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Researcher

Takuya Umeda

Takuya Umeda
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I explore the relationship between technology and society from the perspectives of philosophy, cultural theory, and sociology. I am particularly interested in how digital media—including computers, the internet, smartphones, and generative AI—have been received and incorporated into people’s lives. While the “newness” of these technologies is often emphasized, I also seek ways to reconsider the diverse forms and unrealized possibilities that have consequently become obscured or lost.

Biography

Born in Kyoto in 1992. Lecturer at Ryukoku University. His research fields include media studies, intellectual history, and sociology. He holds a PhD in Socio-information and Communication Studies and serves on the editorial board of the academic journal Medium.
He is the author of Furīdorihi Kittorā no Riron: Hikki, Kankaku, Sū [The Theory of Friedrich Kittler: Writing, the Senses, and Numbers] (University of Tokyo Press). His co-authored publications include Gijutsu to Bunka no Media-ron [Media Theory of Technology and Culture] (Nakanishiya Shuppan) and Post-Media Theories: New Directions in Media Studies (Minerva Shobo). He is also a co-translator of Jussi Parikka’s What Is Media Archaeology? (University of Tokyo Press).

Events

Circuit Bending the Bookshelves: Bookstore Scavenger Hunt inspired by Friedrich Kittler’s Theorie: Schrift, Sinne, Zahl
Books

Circuit Bending the Bookshelves: Bookstore Scavenger Hunt inspired by Friedrich Kittler’s Theorie: Schrift, Sinne, Zahl

Release Event for Takuya Umeda: Friedrich Kittler's Theorie (The University of Tokyo Press

Art, Media, and the Public Sphere
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Art, Media, and the Public Sphere

A conversation between Takuya Umeda × Koki Tanaka

Books

フリードリヒ・キットラーの理論: 筆記、感覚、数

フリードリヒ・キットラーの理論: 筆記、感覚、数