{"id":18475,"date":"2025-04-01T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/?p=18475"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:44:37","slug":"%e7%a7%8b%e5%b1%b1-%e5%be%b9-2-6-2-5-14-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/other-en\/2025\/04\/01\/18475\/","title":{"rendered":"PACHCIAREK, Pawel"},"content":{"rendered":"
Name<\/h5>\n

PACHCIAREK, Pawel<\/p>\n

Degree<\/h5>\n

Ph.D. in Literature<\/p>\n

HP (URL)<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/pachciarek?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n

Status<\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Topic<\/h5>\n

Yayoi Kusama\u2019s Literature: Poems, Novels, and Performance Art through the Lens of Her Japanese and American Experiences<\/p>\n

This project examines the often-overlooked literary works of Yayoi Kusama, focusing on the interrelation between her literature and visual art within the contexts of her Japanese and American experiences. While Kusama\u2019s visual art is internationally acclaimed, her writings\u2014ranging from poetry to novels\u2014have received limited scholarly attention.
\nBy tracing the continuity of Kusama\u2019s critique of social discrimination from her time in New York to her later works in Japan, this study explores how her identity as an Asian woman in a Western, male-dominated art world shaped her creative expression. It investigates how early signs of social dissent in her works were amplified by New York\u2019s cultural landscape, influencing both her performance art and literary output.
\nThrough comparative analysis with contemporaneous performance art and the application of feminist and queer theories, the project aims to clarify the intertextuality between Kusama\u2019s texts and images. By redefining the significance of her New York period, this research seeks to illuminate the contemporary relevance of her anti-discrimination activism and the broader global resonance of her work.<\/p>\n

Education and Academic Employment<\/h5>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
2021<\/td>\nPh.D., Comparative Literature, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nResearch Student, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University (MEXT Scholarship)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nM.A., Japanese Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Academic Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2024-2025<\/td>\nPart-time Lecturer, Faculty of Intermedia, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Fine Arts in Pozna\u0144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021-2025<\/td>\nJapanese Projects Expert, Adam Mickiewicz Institute \/ Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021-2023<\/td>\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Graduate School of Art and Design, Tama Art University (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019-2021<\/td>\nResearch Assistant, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013-2014<\/td>\nVisiting Researcher, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University (Japan Foundation Fellowship)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Fields of Research Interests<\/h5>\n

Contemporary Art, History of Art, Yayoi Kusama, Comperative Literature, Gender Theory<\/p>\n

Academic Publications<\/h5>\n

Single-Authored Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Kusama Yayoi\u2014Mizutama no Ky\u014dhaku<\/em> (Dots Obsession). Warsaw: Tako Publishing, April 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Co-Authored<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Ide, A., and Pachciarek, P. \u201cInformation Ethics of Smartphone Games: The Example of Pok\u00e9mon Go.\u201d In Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Cultures, pp. 150-170. Routledge, April 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Major Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • \u201cEU to Kuia \u0100to\u201d (The EU and Queer Art). In EU no Hyakka Jiten (Encyclopedia of the EU), edited by the Editorial Committee, pp. 294-295. Maruzen Publishing, December 2024.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cP\u014drando no Gurafikku \u0100to\u201d (Polish Graphic Art). In Ch\u016b\u014d-T\u014d\u014d Bunka Jiten (Encyclopedia of Central and Eastern European Culture), Chapter 7: Art and Fine Arts, edited by Kumiko Haba, pp. 172-173. Maruzen Publishing, 2021.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Bungaku no Sh\u014dkai\u2014Shakai Kanyo no Chosakuka\u201d (Introduction to Kusama\u2019s Literature\u2014A Socially Engaged Author). In Shinpojiumu\u2014Kusama Yayoi no Bungaku Geijutsu (Symposium\u2014The Literary Art of Yayoi Kusama), Conference Proceedings, pp. 30-50, February 2024.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cWesutosupureiningu\u2014Ch\u016bt\u014d\u014d Shokoku ni okeru Seiji Rekishiteki Shutai no Kaifuku Gendai Bijutsu Sakka no Shorei kara\u201d (West-splaining\u2014Recovering Political and Historical Agency in Central and Eastern European Countries: Examples from Contemporary Artists). In Geijutsu to Shakai Kokusai Kaigi (International Conference on Art and Society), Ch\u016b\u014d K\u014dron Bijutsu Shuppan, pp. 120-145, February 2024.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi no Bijutsu to Bungaku ni okeru \u2018Narushisu\u2019 no Mot\u012bfu\u201d (The Motif of \u2018Narcissus\u2019 in Yayoi Kusama\u2019s Art and Literature). Machikaneyama Rons\u014d, No. 55, Literature Edition, pp. 88-110, February 2021.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cYayoi Kusama and the Queer Theory.\u201d In 21st International Congress of Aesthetics, Belgrade University, Post Conference Proceedings, pp. 45-60, July 2019.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi no Katsud\u014d ni okeru Shakai Katsud\u014d to Kuia Riron\u2014Bungaku Sakuhin to Happuningu K\u014di o Rei ni\u201d (Social Activities and Queer Theory in Yayoi Kusama\u2019s Work\u2014Examples from Literary Works and Performances). Bigaku (Aesthetics), Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 130-150, June 2019.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi in the Context of Eastern and Western Thought.\u201d The Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University (JAH-Q), Vol. 2, pp. 13-30, April 2017.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi no Gengo Geijutsu no Sekai\u2014Bijutsu to Bungaku ni okeru Mot\u012bfu no Hikaku\u201d (The World of Yayoi Kusama\u2019s Verbal Art\u2014A Comparison of Motifs in Art and Literature). In Happyo Hokokush\u016b (Presentation Report Collection), 67th National Conference of the Aesthetics Society, pp. 67-80, June 2017.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cParadno\u015b\u0107\u201d (Paradeness). In WARSZAWA W BUDOWIE (Warsaw Under Construction) Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2017.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cNieznane Oblicze Kusama Yayoi \u2013 Japo\u0144skiej Artystki i Pisarki\u201d (The Unknown Face of Yayoi Kusama \u2013 Japanese Artist and Writer). Por\u00f3wnania, Vol. 18, pp. 123-145, April 2016.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi \u2013 Festiwal Cia\u0142a\u201d (Yayoi Kusama \u2013 Festival of the Body). In \u015awiat Zmys\u0142\u00f3w. O znaczeniu zmys\u0142\u00f3w w kulturze (The World of Senses. On the Importance of Senses in Culture), pp. 56-72, August 2014.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKusama Yayoi and Her Influence on the Contemporary Art.\u201d In Asia in XXI Century: Challenges, Problems, Perspectives<\/em>, pp. 33-50, September 2014.<\/li>\n
      • \u201cYayoi Kusama \u2013 Manhattan Salvation Addict.\u201d In The Fourth Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, Official Conference Proceedings, pp. 10-25, April 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Other Interests<\/h5>\n

        Contemporary art, music, and traveling<\/p>\n

        Affiliated Academic Organizations<\/h5>\n

        Association for Cultural Typhoon
        \nThe Japan Art History Society
        \nThe Japanese Society for Aesthetics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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