Using Social Media to Understand the Reception of Shakespeare in Japan: A Feasibility Study

• Project/Area Number: 26884055
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Musashi University
• Principal Investigator: KITAMURA SAE 武蔵大学, 人文学部, 講師 (00733825)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: シェイクスピア / 演劇 / 観客研究 / 受容史 / SNS / デジタル人文学 / 観客 / デジタルメディア / 舞台芸術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It turns out that it is impossible to conduct a relatively large-scale research project to describe the use of social media by playgoers who see Shakespeare in Japan by creating a SNS or by utilising already existing SNSs, because of ethical reasons concerning privacy of fans.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] [Review] Hamlet by Kakushinhan (2016)
  • Author(s): Kitamura Sae
  • Journal Title: Shakespeare Studies Volume: 53 Pages: 7274-7274
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] みんなのシェイクスピア、シェイクスピアのみんな－キャラクターとファンダムの歴史 (2015)
  • Author(s): 北村紗衣
  • Journal Title: ユリイカ Volume: 4月臨時創刊号 Pages: 175-182
• [Journal Article] Digital Humanities and the Future of Renaissance Studies(セミナー報告文) (2014)
  • Author(s): 北村紗衣
  • Journal Title: 人文情報学月報 Volume: 40
  • Open Access
• [Presentation] Playgoers Who Attend the Cinema: Shakespeare, Public Screenings and Negative Convergence in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Kitamura Sae
  • Organizer: The 2016 World Shakespeare Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Shakespeare Centre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Staging Dangerously Seductive Men in the English Renaissance (2016)
  • Author(s): Kitamura Sae
  • Organizer: The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: Hynes Convention Center (Boston, USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-31
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Shakespeare of One’s Own: Female Users of Playbooks from the Seventeenth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century (2015)
  • Author(s): Kitamura Sae
  • Organizer: The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America
  • Place of Presentation: Fairmont Hotel (Vancouver, Canada)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 『共感覚から見えるもの－アートと科学を彩る五感の世界』(担当部分： 「共感覚的演劇を求めて－『驚愕の谷』からシェイクスピアまで」) (2016)
  • Author(s): 北村紗衣(編)
  • Total Pages: 414
  • Publisher: 勉誠出版