CV
Chigusa Kita
Professor of Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University, Japan
A225, Kansai University Takatsuki Campus
2-1-1, Ryozenji, Takatsuki, Osaka, JAPAN 569-1095
Phone: +81-(0)72-690-2425
Email: ckita at res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Education
Doctorate, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Japan, 2002
Department: Twentieth Century Studies, Modern Culture Division
Dissertation Title: Technological Visions for Computing in the U.S.A.: A Genealogy of Visions for Networked Personal Computing
M.A., Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Japan, 1999
Department: Twentieth Century Studies, Modern Culture Division
Thesis Title: Technological Visions for Computing: Genesis of Alto Systems at Xerox Parc in the 1970s
B.A., Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Japan, 1986
Department: Aesthetics and Art History, Philosophy Division
Professional Experience
| 2009 - present | Professor | Kansai University, Faculty of Informatics |
| 2004 - 2009 | Associate Professor | Kansai University, Faculty of Informatics |
| 2008 - 2010 | Visiting Professor | International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
| 2003 - 2004 | Research Associate | Kyoto University, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies |
| 2003 - 2004 | Adjunct Faculty (part time teaching) | Osaka Sangyo University, College of Human and Environmental Studies |
| Osaka University, Institute for Higher Education Research and Practice | ||
| Visiting Professor | University of Air | |
| 2005 - present | Adjunct Faculty (part time teaching) | Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters and Graduate School of Letters |
| 2000 - 2001 | Research Assistant | Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters |
| 1997 - 1999 | Teaching Assistant | Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters |
| 1997 - 2001 | Adjunct Program Director | NHK Kinki Media Plan (NHK Planet) |
| 1986 - 1992 | Program Director | NHK, TV Program Division |
Awards
Nikkei BP, Biztech Book Award, 2003
Editorial Boards
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2005 – present
Memberships
IEEE Computer Society
The Society of the History of Technology
The History of Science Society
The Society for Social Studies of Science
Selected Publications List
Books/Book chapters
- Kita, Chigusa, (2006). Digital Pax Americana: Standardization process of the Internet, Globalization and Empires, Eisaku Kihira and Daizaburo Yui eds., Minerva Publishing, 2006.11, 263-286.
- Kita, Chigusa, (2005). Prototyping the Internet: Xerox Parc and Alto System, Seido Publishing (in Japanese)
- Kita, Chigusa, (2003). J.C.R. Licklider and his age: Origins of the Internet, Seido Publishing (in Japanese)
Articles
- Kita, Chigusa, (2008). A Historical Method for Innovation Studies, IPSJ Journal , 49(4), 1594-1601.
- Kita, Chigusa, (2008). Multilingual Communication Environment through the Internet: The Vision of the Language Grid and Its Implementation, Journal of Multilingual Multicultural Studies and Practices, 1(1), 77-100.
- Kita, Chigusa and Yasuo Deguchi, “On Some Pioneer Cases of Simulation in Japan: The Stuck Layers Model and The High Tide Simulation,” 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science), EASST Conference, 2004. 8. 28
- Kita, Chigusa Ishikawa, (2003). J. C. R. Licklider's Vision for the IPTO, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 25(3), 61-77.
- Kita, Chigusa Ishikawa, (2002). Origins of the Arguments Concerning the Social Impact of Worldwide Computer Network, JSICR Annual Report, 13(1), 1-11.
- Ishikawa, Chigusa, (1999). Technological Visions for Alto at Xerox PARC, JASTS Annual Report, 9, 33-65.
