North America and a part of the Pacific. I use interdisciplinary approaches mainly based on cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, and borderlands studies.
Other topics I focus on include transborder connections among Indigenous nations and local communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands; representation and narrative of history at museums and historical monuments; news media of Indigenous people and marginalized communities; cultural activities in the natural reserves including those within the desert and the ocean; the relationship of the Indigenous Nations (Native American tribes in the U.S.) and organizations working with Indigenous people (nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, museums, etc.) with the nation-states and the international communities.
Through my research, I aim to locate issues related to Indigenous people and marginalized communities in those of global society and academic discussions, in order to share the knowledge with people in various fields in Japan and the world.

Research History

 
Apr 2022
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Today
Sophia University Center for Global Education and Discovery Professor 
 
Apr 2022
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Today
Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies Master's Program in international Cooperation Studies Professor 
 
Apr 2021
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Mar 2022
Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies, Program in International Cooperation Studies Associate Professor 
 
Apr 2015
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Mar 2022
Sophia University Center for Global Education and Discovery Associate Professor 
 
Apr 2013
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Mar 2015
Sophia University  Assistant Professor, Center for Global Discovery 
 

Research Projects

 
 
米国領内の先住民コミュニティによるアクセスが困難な場の文化や記憶の表象と継承
Japan Society for the Promotion of Scienceor S: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
MIZUTANI Yuka 
Project Year: Apr 2023 - Mar 2027
 
Socio-cultural interaction in the U.S.-Mexico border region including the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
MIZUTANI Yuka 
Project Year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2025
 
Conservation of Local Maritime Cultures in the US and International Relations in the Pacific Rim
Japan-U.S. Educational Commission (Fulbright Japan): Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
MIZUTANI Yuka 
Project Year: Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
 
Representation of Traditional Hawaiian Knowledge on Aquatic Fauna and Flora through Exhibitions of Aquariums to Tourists
Kurita Water and Environment Foundation: Research grant in Japan (Exploratory research)
MIZUTANI Yuka 
Project Year: Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
 
Rethinking Native American Food Sovereignty: A Multidisciplinary Research about Cases in Southern Arizona
The Mitsubishi Foundation: Research Grants in the Humanities
MIZUTANI Yuka 
Project Year: Oct 2016 - Sep 2017

Awards

 
Oct 2016
Sophia University, Teaching Award for Good Practice (Spring 2016)
MIZUTANI Yuka 
 
Nov 2012
Japan Consortium for Area Studies, Budding Project,Integration of the Pascua Yaqui into the United States: Border Crossing and the Federal Recognition
MIZUTANI Yuka 
 

Books and Other Publications

 
 
Lucila Gibo, Hiroyuki Tani(Part:Contributor, Indigenous Peoples in Eloy, Arizona, a Town in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Economic Activities Surrounding Them)
Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University   20 Feb 2024   (ISBN:9784904704264)   
 
Mikiko Sugiura, Yuka Mizutani(Part:Joint edit, 「序にかえて」「専門分野を核としたグローバル教育の実践―米国先住民研究者による取り組みと学び」)
Sophia University Press   30 Mar 2023   (ISBN:9784324112663)   
 
Takami Kuwayama(Part:Contributor, Finding a connection between a "foreign land" and myself: Spending time with the Yaqui people in Arizona)
Minerva Shobo   1 May 2021   (ISBN:9784623091621)   
https://www.worldcat.org/title/jinrui-gakusha-wa-ibunka-o-do-taiken-shitaka-juroku-no-firudo-kara/oclc/1246274838&referer=brief_results
 
Sophia University, Institute of American, Canadian Studies ed(Part:Contributor, Chapter 5 Hokubei chiiki no senjumin to daigaku: Beikoku ni okeru gakusei shien to nettowaku kouchiku (Indigenous People in North America and Higher Education: Student Support for College Students in the U.S. and Their Networking))
Sophia University Press   Dec 2019   (ISBN:9784324107171)   
https://www.worldcat.org/title/hokubei-kenkyu-nyumon-2/oclc/1138134385&referer=brief_results
 
MIZUTANI Yuka ed(Part:Edit, Society of the current US-Mexico borderland pp.3-43)
Iberoamerican Institute, Sophia University   Mar 2019   (ISBN:9784904704196)   
Also wrote the introduction (p.1-2.) Chapter 2 by another author is in Spanish.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/kyokai-o-koeta-deai-no-kukan-to-shite-no-beikoku-mekishiko-kokkyo-chiiki/oclc/1133204297&referer=brief_results

Papers

 
 
Yuka Mizutani   
The Japanese Journal of American Studies   33 87-108   Jun 2022   [Refereed]
 
 
Yuka Mizutani   
Japan Border Review   10 23-43   Mar 2020   [Refereed]
 
MIZUTANI Yuka   
The Journal of American and Canadian Studies   36 63-86   Mar 2019   [Refereed]
 
MIZUTANI Yuka   
Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan   ists30 Po_5_1-Po_5_6   Feb 2016   [Refereed]

Misc.

 
 
MIZUTANI Yuka   
The Journal of American and Canadian Studies   39 65-68   Mar 2022   [Refereed]
 
 
 
MIZUTANI Yuka   
Minpaku Tsushin   155 22-23   Dec 2016   [Invited]
 
MIZUTANI Yuka   
Latin American and Caribbean Studies   19 17-19   May 2012   [Invited]

Presentations

 
 
Yuka Mizutani   
Symposium "Migration of people in Latin America" (as a part of Sophia Open Research Weeks 2023)   20 Nov 2023   Iberoamerican Institute of Sophia University   
 
Yuka Mizutani   
The public lecture at Ginowan City Museum   10 Sep 2023   Ginowan City Museum   [Invited]
 
Yuka Mizutani, Mikiko Sugiura, Taro Komatsu, Hideki Maruyama   
The 59th meeting of Japan Comparative Education Society   18 Jun 2023   Japan Comparative Education Society   
 
Yuka Mizutani   
Sophia University, Iberoamerican Institute, Latin America Lecture Series   27 Jun 2022   
 
Yuka Mizutani   
Symposium "East Asia and the Americas being connected: Would a new 'Pacific world' be created?"   11 Nov 2021   Iberoamerican Institute, and the Institute of American and Canadian Studies (Sophia University)   

Media Coverage

 
 
Sophia Univeristy   The Knot   The website of Sophia University   Dec 2023   [Other]
In English: https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/article/feature/the-knot/the-knot-0184/
 
 
Native Circles Podcast   Jun 2023   [Internet]
Interviewed with Dr. Farina King. (Mentioned on the Facebook page of Fulbright Japan on July 19, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/fulbrightjapan)
 
ʻŌlelo Community Media   Hawaii Memories   Apr 2023   [TV or radio program]
 
‘Ōlelo Community Media   Hawaii Memories   Mar 2023   [TV or radio program]
Interview with Ms. Shari Tamashiro. (Mentioned on the Facebook page of Fulbright Japan on July 19, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/fulbrightjapan)

Education

 
Jun 2006
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May 2009
University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scholar, Department of Ethnic Studies 
 
Mar 2009
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Mar 2009
Ph.D. in Area Studies (Sophia University)  
 
Apr 2005
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Mar 2008
Sophia University Faculty of Foreign Studies Graduate Program in Area Studies (Doctoral Program)
 
Apr 2003
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Mar 2005
Sophia University Faculty of Foreign Studies Graduate Program in Area Studies (Master's Program)
 
Apr 1999
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Mar 2003
Sophia University Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of Hispanic Studies
 

Social Activities

 
 
[Organizing member]
 (Naha, Okinawa) 6 Jul 2023 - Today
In collaboration with Diving School Famille Okinawa

Professional Memberships

 
 
   
 
The Japanese Association for American Studies
 
   
 
The Japan Association for Latin American Studies
 
   
 
The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
 
   
 
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
 
   
 
Association for Borderlands Studies

Committee Memberships

 
Apr 2021
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Today
Iberoamericana by Iberoamerican Insisute, Sophia University  Chief editor
 

Research Areas

 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore / 
  • Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / North America
  • Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / The Pacific Region

Research Interests

 
Community ,Representation ,Exhibition ,Museum ,History ,Culture ,Collaboration ,Area Studies ,Minority ,Ethnicity ,Cultural Anthropology ,Area ,Environment ,Boundary ,Indigenous peoples ,Latin America ,Indigenous ,United States of America

Teaching Experience

 
 
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Cultural Revitalization and Community Building: Learning from Indigenous Peoples in North America (Sophia University)
 
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Geographical Boundary and Lives of People (Sophia University)
 
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Cultural Revitalization and Ethnicity: Indigenous Peoples in North America (Sophia University)
 
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Regions and Communities in International Society 1 (Sophia University)
 
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Graduate research advising (Sophia University)