Tomoko Sakai
anthropology of everyday amid crisis and uncertainty
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
日本語 / English
anthropology of everyday amid crisis and uncertainty
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN
日本語 / English
Tomoko Sakai, PhD
is an Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan. Her research explores everyday physical experiences, particularly in turbulent and hazardous contexts such as armed conflict, environmental pollution, or disasters. She has conducted fieldwork in Britain, Ireland, and the North-Eastern part of Japan. Her current project investigates people's entanglement with surrounding living and non-living entities through everyday practices in altered or polluted environments. She also writes about impurity, uncleanliness, and disorder in everyday contexts, especially focusing on their physical and spatial aspects.
28 Oct. 2025 Gave talk at Munu Talk Vol.4 at Outen-in
27 Oct. 2025 Gave paper at Jinbunken workshop series "Life history during high economic growth period"
13-14 Sep. 2025 JOHA 23 Themed Session "Speaking of the Yet-Unseen 'Self'"