2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Consumer Culture in Atlantic Canada: Critical and Aesthetic Responses
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18K00393
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| Research Institution | Chukyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Atlantic Canada / regionalism / neoliberalism / counsumer culture / gender |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Due to COVID restrictions, I was unable to carry out some research activities, including event planning and conference attendance. One academic presentation was given at the annual conference of the 38th/39th meeting of the Canadian Literary Society of Japan, and one research essay, entitled "Exploring the Teen Detective Genre in Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbe's The Case of the Missing Men," was published in the Japanese Review of Canadian Literature, volume 29. Currently, one essay is being revised for publication in a Canadian journal. During 2021, research was conducted on the theme of the commodification of care in Lynn Coady's 2019 novel Watching You Without Me. The research results will be give in an online presentation at the bi-annual Atlantic Canada Studies conference to be held at the University of New Brunswick in May 2022.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Due to COVID restrictions, I was unable to carry out some research activities, including event planning and conference attendance.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
For academic year 2022, I am planning the publication of two essays and a proposal to an overseas publisher for a book on my current research theme. In May 2022, I will give a presentation at the bi-annual Atlantic Canada Studies conference (online) at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). If conditions permit, I will consider planning an event at the end of the academic year.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to COVD-19 I was unable to conduct research, including event planning and travel to overseas conferences.
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