Research field (1)：
Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords (18)：
Materiality
, Radio
, Literacy
, Biography
, Religion
, Anthropology
, Democracy
, Republic of Benin
, Media
, Journalism
, ジャーナリスト
, メディア
, ベナン共和国
, 民主主義
, 人類学
, ライフヒストリー
, リテラシー
, ラジオ
Research theme for competitive and other funds (3)：
2019 - 2023 In West Africa where generations are changing after democratization, what kind of 'change' do media and youth hope for ?
2015 - 2018 Media Literacy and Life Strategy in Africa and Afro-Brazilian nation: A comparative study of anthropological and political science of publicness
2010 - 2012 Journalist, Audience and their Life Strategy in West Africa After Democratic Transition:Toward an Anthropological Study of the Field of Media.
Papers (5)：
TANAKA Masataka. Mediation between the Secular and the Religious : A local radio program in Benin and the Post-Secular argument. The OTANAI GAKUHO: The Journal of Buddhist Studies and Humanities. 2019. 99. 01. 17-35
TANAKA Masataka. In the Hope for Change: Media and Audience in the Post-Charisma Era in Benin and Togo. Annual Memoirs of the OTANI University Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute. 2019. 36. 61-77
TANAKA Masataka. Book Review, Motoji Matsuda & Misa Hirano eds. Cultural Creativity for Conflict Resolution and Coexistence: African Potential of Incompleteness and Bricolage. Asian and African Area Studies. 2017. 17. 1. 116-119
TANAKA Masataka. Medias,Elections and Democracy : A Comparative Study of Presidential Elections in Modern Benin. THE TAKACHIHO RONSO. 2012. 47. 2. 75-99
TANAKA Masataka. Vodun in democratization : A brief review of the entanglement of religion and politics in modern Benin, West Africa. The Kokushikan Kyoyo Ronsyu. 2005. 57. 57. 39-49
Lectures and oral presentations (6)：
In Hope of Change: Active Audiences and their Solidarity in the Post-Charisma Era in Benin and Togo
(19th IUAES World Congress, Poznan, Poland 2019)
Crying for Democracy: The Case of Radio Broadcasts in Republic of Benin.
(18th IUAES World Congress,Florianopolis, Brazil 2018)
Comments to the Panel of Religious Encounters and Areas Studies
(France-Japan Area Studies Forum, Kyoto, Japan 2017)
Vodun in Democracy and Media Use: Religion and the Public Sphere in Benin
(The 6th IAS Humanities Korea International Conference, Yongin, South Korea 2016)
The Narrative of Democracy, the Practice of Journalism in West Africa: The Case of Radio Broadcasts in Republic of Benin.
(IUAES Inter-Congress 2015, Bangkok, Thailand 2015)
2017/04 - 現在 Otani University Faculty of Sociology Associate Professor
2005/04 - 2017/03 Takachiho University Faculty of Human Sciences Associate Professor
Association Membership(s) (4)：
THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
