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SAOTOME Kenji

サオトメケンジ | SAOTOME Kenji

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate Professor (Museum Studies)
Homepage URL (2)： https://www.oiu.ac.jp/gakubu/kokusai/kankou/saotome.html , https://oiu.academia.edu/KenjiSAOTOME

Research field (2)： Museology , History - General

Research keywords (43)： Representation of Other , Representation of Self , Historical Objects/Documents related to COVID-19 , West Indies , Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade , St. Kitts , Zambia , Inner City , Gentrification , Public , Amusement Park , History of Land development along railroads , Division of Society , Museum History , Cultural Properties , SDGs 4.7 , SDGs 12.b , SDGs 8.9 , SDGs 10.2 , SDGs 11.4 , Quality of Life , Population Decline , Community Engagement , Resilience , Dispersion , Small Museum , Museology , Regional Museum , Ecomuseum , Heritage Tourism , Cultural Tourism , Community Museum , Decolonisation , Multiculturalism , Cultural Diversity , Social Inclusion , Modern Ruins , Heritage Studies , Garden City , Newtown , Suburb , World Exposition , Museum Education

Research theme for competitive and other funds (13)：

2023 - 2028 Historiographical 'Interventions' in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preserving Records and Memories for Historicisation
2022 - 2027 Joint research between museology and accounting on the clash between cultural heritage values and accounting values
2022 - 2025 Collaborative Research Project for the Preservation, Access and Use of Oral History Resources
2016 - 2019 Expos and Human History
2015 - 2018 Research on the usage of museum artifacts for higher education institutions

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Papers (35)：

Kenji Saotome. ICOM's New Museum Definition and the Future Museums. Journal of Japanese Scientists. 2024. 59. 12. 10-18
Kenji Saotome. Museum Education: History and Current Situation in Japan. Proceedings of the 2022 Museum Symposium 'Museum Education: Past and Future'. 2024. 4-14
Kenji Saotome. A Museum Training Course Implemented as 'Joint Works' with Participants from Developing Countries. Studies in Cross-Cultural Communication. 2024. 16. 99-114
Kenji Saotome. "Museum Display" as "Staging to Beautify Suita City and Entertains the Visitors": Comparative Study of Historical Documents Related to Accommodations in Private Homes for Foreign Visitors during Expo'58 and Expo'70. Exhibition Studies. 2024. 67. 26-33
Kenji Saotome. Critical Analysis on the Discourse that the Tokaido Shinkansen is a 'Moving Pavilion' of Expo 1970 Osaka. Studies in Cross-Cultural Communication. 2023. 15. 13-40

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MISC (26)：

Kenji Saotome. Comment. The 34th Study Meeting of the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage(JCIC-Heritage): School Education and Cultural Heritage. 2024. 7
Kenji Saotome. The Changing Significance of Museums from 'Function' to 'Role'. 2024. 82-83
Kenji Saotome. Editor's Note. Exhibition Studies. 2024. 67. 126
Kenji Saotome. Japanese Museums in Transition. ICOM-ICR Tainan Annual Conference: Regional Museums & Regional Revitalization - Conference Manual. 2023. 31
Kenji Saotome. "What, Who, and How" to Save the Record and Memory of COVID-19: Acquisition and Exhibition of COVID-19 Related Objects and Testimony. Programme and Abstract: Joint Congress on Global Health 2023. 2023. 86

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Books (27)：

Looking Back Now! Memories of the Expos
Takarajimasha 2024 ISBN:4299060784
The Future of History: People, Objects, and Data Conveying the Past
National Museum of Japanese History 2024
2024 Exhibition "Let's Connect to the Future! Expo Exhibition"
Hyogo-no-tsu Museum 2024
Photo Album: Moriguchi, Kadoma, Daito, and Shijonawate Cities in the Showa Era
Jurinsha 2024 ISBN:9784911023037
Pandemics and COVID-19: For the People 100 years from Now
Suita City Museum 2021

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Lectures and oral presentations (116)：

The heroes Who Shaped the History of Expos
(Public Lecture of the Osaka International University 2024)
Ethnological Exposition at the Expo 1958 Brussels: From a Research of Historical Documents
(15th Meeting of the Society for Expo-logy 2024)
Commentator
(2024)
Expo Mania Talk: Let's enjoy Expo
(Event related to the 2024 Summer Exhibition at the Hyogo-no-tsu Museum "Let's Connect to the Future! Expo Exhibition: History of World Expos and Hyogo Field Pavilion" 2024)
Gallery Talk
(Event related to the 2024 Summer Exhibition at the Hyogo-no-tsu Museum "Let's Connect to the Future! Expo Exhibition: History of World Expos and Hyogo Field Pavilion" 2024)

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Works (33)：

2024 Exhibition "Let's Connect to the Future! Expo Exhibition: History of World Expos and Hyogo Field Pavilion"
Kenji Saotome 2024 - 2024
Exhibition on Old Photos from the Showa Era: Moriguchi, Kadoma, Daito, and Shijonawate Cities
Kenji Saotome 2024 - 2024
Exhibition on Old Photos from the Showa Era: Moriguchi, Kadoma, Daito, and Shijonawate Cities
Kenji Saotome 2024 - 2024
Exhibition on Old Photos from the Showa Era: Suita Citiy
Kenji Saotome 2024 - 2024
Travelling Exhibition on Old Photos of "Our Senri New Town"
Kenji Saotome 2022 - 2022

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Education (4)：

2020 - 2023 WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, Japan Doctoral Program (PhD) in Graduate School of Tourism
2015 - 2018 M.A. in Museum Studies, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, U.K.
2003 - 2005 M.A. in Education and International Development, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, U.K.
1996 - 1998 B.A. in International Studies (Professional Concentration and Geographic Focus Areas: Modern History of East Asia), College of Arts and Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, U.S.A.

Professional career (2)：

M.A. in Museum Studies (University of Leicester)
M.A. in Education and International Development (University of London)

Work history (22)：

2024/06 - 現在 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Council for Cultural Affairs (Cultural Facilities Subcommittee) Temporary Member
2023 - 現在 DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY (Kyoto, Japan) Faculty of Letters (Imadegawa Campus) Part-time Lecturer
2022/06 - 現在 HAMAYASHIKI - Suita History & Culture Center (Osaka, Japan) Curator (Volunteer)
2022/04 - 現在 Osaka International University Department of International Tourism, Faculty of International Liberal Arts Associate Professor
2020 - 現在 OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan) Institute of Liberal Arts, Part-time Lecturer

2023 - 2024 WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY (Wakayama, Japan) Faculty of Tourism Part-time Lecturer

2013 - 2024 KYOTO BUNKYO UNIVERSITY (Kyoto, Japan) Faculty of Social Relations, Department of Social Relations Part-time Lecturer

2021/12 - 2022/03 YAMATO UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan) Course for Prospective Museum Curators, Faculty of Sociology Visiting Associate Professor

2011/04 - 2022/03 SUITA CITY MUSEUM (Osaka, Japan) Curator

2021/10 - 2021/10 KEIO UNIVERSITY (Tokyo, Japan) Graduate School of Letters Special Guest Lecturer (Part-time)

2016 - 2017 MOMOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan) Part-time Lecturer

2015/09 - 2015/12 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, U.S.A.) (Asian Partner of online course (M.A. in Museum Studies))

2011/05 - 2013/03 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY (Osaka, Japan) Visiting Researcher

2011/02 - 2011/03 FOLLOW-UP STUDY TEAM OF THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) GROUP AND REGION-FOCUSED TRAINING 'MUSEUMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST' (Dispatched to Jordan, Syria and Palestine) Member of the Study Team (Museum Activities)

2008/07 - 2011/03 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY (Osaka, Japan) Research Center for Cultural Resources, Research Fellow

2008/01 - 2008/07 CHIBA CITY MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (Chiba, Japan) Curator, Volunteer Programs

2006/02 - 2008/02 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies) UNV Heritage Conservation Project Specialist

2004/05 - 2007/08 THE BRITISH MUSEUM (London, U.K.) Special Assistant

2005/12 - 2005/12 MUSEOLOGICAL WORKSHOP FOR THE MEMBERS OF STAFF AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS BOARD OF ZAMBIA (Veune: Livingstone Museum (Zambia)) Lecturer/Facilitator (Museum Education)

2001/01 - 2003/04 LUSAKA NATIONAL MUSEUM (Lusaka, Zambia) Education Officer (JOCV)

1999/04 - 2000/12 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) Staff member of the secretariat

1998/09 - 1998/12 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Hanoi, Vietnam) Teaching Assistant

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Committee career (54)：

2024/08 - 現在明石市市民生活局文化・スポーツ室明石市立文化博物館のあり方に関する検討会委員(会長職務代理者)
2024/06 - 現在 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Temporary Member of the Council for Cultural Affairs (Cultural Facilities Subcommittee)
2024/04 - 現在 Job-Hunting Affairs Committee (Osaka International University) Committee Member
2024/03 - 現在 Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, TEAM EXPO 2025 Program / Co-Creation Challenges "Promoting Public Understanding of Theme-Focused Expos that Aim to Solve Global and Local Issues" (A:Muse Lab (Saotome's Lab @ Osaka International University)) Co-Creation Member
2023/04 - 現在 "A:Muse Lab" Group, OSAKA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Supervisor

2023/04 - 現在 Editorial Board of "Studies in Cross-Cultural Communication" (Osaka International University) Member

2021/06 - 現在 Specified Nonprofit Corporation: HAMAYASHIKI - Suita History and Culture Society A Member of the Board of Councillors

2019/07 - 現在 Member of the Management Planning Committee of the Japan Science Museums Foundation

2019/05 - 現在 The Expo 2025 Thinkers Group Member

2017/04 - 現在 Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Board Member (Chair, Planning and Management Committee (April 2017-March 2023) / Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board of "Exhibition Studies"(April 2023-))

2016/07 - 現在 ICOM-ICR (International Committee for Regional Museums) Board Member

2012/05 - 現在 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Training Course "Museums and Community Development" Organising Committee Consulting Member

2012 - 現在 Museological Society of Japan Board Member

2010/02 - 現在 Small Museum Network of Japan Organiser

2009/03 - 現在 Kinki Branch of the Japan Museum Management Academy Organiser

2024/08 - 2024/10 Osaka Expo Promotion Bureau Member of the Expert Committee on Commissioned Planning, Editing and Production of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Records, Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City

2024/04 - 2024/10 2024 Summer Exhibition at the Hyogo-no-tsu Museum "Let's Connect to the Future! Expo Exhibition: The World Expo and Hyogo Field Pavilion" Supervisor

2023/11 - 2024/07 Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member of the Executive Committee for 43rd Annual Conference

2023/04 - 2024/03 Academic Affairs Committee (Osaka International University) Committee Member

2024/01 - 2024/02 New business collaboration between the Osaka Museum of History and the private sector Contractor selection committee Member of the Selection Committee

2023/11 - 2024/02 10th Board of Election for the Japan Museum Management Academy Member

2023/11 - 2023/11 Administrative Agency for Osaka City Museums Selection Committee Member, Ticketless and Cashless System Vendor Selection Committee

2023/09 - 2023/10 Invitation Program to Japan for Promoting Worldwide Participation in the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Resource Person (Japanese Experts)

2023/03 - 2023/06 Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member of the Executive Committee for 42nd Annual Conference

2022/01 - 2022/06 Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Chairperson of the Executive Committee for 41st Annual Conference

2022/02 - 2022/03 Tama City Cultural Foundation Supervisor for the translation of the Parthenon Tama Museum exhibition panels, leaflets and explanations for app., Museums and Other Cultural Facilities Inbound Reinforcement Projects (Cultural Agency of Japan: Subsidy for Cultural Resource Utilisation Projects in FY2020) "Parthenon Tama Museum Inbound Enhancement Project"

2021/03 - 文化庁委託「令和2年度博物館ネットワークによる未来へのレガシー継承・発信事業における博物館の機能強化に関する調査」専門家

2020/11 - 2021/02 9th Board of Election for the Japan Museum Management Academy Member

2020/11 - 2020/12 文化庁委託「令和2年度博物館異分野連携モデル構築事業(事業内公募)」協力者会議委員

2020/11 - 文化庁文化審議会博物館部会(第4回) ゲストスピーカー、演題:「組織体制・人員体制の在り方について(小規模館の現状と課題)--基礎自治体が設置者の博物館を中心に」

2018/10 - 2020/03 ICOM京都大会2019 ポストカンファレンス in 北海道・伊達洞爺湖実行委員会特別委員

2017/03 - 2020/03 e ICOM Kyoto 2019 Steering Committee Committee Member

2020 - Member of the Executive Committee for 25th Annual Conference, Japan Museum Management Academy (JMMA)

2019/01 - 2019/09 ICOM京都大会2019 関連イベント「みゅぜコット2019 in 京都」世話人

2016/07 - 2019/08 Osaka City Museum Facilities Designated Manager Evaluation Committee, Economic Strategy Bureau, Osaka City Committee Member

2019/03 - 2019/03 経済産業省大阪・関西万博具体化検討会万博計画具体化検討ワーキンググループ準備会議有識者(委員)

2017/10 - 2019/03 Salon for the Foundation Management of the Japan Science Museums Foundation Member

2019 - 2019 日本展示学会査読部会委員

2019 - 2019 日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会(JMMA)査読委員会委員

2018 - 2019 38th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member of Executive Committee

2018 - 2018 日本展示学会「展示論講座」実行委員会委員

2018 - 2018 日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会(JMMA)25周年事業実行委員会(JMMA将来構想研究部会) 委員

2018 - 2018 Executive Committee for 23rd Annual Conference, Japan Museum Management Academy (JMMA) Member

2018 - 2018 日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会(JMMA)査読委員会委員

2017/04 - 2017/07 吹田市立千里ニュータウン情報館企画展展示企画運営業務プロポーザル選定委員会委員

2015/03 - 2017/03 公益財団法人日本博物館協会博物館登録制度の在り方に関する調査研究委員会事務局担当

2017 - 2017 日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会(JMMA)査読委員会委員

2013/04 - 2015/07 ICOM日本委員会 ICOM大会招致準備委員会作業部会委員

2014/11 - 2015/03 大阪市経済戦略局大阪市立博物館施設指定管理予定者選定委員会委員

2014 - 2015 Museum 2015 Member of Executive Committee

2013 - 2013 Board of Election for the Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member

2013 - 2013 32th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member of Executive Committee

2012 - 2012 日本展示学会創立30周年記念国際シンポジウム「博物館展示と地域活性化」実行委員

2010 - 2010 29th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Exhibition Studies Member of Executive Committee

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Awards (8)：

2024/10 - Rakuten Books Weekly ranking: Humanities, Philosophy and Society, History category (Other), 1st Prize (21-27 Oct., 28 Oct.-3 Nov. 2024), 2nd Prize (4-10 Nov. 2024) "Looking Back Now! Memories of the Expos" (Released on 22nd Oct. 2024, Published on 22nd Nov. 2024 by Takarajimasha )
2023/09 - Small Museum Network of Japan, Hida City, Hida City Board of Education Hida City Miyagawa Promotion Office Director's Award
2022/06 - Small Museum Association, U.S.A. Small Museum Association Award
2022 - Knowledge Worker - MARUZEN-YUSHODO Co., Ltd. Best seller in university libraries in Art 2022 (CiNii Ranking Best) - 1st Prize (New books published between Jan.-Dec. 2021) "Communicating Museums: Towards a Sustainable Society" (Published by Jidai-sha on 11th Feb. 2021)
2019 - Knowledge Worker - MARUZEN-YUSHODO Co., Ltd. CiNii Ranking Best (Best seller in university libraries in Art) - 1st Prize (New books published between Jan. 2018-Apr. 2019) "Museums that Tries Something New - Museums are More Attractive Now" (Published by Jidai-sha on 3rd Jun. 2018)

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Association Membership(s) (9)：

Commonwealth Association of Museums , Japanese Association of Museums , Small Museum Association , Society for Expo-logy , Japan Ecomuseological Society , The Japan Society for Exhibition Studies , The Museological Society of Japan , Japan Museum Management Academy , International Council of Museums

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