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Associate Professor in World History and Oral History
Dr Aoki's specialisms are in the social and cultural history of modern Japan with a focus on gender and sexuality as it intersects with race and ethnicity. His PhD explored masculinity and same-sex desire in the postwar period in Japan.
More recently, he has turned his attention to issues of identity in the trans-Pacific diaspora of Japanese. Through his research on Nikkei (people of Japanese descent), he has developed methodological and theoretical expertise, including in research, teaching, and community outreach, in oral history.
Academic qualifications
PhD Oriental Studies; Dissertation: 'Sexual Solidarity and the Ethics and Aesthetics of Manliness in Early 1970s Japan', University of Cambridge
… → 2005
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Fresh Air World: Fresh Air World is a research portfolio using authorial, collaborative and inter-disciplinary illustration research methods to develop innovative and impactful materials about air pollution and health.
Kilburn, J., Aoki, D. & Jones, R., 2024, (In preparation)Research output: Practice research and digital outputs › Artwork
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Illustrated Stories of Severe Asthma: a Case Study.
Kilburn, J., Aoki, D., Jones, R., Inman, A., Keen, I., Tipping, D., Glover, D. & Lanario, J., 2 Oct 2024, In: Graphic Medicine Review. 4, 1, e927.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thin Space: illustrating the blurring of physical and spiritual worlds within the coastal parish of the Lyn Valley.
Kilburn, J., Aoki, D. & Squire, V., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Graphic Medicine within the MESSAGE Research Cluster at the University of Plymouth (UK)
Kilburn, J., Aoki, D., Jones, R., Lanario, J. & Squire, V., 15 Jul 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
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Of Ice Cream, Potatoes, and Kimono-Clad Japanese Women: Forgetting and Remembering the Japanese Racialization of Lethbridge’s Sensuous Geographies
Aoki, D. & Adams, C., 1 Jun 2023, Racism in Southern Alberta and Anti-Racist Activism For Change. p. 153-170Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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