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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's been such a busy summer between spending July in Germany/Belgium for a study abroad trip and August hosting visitors from Carelton College and Keimyung University here in Kyoto. Now to spend the rest of summer break intensely writing. ✍️

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’ve published a new article based on my recent archival research examining the historical difference between learning Japanese as a language and kokugo (“national language”) education. ↓↓↓ open.substack.com/pub/kyattoga...

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Learning “Japanese” versus “Kokugo”

The Educational Positioning of Korean Children and Foreign Residents from the Meiji and Taishō Periods through Wartime Shōwa

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I can't believe how fast my research trip has gone by. It's my last week in Germany before I go home, but I am very happy to have the chance to visit @rwth.bsky.social.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I am so honored to have the chance to present at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social for the @iaccp.bsky.social conference. I had the best time making so many friends in such an amazing town and campus.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Starting out the new term with strawberries 🍓

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

現代日本における「日本人／外国人」境界と多文化共生ー丸山真男の超国家主義論から考える www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV2w...

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現代日本における「日本人／外国人」境界と多文化共生ー丸山真男の超国家主義論から考える

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I wrote this month’s article for the World Citizenship Education Project's Lumen blog on how the stories we assume about others can quietly shape language, bias, and exclusion in a Japanese context. "The Stories We Assume About Others" worldcitizenship.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/blog_en/p...

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The Stories We Assume About Others

Author: Katarina WoodmanThis comedy sketch has been in the group chats of foreign residents in Japan for awhile now, wit...

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The snow triggers a little wolf inside him to come out 🤣

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Immigration in the U.S. is being used to decide who “counts” as American. This piece traces how Trump-era rhetoric and enforcement plug into older nativist patterns, and what that reveals about the country’s identity. open.substack.com/pub/kyattoga...

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What does it mean to be an American?

Understanding American Identity in Regards to Immigration

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

ミシガン大学の北山先生の公開対談「文化が違えば心も違う?」一文化心理学の冒険一

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

京都大学大学院教育支援機構奨励研究員によるポスター発表会

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

日本語字幕を追加しました。手作業で翻訳したため誤りが残っているかもしれませんが、少しでも見やすくなっていれば嬉しいです！

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My biggest issue in research is how easily distracted I get. Like I am passionate about my research, yes. But it only took one conversation with a job recruiter from Mitsubishi to get me reading articles on eye tracking and signal detection in driving simulations.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Arashiyama Bamboo Path 嵐山月灯路

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

New article out, and Open Access! Check out my co-authored piece with Dr. Mie Hiramoto analyzing intimate hair removal advertisements aimed at Japanese men, and contrasting this with Japanese online discourse around men's grooming practices! brill.com/view/journal...

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My recent video explores what works by Arendt, Levi, Girard, Foucault, and Maruyama may show us about today’s immigration politics in the US and Japan. And of course, looking at some modern vampires along the way. ↓ ↓ ↓ youtu.be/kD_LpDzgQNI?...

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When Does Safety Become Harm The Vampire we call Immigration Policy

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Tokyo is very fun to visit, but I'm always happy to come back to Kyoto. It has such a good balance of urban and nature.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I appreciate the opportunity to present today at the #SIETARJapan annual conference in Tokyo.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Our World Citizenship Education website has been officially translated to English! Feel free to check it out. Currently, the English translation of the blog is still under construction but should be completed soon. worldcitizenship.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/home_en/

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I’ve written a new reflection on presenting at Kyoto University Academic Day with our Global Citizenship Education (世界市民教育) project. open.substack.com/pub/kyattoga...

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Conversations on World Citizenship

My Experience at Kyoto University Academic Day

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

京都大学アカデミックデイに参加し、たくさんの方々と研究についてお話しできて、とても楽しい時間でした！ I had a wonderful time at Kyoto University Academic Day! I really enjoyed the chance to discuss my research with people from so many different backgrounds.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Just published: The Paywall of Academia: How can we make academic research more transparent? Reflections from the Open Humanities Summer Forum on building a more open and accessible future for research. kyattogallery.substack.com/p/the-paywal...

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The Paywall of Academia

How do we make academic research more transparent?

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山本貴光 @yakumoizuru.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

本日の「文系エッセンス：哲学」第2回（東工大大学院）は、「客観という言葉はどこから来たか」というテーマで概念の歴史を辿ってみました。『日本国語大辞典』の「客観」の項目から出発して、そこに最古の用例として引かれている西周訳『心理学』のページを眺め（ほんの150年ほど前の日本語がいまとだいぶ違っている様子に注意しつつ）、「客観」という新造語がどのように使われているを見ました。 OEDのobject、『岩波哲学・思想事典』の「客観性」の項目を頼りに、object / subjectがもとは現在と反対とも言えそうな意味を担っていたことを確認したところで時間切れ。続きはまた来週。

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Kyoko Matsuyama @kyoko77.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

著者の北村紗衣先生( @cristoforou.bsky.social )より、ご恵贈に預かりました『「名作」と友達になる学校では教えてくれないシェイクスピア』。来年の授業で活かせたら良いなぁ。 www.asahipress.com/bookdetail_n...

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

私たちは世界を理解するために、物事を自然にカテゴリー化する傾向があります。だからこそバイアスが生まれるのは自然なこと。でも、問題は、そのままにして自己や制度を批判的に見直さない時に差別が固定化され、害を生んでしまうこと。

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

2025 Michigan Renaissance Faire 「ファンタジー映画の中におるみたいやん」

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The best part of visiting home is being able to have your regular family style breakfasts again. Though this morning, we didn't feel like preparing any eggs or cooked meats like we'd often do.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

We've been in the US for only a few days, but we've already spent four hours in Home Depot and two hours in Lowes. This is what happens when you bring your carpenter bf to America. 🤣

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I have a new YouTube video up! I finally got a better mic do the sound quality should be much improved. This video largely looks at meaning in art and comparing it to nature and AI, with explorations of the sublime, state of awe, and mono-no-aware. youtu.be/OdeW3qxu7Fo?...

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Does Art Have to Have Meaning? The Beauty of Nature and Generative AI

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Starting tomorrow, the Institute for Future Studies in Humanity and Society (IFoHS) will be hosting a two-day forum on Open Science in Humanities Research!

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I’ve started making YouTube videos on philosophical debates, a small diversion from my usual psychology blog. My latest revisits my undergrad thesis on theories of self via teleportation, looking at both Western theories and the Hindu–Buddhist epistemological divide.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

BBQ at Biwako for my lab! The perfect chance for Momotaro to hone his skills in convincing people to give him food.

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Who are the Zainichi Koreans? Last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum. In today’s article, I discuss the history of Zainichi Koreans and discuss what their history reveals about Japanese society itself. open.substack.com/pub/kyattoga...

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Who are the Zainichi Koreans?

Reflections from a Tour of Utoro Peace Memorial Museum

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

夏休みといえば、やっぱり花火🎇

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the lives and history of Zainichi Koreans at Utoro Peace Memorial Museum. ウトロ平和祈念館で平和在日コリアンの方々の暮らしや歴史について学べる機会をいただき、とても嬉しく思います。

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Jimpei Hitsuwari @jimpe-hitsuwari.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Our paper on how sauna bathing affects psychological states and personality traits has just been published! @kittykat931.bsky.social Study 1 showed that regular sauna users have more vivid bodily sensation imagery and give higher aesthetic ratings to haiku.

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Nozomi Yamamoto / 山本希 @nozomiyamamot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A new paper is out! 🚨 This study explored preschoolers’ hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward social excluders in Japan — the same work that we presented at #SRCD2025 just a few days ago. Huge thanks to my supervisor, Yusuke Moriguchi! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Hostile Cognitions and Aggressive Responses Toward Excluders in Young Children - Nozomi Yamamoto, Yusuke Moriguchi, 2025

Social exclusion heightens hostile cognition and aggressive responses toward excluders. However, its direct causal effects and relationship with self-construal ...

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Kat (キャット) @kittykat931.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This week, I've written an article addressing who counts as Japanese based on current sociological and social psychological research. The aim is to analyze what it means to be "Japanese" vs. "Gaikokujin" through different immigrant communities in Japan! open.substack.com/pub/kyattoga...