IKEZOE Natsumi, a fourth-year student at Meiji University, received the Young Researcher Award at the student round session of the International Conference for Media in Education (Meiji University Nakano Campus) held from August 21st to 23rd, 2024. She was awarded for the following research topics that she worked on in her seminar group.
Enhancing Awareness of Unconscious Bias and Behavioral Change Potential
through Playbuilding in Higher Education
Comment from IKEZOE Natsumi, fourth-year student, Kishi Seminar
I developed a “Workshop on Awareness of Unconscious Bias and Behavioral Change Potential through Playbuilding,” collected data through its practice, and presented my research findings at the ICoME2024 student roundtable session. In the Kishi Seminar, we are engaged in research using art methods called “art-based research,” and I conducted research using “theater methods,” one of the genres of performance.
Through the presentation of my research, I was able to generate diverse discussions with researchers and practitioners from Japan and abroad, and it was a very fulfilling experience. I was also able to structure workshops that I would like to work on in the future.
Furthermore, it was very beneficial for me not only to give my presentation but also to listen to those of other researchers in the same session. One of the presenters, who was from Brazil, gave a presentation on a topic related to art-based research, which I am studying in my seminar, and I found it very interesting, so I talked to him after his presentation. We had a lively conversation, and I was glad to be able to talk with a variety of people interested in art-based research, including seminar students, at the reception after the presentation.
In addition to having such a meaningful time, I was surprised to be called name as the winner of the Young Scholar Award at the closing ceremony on the last day of the conference. I felt pleased that my research and practice had been highly evaluated, and it strengthened my desire to further develop my research.
Having met people who are conducting research on “theatrical methods” through ICoME2024, I strongly feel that I would like to continue developing my research by interacting with diverse researchers and practitioners, rather than ending my research with a conference presentation.
I would like to thank my colleagues in the Kishi Seminar, graduate students in the Kishi Laboratory, and professors for cooperating in this research.
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