Researcher Profile and Settings

Researcher

• Name

  Hirata Tomohisa

Profile and Settings

• Name

  Hirata, Tomohisa

Affiliation

• Gunma University, Faculty of Social and Information Studies
• Gunma University, Faculty of Informatics, Associate Professor

Education

• Apr. 2004, Nov. 2008, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Depertment of Cultural Coexistence
• Apr. 2002, Mar. 2004, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
• Apr. 1998, Mar. 2002, Osaka Kyoiku University, Faculty of Education

Degree

• Ph.D. in Human and Environmental Studies
• M.A. in Human and Environmental Studies
• B.A. in Education

Research Experience

• Apr. 2017, Sep. 2020, Otsuma Women's University
• Oct. 2013, Feb. 2014, Okayama University
• Apr. 2012, Sep. 2014
• Apr. 2010, Mar. 2016, Kyoto Seika University
• Sep. 2008, Mar. 2013, Kansai University
• Sep. 2007, Mar. 2015, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Apr. 2007, Nov. 2008
• Apr. 2005, Mar. 2007, Soai College
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2021, Gunma University, Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Associate Professor
• Mar. 2015, Mar. 2018, Gunma University, Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Lecturer
• Apr. 2013, Feb. 2015, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, JSPS Fellow (PD)
• Dec. 2008, Mar. 2013, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Researcher
• Apr. 2004, Mar. 2007, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, JSPS Fellow (DC1)
• Apr. 2021, 9999, Gunma University, Faculty of Informatics, Associate Professor

Research Activities

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, History of thought
• Humanities & social sciences, Sociology
• Humanities & social sciences, Library/information science, humanistic/social informatics

Research Interests

• Internet Cafe

Published Papers

• E. A. ポーと二つのテレパシーの交錯――二人のジャックによせて(2), 平田知久, Sep. 2012, 30, 76, 104
• E. A. ポーと二つのテレパシーの交錯――二人のジャックによせて(1), 平田知久, Mar. 2012, 29, 66, 98
• Being Quiet in Internet Cafes : Private Booths and the Isolation of Net Cafe Nanmin, HIRATA Tomohisa, Mar. 2011, Journal of Socio-Informatics, 4, 1, 41, 48

  DOI
• Freud's preference of media and his theory on telepathy, 平田 知久, Mar. 2011, Journal of Kyoto Seika University, 38, 45, 68[含 英語文要旨]
• Books and the copyright in Kant's theory: a study of the public spheres and copyright system in contemporary media technology, 平田 知久, May 2010, Journal of socio-information studies, 14, 2, 67, 81
• サドのマルチカルチュラリズムについて, 平田 知久, Oct. 2008, 4, 279, 298, Scientific journal
• Blaise Pascal as the ideal type: Jansenism in Max Weber's thesis, 平田 知久, Feb. 2007, Socialsystems, 10, 63, 76, Scientific journal
• "Modernité" and "Actualité" in Michel Foucault's Theory: As the Problem of the Way to write a History, 平田 知久, Oct. 2007, Sociologos, 31, 40, 61, Scientific journal
• 幻想において交錯する二つの視角――E. T. A. ホフマン『砂男』をめぐって, 平田知久, Sep. 2007, 20, 78, 108, Scientific journal
• カントと“共にある”ということ、サドと“共に”あるということ, 平田知久, Mar. 2005, 13, 69, 89, Research institution
• Of the Disorganized Body and Its Grand Enchantment: Toward a Rethinking Late Foucault’s Theory, 平田知久, Oct. 2005, 15, 232, 243, Scientific journal
• Media, Migration, and Nationalism: Introduction to the Special Collection, Tomohisa Hirata; Koen Leurs, 01 Jul. 2020, Global Perspectives, 1, 1, Scientific journal

  DOI
• Social Theory on the Datafied Our Society, Hirata Tomohisa; Takaki Osamu, Mar. 2018, Proceedings of International Conference on Technological Challenges for Better World 2018, 1, 4, International conference proceedings
• Comparative Sociological Study on the Internet Café in East and Southeast Asian countries, Hirata Tomohisa, Mar. 2017, 1, 269, Doctoral thesis
• The Price of Using the Internet without Shame: ‘Bar Girls’ in Bangkok and the Internet Cafe as Infrastructure, Hirata Tomohisa, Feb. 2013, Proceedings of the 5th Next-Generation Global Workshop, 353, 362
• Singing an Immigrant Song for a Child or Becoming the Father of a Baby Who Is Gonna Crawl: Internet Cafes and the Statuses of “Migrants” in Japan and Hong Kong, Hirata Tomohisa, Dec. 2012, GCOE Working Papers Next Generation Research, 92, 1, 17
• Key半島を巡る私論＝試論, 平田知久, Feb. 2012, 91, 92, 117
• Why Is “Immigrant Song” Sung: Internet Cafes and Current Status of “Migrants” in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, Hirata Tomohisa, Mar. 2011, Proceedings of the 3rd Next-Generation Global Workshop, 284, 294
• The Notion of Equality and the Denial of Family in the Marquis de Sade's Discourse, Hirata Tomohisa, Mar. 2010, Proceedings of the 2nd Next-Generation Global Workshop, 438, 447
• 日本・中国・韓国における「インターネットカフェ」利用状況の比較とその課題――東アジア諸国のITメディア環境の展開と親密圏・公共圏の変容を考えるために――, 平田知久; 朝田佳尚; 穆亜萍; 金仙花, Feb. 2010, 16, 1, 28
• Cultural Differences in Internet Usages in China, Korea and Japan and “the Materiality of the Internet”: Towards a Theoretical Reconsideration of the Intimate and Public Relationships on the Internet, Hirata Tomohisa, Mar. 2009, Proceedings of the 1st Next-Generation Global Workshop, 359, 367, International conference proceedings

MISC

• 思考可能性の条件と実現可能性の条件について――現代の情報メディア環境において到来しつつある、我々の現実の〈哲学〉（大黒岳彦『ヴァーチャル社会の〈哲学〉』の書評）, 平田知久, May 2019, 3400, 3, 3, Book review
• 「正しく失敗する」とは何の謂いか（大澤真幸『社会システムの生成』の書評）, 平田知久, Feb. 2016, 3129, 4, 4, Book review
• WS1 Information and Communication Technology and Urban Space, Park Hye-Jin; Kindstrand Love; Sunada Kaoru; Lee Joong Sun; Hirata Tomohisa, 2013, 社会情報学会(SSI)学会大会研究発表論文集, 2013, 233, 233, Summary international conference
• WS4 Adoption of Social Networking, Tkach-Kawasaki Leslie; Miguel Cristina; Leurs Koen; Mai Fan; Hsu Ya-Hui; Fang Wenchang, 2012, 社会情報学会(SSI)学会大会研究発表論文集, 2012, 28, 28, Summary international conference
• 新刊旧刊 「開かれた書物」を読む 「開かれた書物」をめぐる一考察――M・フーコー「カントの『人間学』への序文」について, 平田 知久, Mar. 2010, 8, 401, 404, Book review
• 視点(第69回)貧困のリアリティとその課題――ネットカフェ難民を捉える視座をめぐって[水島宏明『ネットカフェ難民と貧困ニッポン』,川崎昌平『ネットカフェ難民』,岩田正美『社会的排除』], 平田 知久, Feb. 2010, 65, 2, 18, 20, Book review
• 新たなコミュニケーションの座標軸(4)(非)同一性について, 平田 知久, Jul. 2006, 43, 57, 59, Book review
• 新たなコミュニケーションの座標軸(3)ポピュラー・サイエンスは何と等しいのか?, 平田 知久, Mar. 2006, 42, 20, 22, Book review
• 新たなコミュニケーションの座標軸(2)今、芸術作品に出会うということ, 平田 知久, Dec. 2005, 41, 17, 19, Book review
• 新たなコミュニケーションの座標軸(1)共感とテレパシーのあわいで, 平田 知久, Sep. 2005, 40, 21, 23, Book review
• 東浩紀--人間はいかに人間たりうるか (特集 現代日本思想地図), 平田 知久, Jun. 2005, 55, 68, 71, Book review
• 東南アジアのネットカフェ事情――シンガポールを事例として, 平田知久, Oct. 2015, 5, 17, 19, Introduction other
• サドの説得とカントの教育学 : 両者の「人間」像の比較から(政治・文化・教育), 平田 知久, 2004, 56, 246, 247
• Media, Migration and Nationalism: A Special Collection, Leurs Koen (Guest Editor); Hirata Tomohisa (Guest Editor), Jun. 2020, Global Perspectives, 1, 1, Others

Books etc

• ネットカフェの社会学――日本の個別性をアジアから開く, Single work, Mar. 2019, Scholarly book, ISBN: 9784766425901
• 現代社会学事典, Joint work, Dec. 2012
• せめぎ合う親密と公共――中間圏というアリーナ, Joint work, Jan. 2017
• 岩波講座 現代 第9巻――デジタル情報社会の未来, Joint work, Jun. 2016, ISBN: 9784000113892
• Theorizing Digital Divides (Routledge Advances in Sociology), Joint work, Tomohisa Hirata, Section1, Chpter 3, “Do Data Analysts Fill the Role of the Psychoanalyst? The Contemporary Digital Divide and Freud’s Theory”, Sep. 2017
• ともに生きる地域コミュニティ――超スマート社会を目指して, Joint work, Oct. 2018, ISBN: 9784501631505
• The Digital Divide: Social Inequality and the Internet in International Perspective. (Routledge Advances in Sociology), Joint work, Tomohisa Hirata, Section 6, Chapter 18, "The Double Digital Divide and Social Inequality in Asia: Comparative Research on Internet Cafes in Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines", Routledge, Jun. 2013

Presentations

• Media, Migration and the Rise of Nationalism. Comparing European and Asian Experienc es and Perspectives, Tomohisa Hirata, NWO/JSPS Bi-lateral Seminar, Sep. 2018, English, International conference
• A Desire for Being Cosmopolitic: A Reconsideration of Hospitality As a Concept of Social Theory in Jacques Derrida and Marquis De Sade, Tomohisa Hirata, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociolog, Jul. 2018, English, International conference
• Social Theory on the Datafied Our Society, Tomohisa Hirata, International Conference on Technological Challenges for Better World 2018, Mar. 2018, English, International conference
• Contemporary Media Technologies and Nationalism: Asia and the World, Tomohisa Hirata, International Symposium/Workshop for Social and Information Studies 2017, Nov. 2017, English, International conference
• Internet Cafes of the People of Each Ethnicity, By the People of Each Ethnicity, for the People of Each Ethnicity: Temporary Migrant Workers in Singapore and Singaporean Policies of “Racial Harmony” in HDB, Tomohisa Hirata, The 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, Jul. 2016, English, International conference
• How Should Entertainments Be Provided? The Disparity of the Distribution of Internet Cafés in Beijing and Rural-urban Migrant Workers, Tomohisa Hirata, ECREA TWG Media & the City 2015 Conference Urban Media Studies: Concerns, Intersections and Challenges, Sep. 2015, English, International conference
• What They Learn in/for Internet Cafes: To Rethinking about the “Openness” of the Open Society, Tomohisa Hirata, ELLTA 2014 3rd International Conference on Leadership & Learning in Asian Century, Nov. 2014, English, International conference
• Information and Communication Technology and Urban Space, Tomohisa Hirata, The 2nd Society of Socio-Informatics International Workshop for Young Researchers, Sep. 2013, English, International conference
• Internet Cafe Made Us Realize Our Dreams and Potential?: Comparative Study on Internet Infrastructure for Filipino in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Metro Manila, Tomohisa Hirata, Workshop on “Aging and Migration in Asia in the 21st Century: Issues at Intimate and Public Spheres”, Mar. 2013, English, International conference
• The Price of Using the Internet without Shame: ‘Bar Girls’ in Bangkok and the Internet Cafe as Infrastructure, Tomohisa Hirata, The 5th Next-Generation Global Workshop, Nov. 2012, English, International conference
• Adoption of Social Networking, Tomohisa Hirata, The 1st Society of Socio-Informatics International Workshop for Young Researcherso-Informatics International Workshop for Young Researchers, Sep. 2012, English, International conference
• Digital Inclusions in Internet Cafes and Their Problems: Comparative Study on the Internet Access for Overseas Filipina Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei, Tomohisa Hirata, The 2nd ISA Forum of Sociology, Aug. 2012, English, International conference
• Why Is “Immigrant Song” Sung: Internet Cafes and Current Status of "Migrants" in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Tomohisa Hirata, The 3rd Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Dec. 2010, English, International conference
• データベースとしての「地域」とは何か？――人々はそれをどのように生かすことになるのか？, 平田知久, 日本社会情報学会（JSIS）第2回実践型&公募型ワークショップ, Mar. 2009, Japanese, Domestic conference
• The Notion of Equality and the Denial of Family in the Marquis de Sade's Discourse, Tomohisa Hirata, The 2nd Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Nov. 2009, English, International conference
• Comparative Research on Internet cafes in East and Southeast Asian Countries: Their Current State and Future Prospects, Tomohisa Hirata, XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Jul. 2010, English, International conference
• Cultural Differences in Internet Usages in China, Korea and Japan and “the Materiality of the Internet”: Towards a Theoretical Reconsideration of the Intimate and Public Relationships on the Internet, Tomohisa Hirata, The 1st Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Jan. 2009, English, International conference
• Of the Multiculturalism in Marquis de Sade’s Political Philosophy, Tomohisa Hirata, International Symposium “Identity and Alterity in Multiculturalism and Social Justice: “Conflicts”, “Identity”, “Alterity”, “Solutions?” ”, Feb. 2008, Japanese, International conference
• サドの説得とカントの教育学 ――両者の「人間」像の比較から――, 平田知久, 日本教育社会学会 第56回大会, Sep. 2004, Japanese, Domestic conference
• ネットカフェ」をめぐる言説の変遷とモノの変遷1995-2010, 平田知久, 関西社会学会 第62回大会, May 2011, Japanese, Domestic conference
• アジアの情報化とインターネットカフェ, 平田知久, 日本社会情報学会（JASI&JSIS）合同研究発表大会 プレカンファレンスI「アジア太平洋地域の社会情報学 ――若手研究者の視点から」, Sep. 2010, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 幻想において交錯する視線と意識 ――E・T・A・ホフマン『砂男』をめぐって――, 平田知久, 関西社会学会 第58回大会, May 2007, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 理念型としてのパスカルとカント――『プロテスタンティズムの倫理と資本主義の《精神》』によせて, 平田知久, 日本社会学会 第79回大会, Oct. 2006, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 「サドと社会性」という問題系 ――サドの説得を巡って――, 平田知久, 日本社会学会 第77回大会, Nov. 2004, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 日本のゲーム産業と社会情報学――その史的展開と展望, 平田知久, 2017年度 社会情報学会定例研究会（実証部門・若手研究支援主催）, Mar. 2018, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 聖アウグスティヌスについて――Society 5.0を見据えた「コンテンツ・ツーリズム」, 平田知久, 横幹連合コンファレンス, Nov. 2016, Japanese, Domestic conference
• ゲームとしての社会／社会としてのゲーム, 平田知久, 社会情報学会 若手プレカンファレンス, Sep. 2016, Japanese, Domestic conference
• ソーシャルメディアの社会＝技術的基底, 平田知久, 社会情報学会（SSI）2016年度社員総会シンポジウム, Jun. 2016, Japanese, Domestic conference
• 計算社会科学と社会情報学 —― その実践と教育, Jun Yoshida; Hiroki Takikawa; Yasuko Kawahata; Kaoru Endo; Tomohisa Hirata, 2019年 社会情報学会（SSI）学会大会 プレカンファレンス, 13 Sep. 2019, Japanese, Chuo University, Ichigaya, Tokyo

Research Projects

• 01 Apr. 2013, 31 Mar. 2015, 13J07647
• Socio-historical and Comparative Sociological Study on the Internet Cafe in East and Southeast Asian Countries, HIRATA Tomohisa, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Kyoto University, 2009, 2010, From the field survey on the Internet cafe at metropolises of East and Southeast Asian countries such as Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, (1) I reflected more than 350 Internet cafes on the map of each city. (2) By analyzing collected data on Internet cafes form above survey and interviews from shopkeepers and customers of them, I described the social history of the Internet cafe in each city and clarified the specificity of Internet cafe uses in it. (3) I demonstrated that the core of a problem of "net cafe nanmin" in contemporary Japan is "private booth" by comparing with the Internet cafe use of migrant workers in Hong Kong and Singapore., 21830052

  対象リソースIRI
• 2004, 2006, 04J01075

Social Contribution

Social Contribution

• 2023年度 社会情報学シンポジウム「表象と社会―潜むもの、顕わとなる」, 25 Jul. 2023, 25 Jul. 2023