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Toya Lab
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The lab pursues applied humanities, extending humanistic knowledge into engineering and society.
AboutAbout the lab
Bringing the humanities to engineering and society
Toya Lab studies "applied humanities," which extends humanistic knowledge into engineering and society.
Associate Professor Toya is a member of the "Humanities and Engineering Research Group on Culture" at the Institute of Industrial Science, and is working to create a place where researchers from different fields make the integration of the humanities and sciences the norm.
The research group plans to encourage the participation of practitioners, researchers, and artists from inside and outside the university, and to lead to joint research and pilot projects.
The lab also continues research in its original specialties: the social and cultural history of aesthetic sensibilities, and the business history of Kansei industries such as fashion and cosmetics.
Key terms
- humanistic knowledge
- Knowledge about people and culture accumulated by the humanities, such as literature, history, and philosophy
- integration of the humanities and sciences
- Tackling problems by combining knowledge and methods across the boundaries between humanities and science fields
- Kansei industry
- Industries that deal in products appealing to people's tastes and sense of beauty, such as fashion and cosmetics
NewsLab news
Seisan Kenkyu Issue 757 published as a special issue on the research group
Seisan Kenkyu Issue 753 published as a special issue on the research group
ResearchResearch themes
Associate Professor Toya, who has a humanities background and professional experience outside academia, is based at the Institute of Industrial Science and works on extending humanistic knowledge into engineering and society. Research in the original specialties, the history of aesthetic sensibilities and the business history of Kansei industries, also continues.
*Illustrative imageApplying humanistic knowledge to engineering and society
Drawing on the experience of completing the University of Tokyo's Executive Management Program (EMP), which covers all fields across the humanities and sciences, the lab is based at the Institute of Industrial Science and works on extending humanistic knowledge into engineering and society.
*Illustrative imageThe history of aesthetic sensibilities and Kansei industries
The lab studies the social and cultural history of aesthetic sensibilities and the business history of Kansei industries such as fashion and cosmetics.
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- Associate ProfessorRiina ToyaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Fragment of a Kimono (Kosode) with Design of Chrysanthemums and Chevron Pattern LACMA M. of 2)” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Applying humanistic knowledge to engineering and society: “Halki Seminary library old books Heybeliada 2024” Furkan Akkurt / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The history of aesthetic sensibilities and Kansei industries: “Japanese cosmetic box, 18th century, Honolulu Museum of Art accession 3418.1” Hiart / CC0 (cropped)
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