Kasai Yoshinori

カサイヨシノリ | Kasai Yoshinori

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate Professor
Homepage URL (1)： https://katatsumu.jp/

Research field (2)： Cultural anthropology and folklore , Sociology

Research keywords (2)： Life Hisotry , Local Community

Research theme for competitive and other funds (19)：

2023 - 2027 Establishment of Theoretical and Methodological Foundations for Building a Cycle of Realizing Living Environment/Lifestyle Centered on Dwelling Experience
2023 - 2025 A Sociological Study on the Community Contribution Activities of the Elderly: Through the Analysis of Local and Life Histories
2023 - 2024 Methodological Exploration to Ensure a System for Comprehensive Community Surveys
2021 - 2023 An Interdisciplinary Study on the Modern History of Ise Pilgrimage Tourism
2021 - 2023 A Qualitative Study of the Life Experiences of the Elderly to Contribute to Resilience in a Shrinking and Aging Society

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Papers (23)：

Yoshinori Kasai. Sagicho and Iseko in a Hamlet along the Old Road in Ritto City. Shi'en: The Journal of Historical Studies. 2025. 85. 2. 101-114
Yoshinori Kasai. Discovering the Meaning of Social Groups and Events through Collaborative Research with Local Communities: Case Studies of Folklores as Repertoires of Symbiosis. The KeMCo Review. 2024. 2. 10-28
Yoshinori Kasai. Visualization and Analysis of Small Place Names in Japan Using Data from Official Surveys and Cadastral Maps from the Meiji Era: A Case Study of Koaza Names in Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Art Research. 2023. 24. 1. 3-18
Yoshinori Kasai. The Process of Creating a Database of Small Place Names in the Ritto City Area: With an Analysis Focusing on Divided Place Names and Names Indicating Hamlets. Bulletin of Ritto History Museum. 2023. 29. 1-9
Yoshinori Kasai. A Villager Group as Fundamental Association: Case Study of Isekoh Account Books from Megawa, Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Lifology. 2022. 41. 15-29

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MISC (6)：

Yoshinori Kasai. Book Review: Shimoda, Kentaro, Minamata-no Kioku-o Tsumugu. Mita Journal of Sociology. 2018. 23. 104-107
Yoshinori Kasai. Report: Survey on Commerce, Industry, and Tourism in Koka City and Ritto City through Regional Academic Collaboration. Bulletin of the Faculty of Sociology, Ryukoku University. 2018. 53. 68-74
笠井賢紀. 書評論文:コミュニティとの協働 : 参加型アクションリサーチ(CBPR)の理論と実践. 龍谷大学社会学部紀要. 2016. 48. 65-73
笠井賢紀. 研究ノート:滋賀県栗東市の更生保護3者協働. 矯正講座. 2016. 36. 97-105
天笠邦一, 直江健介, 笠井賢紀. ライティング&リサーチコンサルタントの実践と現在. Medianet. 2012. 19. 44-47

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Books (8)：

Modern Legal Understanding of Landscapes
Nippon Hyoron sha 2025 ISBN:9784535528420
Doing Public History: Weaving Alternative and Poliphonic Histories
Keio University Press 2025 ISBN:9784766430059
The Philosophy and Manners for Conviviality - To Continue to Live Better Together
Horitsu Bunka Sha 2020 ISBN:9784589040572
Local Communities from a Case Study on a Folklore in Ritto CIty, Japan
Sunrise Publishing 2019 ISBN:9784883251933
Basic Sociology
Sekaishisosha Co., Ltd. 2017 ISBN:9784790716921

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Lectures and oral presentations (65)：

Social Functions of Japanese Koshogatsu Folklore
(8th International Academic Congress 2024)
Trends in Public History in Japan
(2024)
Human Connections in Traditional Hamlet and a New Town in Japan: Life Histories, Folklore, and Public History
(2024)
Half a Century in a 'New' Town: Biographies of Residents and Neighborhood Associations
(Biographical research quo vadis? New and recurring challenges in the study of life (hi)stories and social change 2024)
Sedimented History and the Concept of a Distributed Life History Museum
(The 51th Annual Meeting 2024)

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Education (3)：

2009 - 2012 Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance Media and Governance
2007 - 2009 Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance Media and Governance
2003 - 2007 Keio University Faculty of Policy Management

Professional career (3)：

Master of Media and Governance (M.M.G) (Keio University)
Ph.D. in Media and Governance (Keio University)
Bachelor of Arts in Policy Management (Keio University)

Work history (20)：

2025/04 - 現在 The University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science Visiting Researcher
2021/04 - 現在 Keio University Facluty of Law Associate Professor
2024/09 - 2024/11 National Chengchi University Program in Japan Studies Guest Associate Professor
2019/04 - 2021/03 Keio University Facluty of Law Assisitant Professor
2019/04 - 2020/03 Ryukoku University Faculty of Sociology Part-time Lecturer

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Committee career (13)：

2018/04 - 現在 Grants Review Committee, COOP Shiga Chairperson
2018 - 現在 Japan Society of Lifology Board Member
2016/12 - 現在 Association for Policy Infomatics Board Member
2018/04 - 2020/03 Project Review Committee, Nakagyo-district, Kyoto City Committee Member
2018/04 - 2019/03 Executive Committee for The Third Term of Ritto Senior University Chairperson

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Awards (2)：

2018 - Association for Policy Infomatics Best Paper Award A Study on Position and Function of Local Community Organization
2016 - Association for Policy Infomatics Best Presentation Award An Approach by Life History Method to Study on Local Community Organization

Association Membership(s) (10)：

The Folklore Society of Japan , Geographic Information Systems Association , International Sociological Association , The Japan Sociological Society , Japan Association of Regional and Community Studies , Japan Society of Lifology , Association for Policy Infomatics , The Peace Studies Association of Japan , Japan Association for Urban Sociology , American Association of Geographers

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