Matsunaga, Shinji(Graduate School of Letters, Division of Contemporary Culture) | Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University

Matsunaga, Shinji

Graduate School of Letters, Division of Contemporary Culture Associate Professor

Last Updated :2025/05/02

Basic Information

Faculty

文学部

Professional Memberships

Japanese Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS

Academic Degree

修士（美術）(東京芸術大学)

博士（美術）(東京芸術大学)

Research History

From Apr. 2025, To Present
Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Visiting lecturer

From Sep. 2024, To Present
Osaka Metropolitan University, School of Literature and Human Sciences, Visiting lecturer

From Apr. 2021, To Present
Kyoto University, The Department of Media and Culture Studies, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor

From Jun. 2015, To Present
Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Research Organization, Visiting Fellow

From Oct. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Sophia University, Faculty of Humanities, Part-time lecturer

From Apr. 2020, To Sep. 2021
The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, Visiting lecturer

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Visiting lecturer

From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2020
Tokyo Metropolitan Unversity, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Visiting lecturer

From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2019
Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Research Associate

From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018
Tokyo Metropolitan Unversity, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Visiting lecturer

From Apr. 2011, To Mar. 2013
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (DC2)

Profile

Profile
Attention: I'm majoring in game studies, not in game development or game design. For those who are interested in making games, please look elsewhere.

I'm studying video games from a philosophical and aesthetic perspective. My current focus is on the medium of video games and its formal features, and the analysis of the critical practices on works of video games.

Representation in videogames

My doctoral dissertation is about the structure of representation and signification in video games.

In the light of their historical development, I take video games as a hybrid form of traditional games, such as chess or soccer, and fiction, such as novel or film. On that basis, I try to construct a theoretical framework that will be able to describe the ways of signification in games and fiction respectively, and the varied, complex relationship between them.

Such signifying aspects as narrative, temporal or spatial representation, simulation, player's actions, and so on, will be adequately explained in terms of this framework.

Other philosophical / aesthetic interests on video games
1. Video games and traditional games: the peculiarity of computer games when compared to non-computer ones.
2. Narrative in games: narratives that are emergent, non-linear, environmental, and so on.
3. What properties make gameplay (aesthetically) valued: an aesthetic approach to "fun" or "good gameplay."
4. Indie game culture: its notable artistic orientation.
5. Pixel arts as an object of aesthetic appreciation.
Other interests in philosophy of art
1. Definitions of art.
2. Popular vs high arts.
3. Depiction / pictorial representation.
4. Aesthetic judgments on fashion: in particular, the analysis of the concept of "fashionable."

ID,URL

J-Global ID
201301064489737190
Researcher number
60778520
External link
https://9bit.99ing.net/

researchmap URL

https://researchmap.jp/zmz

Last Updated :2025/05/02

Research

Research Interests

play

media geijutsu

game studies

analytic philosophy

pixel arts

aesthetic judgment

games

fiction

narratology

aesthetics

fashion

video games

game research

philosophy of art

analytic aesthetics

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences, Aesthetics and art studies

Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics

Papers

Simulation Stylized: Explaining "Unnaturalness" in Japanese Role-playing Video Games
Shinji Matsunaga
Shun-Shyo Yao, Jian Deng, and Kentaro Matsumoto (eds.), Cultural Studies of Games in Japan, China, and Korea: A Game Criticism Anthology from East Asia (Shin-yo Sha), Mar. 2024, Invited

Maintenance Ruins Ruins: Why Preserving Ruins Is Impossible
Shinji Matsunaga
PhilCul, Aug. 2022

Depicting the Philosophy of Depiction
Shinji Matsunaga
PhilCul, Aug. 2020

A History of Game Research
Shinji Matsunaga
Nobushige Kobayashi (ed.), An Introduction to Digital Game Research (Minerva Shobo), Jun. 2020, Invited

Verbs and Patterns: On the Relation between Games and Simulation
Shinji Matsunaga
Ecrit-o, Nov. 2019, Invited

Spoilers Are Both Wrong and Not Wrong
MATSUNAGA Shinji
PhilCul, Jul. 2019, Invited

Between Outside and Inside: Magic Circle Revisited
Shinji Matsunaga
Hiroshi Matsui, Takanori Iguchi, Masumi Oishi, and Mikako Hata (eds.), The Diversification of Gaming Culture and Society (New Games Order), May 2019, Invited

Pursuing What Are Games: The Birth of Game Studies
Shinji Matsunaga
Shin-ichi Nakazawa and Daichi Nakagawa (eds.), The New Era of Game Studies (NTT Publishing), Mar. 2019, Invited

Keywords Related to the Connection between the Social and Games
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Eureka, Jan. 2017, Invited

Early Japanese RPGs as Stylized Simulations: A Method and Its Application for the Cross-Cultural Comparison of Video Games
Shinji Matsunaga
Digital Tribe and Youth Culture of East Asian Regions: The Proceedings of the 2016 Culture/Science International Conference, Nov. 2016, Invited

Fictional Characters Layered
MATSUNAGA Shinji
PhilCul, Sep. 2016, Peer-reviewed

Did You Really Get a Mushroom?: Players’ Fictional Actions in Videogame Playing
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Aesthetics, Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed

Which Things Are Stylish? An Everyday Aesthetics of Fashion
Shinji Matsunaga
Vanitas: A Critical Journal on Fashion, Sep. 2015, Peer-reviewed

Videogames as Simulation of Actions
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Semiotopos, Jun. 2015, Peer-reviewed

Signification in Videogames
MATSUNAGA Shinji
PhD dissertation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Mar. 2015

Pictures as Language
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Ronso, Tokyo University of the Arts, Mar. 2015, Peer-reviewed

Player's Fictional Actions in Videogaming
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Bigaku (Aesthetics), Dec. 2013, Peer-reviewed

Are Videogames Art?
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Kallista, Dec. 2012, Peer-reviewed

The Cluster Account of Art as a Form of Definition
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Kallista, Dec. 2010, Peer-reviewed

Misc.

ピクセルの滲みを愛でる
松永伸司
アイデア, Dec. 2024, Invited

ピクセルアートとは何か：技術の限界から生まれた芸術
松永伸司
アイデア, Dec. 2024, Invited

「AIに難易度を調整される仕様」について、ゲーム研究者・松永伸司氏とゲームAI開発者・水野勇太氏が議論する
葛西祝; 松永伸司; 水野勇太
メディア芸術カレントコンテンツ, Mar. 2024, Invited

同じ道では帰らない：楽しく暮らすために考える「遊びとルールの関係性」
菅俊一; 松永伸司
XD MAGAZINE, Jul. 2023, Invited

Play, as Earnest, as Playful
Shinji Matsunaga
Kohkoku, Mar. 2023, Invited

A Philosophy of Pixel Art #3: Representing Characters in Pixel Art Narrative
Shinji Matsunaga
Media Arts Current Contents Project Report 2022, Mar. 2023, Invited

A Philosophy of Pixel Art #2: Styles in Pixel Art
Shinji Matsunaga
Media Arts Current Contents Project Report 2020, Mar. 2021, Invited

The Aesthetics of Pixel Art (3): Pixel Arts and Character Representations
Shinji Matsunaga
Media Arts Current Contents, Feb. 2023, Invited

アート（担当：序文 / Passage / The Marriage / McDonald's Video Game / GIRP / The Longing）
松永伸司
田中 “hally” 治久・今井晋監修『インディ・ゲーム新世紀ディープ・ガイド：ゲームの沼』Pヴァイン, Sep. 2022

「メタバースとは何か？」定義を“作る”ところから考える
畑田裕二; 松永伸司
Mogura VR News, 26 Apr. 2022, Invited

ビデオゲームの虚構と現実：美学者松永伸司インタビュー
高橋ミレイ; 松永伸司
広告, Mar. 2022, Invited

川の向こう、山の手前
松永伸司
以文, Sep. 2021

The Ontology and Ethics of Virtual Reality (2)
Shinji Matsunaga
Monbu Kagaku Kyoiku Tsushin, Jun. 2021, Invited

Dressing My Avatar: A Subtle Role of Body in Virtual Fashion
Shinji Matsunaga
Fashion Tech News, Jun. 2021, Invited

The Ontology and Ethics of Virtual Reality (1)
Shinji Matsunaga
Monbu Kagaku Kyoiku Tsushin, Jun. 2021, Invited

注釈の多い座談会 Vol. 1
松永伸司; 桐田敬介; 渡辺龍彦
Tired Of, Feb. 2021, Invited

Fictional Characters: Their Existence, Representation, and Appreciation
Shinji Matsunaga
The Japanese Society for Aesthetics (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Maruzen Publishing., Dec. 2020, Invited

ディスタンスパンクが生み出す空間移動のノスタルジー：宮本道人氏×松永伸司氏インタビュー（後編）
河合律子; 宮本道人; 松永伸司
リアルサウンドテック, 04 Oct. 2020, Invited

ソーシャルディスタンスが変えた創作のスタンダード：宮本道人×松永伸司が語り合う（前編）
河合律子; 宮本道人; 松永伸司
リアルサウンドテック, 21 Sep. 2020, Invited

A Philosophy of Pixel Art #1: What Is Pixel Art?
Shinji Matsunaga
Media Arts Current Contents Project Report 2019, Mar. 2020, Invited

ウォルハイム『芸術とその対象』書評：20世紀分析美学の金字塔
松永伸司
図書新聞, Sep. 2020, Invited

Are Art Games Artistic Games?
Shinji Matsunaga
Bijutsu Techo, August 2020, Jul. 2020, Invited

The Exhibition of Games, Games of Exhibition
Shinji Matsunaga
Bijutsu Techo, August 2020, Jul. 2020, Invited

Interview with Jason Rohrer (abridged translation)
Jesper Juul; trans. Shinji Matsunaga
Bijutsu Techo, August 2020, Jul. 2020

“ゲームらしさ”をもっと深く語りたい！そんなあなたのためのゲームスタディーズ入門
吉田寛; 松永伸司
電ファミニコゲーマー, 15 Jun. 2020, Invited

The Aesthetics of Pixel Art (2): Pixel Arts and Their Styles
Shinji Matsunaga
Media Art Current Contents, May 2020, Invited

A Brief Guide to Game Studies II
Shinji Matsunaga; Akito Inoue; Tomohiro Kimura; Wei Huang; Nobushige Kobayashi; Hiroshi Yoshida
Feb. 2020, Lead author, Corresponding author

The Aesthetics of Pixel Art (1): What Is a Pixel Art?
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Media Art Current Contents, Oct. 2019, Invited

Play Matters Matters: A Selection for Understanding Why Play Matters
MATSUNAGA Shinji
かみのたね, Jul. 2019

Translator's Comment on Miguel Sicart's Play Matters
MATSUNAGA Shinji
PhilCul, Jul. 2019, Invited

The 2018 Final Report on the Research Mapping Project for Media Arts (Games)
MATSUNAGA Shinji; FUKUDA Kazufumi; TAKAHASHI, Muneyuki
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Mar. 2019, Lead author

Game Meets Art: The Rise of the Video Game Avant-gardes
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Media Art Current Contents, Mar. 2019, Invited

Commentary on Alexander R. Galloway, "Gamic Action, Four Moments"
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Genron, May 2018

Gamic Action, Four Moments
Alexander R. Galloway; trans. MATSUNAGA Shinji
Genron, May 2018

The 2017 Final Report on the Research Mapping Project for Media Arts (Games)
MATSUNAGA Shinji; FUKUDA Kazufumi
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Mar. 2018, Lead author

Truth in Pictures: Their Use and Content
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Aesthetics, Dec. 2017

Early Japanese RPGs as Stylized Simulations: A Method and Its Application for the Cross-Cultural Comparison of Video Games (Korean translation)
MATSUNAGA Shinji; trans. CHOI Jae Hyuk
Culture/Science Quarterly, Sep. 2017

Preface / Theories of Art and Symbol
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The Recommended Reading Guide for the Book Fair "Goodman Returns: New Classic Is Coming", May 2017

A Brief Guide to Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji; KIMURA Tomoihro; Martin Roth; FUKUDA Kazufumi; INOUE Akito
Mar. 2017, Lead author, Corresponding author

Keywords / Summary
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art, trans. TOZAWA Y. and MATSUNAGA S., Keio University Press., Feb. 2017

The Role of Theory in Aesthetics (3rd edition)
Morris Weitz; trans. MATSUNAGA Shinji
PhilCul, Sep. 2016

The Final Report on the 2015–2016 Research Mapping Project for Game Studies
HOSOI Koichi; MATSUNAGA Shinji; INOUE Akito; FUKUDA Kazufumi
平成27年度文化庁メディア芸術連携促進事業連携共同事業, Mar. 2016

The Progress and Problems of the Research Mapping Project for Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji; INOUE Akito; FUKUDA Kazufumi; HOSOI Koichi
Proceedings of 2015 Annual Conference, Digital Games Research Association Japan, Feb. 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

Definitions of Art
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Analytic Aesthetics Accelerating, Sep. 2015

Aesthetics of Popular Arts
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Analytic Aesthetics Accelerating, Sep. 2015

The Role of Theory in Aesthetics
Morris Weitz; trans. MATSUNAGA Shinji
Online publication, May 2015

Discussion: From Semiotics to Aesthetics: On Goodman's Languages of Art
MATSUKA Natsuki; MATSUNAGA Shinji; SHIMABUKURO Yaoki; SHINOHARA Yuuki; TAKAHASHI Muneyuki
Tsukuba Hihyou, Apr. 2013

Architectural Gameplay in Minecraft
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Nicochiku, Apr. 2013, Invited

Videogames as Interactive Fiction (Abstracts of the Papers Read at the 63st National Congress)
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Bigaku (Aesthetics), Dec. 2012

A Conceptual Framework for Describing Time in Videogaming
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The Proceedings of DiGRA Japan 2011, Feb. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Presentations

研究成果マッピング座談会：メディア芸術分野の研究のいま
松永伸司; 石川優; 足立加勇; 明貫紘子; 毛利哲哉
MAGMA sessions 2024, 26 Mar. 2025, 文化庁, Invited

京都大学が描く未来のまち
松中亮治; 松永伸司; 山村亜希; 塩瀬隆之; 藤本秀司
Beyond 2050 プロローグ第3節, 27 Mar. 2024, 京都大学オープンイノベーション機構、京都大学人と社会の未来研究院, Invited

ビデオゲームからインタラクティブ表現を再考する
松永伸司; クワクボリョウタ; 竹澤風太; 成瀬陽太
IAMAS 2024: 情報科学芸術大学院大学第22期生修了研究発表会, 23 Feb. 2024, Invited

When Fiction Becomes Vivid
Shinji Matsunaga
The "Into Fiction: Aesthetics of Immersion" Workshop, 10 Feb. 2024, Invited

ゲームの「二周目」について
大岩雄典; 松永伸司
大岩雄典個展「実効｜Work」ガラトークイベント, 05 Nov. 2023, Invited

わかりあうこと、読みあうこと
松永伸司
PARA「共有の知恵」レクチャーシリーズ, 09 Sep. 2023, Invited

『広告』文化特集号発売記念トークイベント「文化の生成と更新」
吉見俊哉; 松永伸司; 小野直紀
21 May 2023, Invited

VRとコミュニケーション：技術と慣習の関係の観点から
松永伸司
日本科学哲学会第55回大会シンポジウム「コミュニケーションメディアの哲学」, 03 Dec. 2022, Invited

大岩雄典個展「可能」トークイベント
大岩雄典; 松永伸司
大岩雄典個展「可能」, 20 Nov. 2022, Invited

「作品とは何か」とは何か：問いの入り口で考える
松永伸司
PARA「作品とは何か」レクチャーコース, 19 Nov. 2022, Invited

マンガ・アニメはアートなのか：メディア芸術再考
小松崎拓男; 松永伸司; 藤津亮太; 藤田直哉
IMART 2022, 22 Oct. 2022, Invited

芸術と現実のインタラクション：COVID-19以後の表現とビデオゲーム用語から考える
松永伸司
アジア日本研究ネットワーク第5回会議：アジアにおけるパンデミック後の日本学を考える, 05 Mar. 2022, Invited

What Is Specific to Esports?
Shinji Matsunaga
Symposium: Esports and Applied Philosophy, The 13th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 25 Sep. 2021, Invited

2021年度描写の哲学研究会：描写の哲学と認知科学
津田裕之; 太田陽; 源河亨; 難波優輝; 松永伸司
26 Jun. 2021

ゲーム研究における理論的研究の位置づけを考える
松永伸司
立命館大学ゲーム研究センター2021年度第1回定例研究会, 16 Jun. 2021, Invited

Either Way, Ruins Will Necessarily Be Lost
Shinji Matsunaga
Workshop: Ruins and Ghosts, The 13th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 22 May 2021

Is Virtual Reality Real or Fictional? Or What Does This Question Ask?
Shinji Matsunaga
XR Kaigi 2020, 10 Dec. 2020, Invited

ゲームアート／アートゲームの現在地
谷口暁彦; 松永伸司; 大岩雄典
『美術手帖』8月号「ゲーム×アート」特集トークイベント, 05 Aug. 2020, Invited

ゲーム×演劇
松永伸司; 岸井大輔
PLAYについて考え直す水曜日リプレイ13, 22 Jul. 2020, Invited

2019年度メディア芸術連携促進事業研究成果マッピングシンポジウム
吉村和真; 石川優; 西原麻里; 杉本バウエンス・ジェシカ; 土居伸彰; 萱間隆; 松永伸司; 井上明人; 明貫紘子; 阪本裕文; 細井浩一; 小出正志
16 Feb. 2020

Play and Forms (talk part)
Daisuke Kishii; Shinji Matsunaga
Lectures around Forms, 08 Feb. 2020, PLAY and WORKS, Invited

2019年度描写の哲学研究会
銭清弘; 難波優輝; 村山正碩; 松永伸司
15 Jan. 2020

ゲーム・オブ・ザ・ラウンド第5回ゲームAIが切りひらく「遊び」の地平
松永伸司; 水野勇太; 三宅陽一郎; 中川大地
PLANETSチャンネル, 19 Dec. 2019, Invited

Games and Aesthetics
MATSUNAGA Shinji; YONEMITSU Kazunari; Nilgiri
「これはゲームなのか？展#2」ギャラリートーク, 09 Dec. 2019, Invited

Tangible Fiction: Fiction through Simulation
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The Possibility of Modern Fiction, 01 Nov. 2019, Invited

ビデオゲームの世界はどのように作られているのか？：松永伸司『ビデオゲームの美学』をヒントに
難波優輝; 松永伸司; 三木那由他
一般公開ワークショップ, 31 Aug. 2019, Invited

Rethinking Play and Hack: Playfulness Opens the World!
MATSUNAGA Shinji; MIZUNO Tasuku; DOI Nobuaki
『プレイ・マターズ遊び心の哲学』刊行記念トークイベント, 05 Jul. 2019

New Waves around "Play" in Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji; YOSHIDA Hiroshi
『プレイ・マターズ遊び心の哲学』刊行記念トークイベント, 11 Jun. 2019

『多元化するゲーム文化と社会』出版記念トークイベント
加藤裕康; 秦美香子; 松井広志; 松永伸司
18 May 2019, Invited

〈遊戯の原理〉が変える世界
井上明人; 中川大地; 中沢新一; 松永伸司
『ゲーム学の新時代』刊行記念トークイベント, 06 Apr. 2019, Invited

Level Up: The Time and Space of Games and Installations
OIWA Euske; TANIGUCHI Akihiko; MATSUNAGA Shinji
Oiwa Euske's Solo Exhibition "Slow Actor", 24 Feb. 2019, Invited

The Mapping of Game Researches
MATSUNAGA Shinji
平成30年度メディア芸術連携促進事業研究プロジェクト活動報告シンポジウム, 23 Feb. 2019

A Spoiler Is Wrong and Not Wrong: An Eclectic View
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Workshop: Aesthetics of Spoiler, 23 Nov. 2018

Expression as Exemplification: From Goodmanean view
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Workshop: Expression of Emotion in the Arts, The 2018 Autumn Meeting of Japan Association for Philosophy of Science, 10 Nov. 2018

What's Wrong with Snobbery?
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Workshop: Aesthetic Experience Revisited, 16 Mar. 2018

Sketching Modern Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Symposium: Toward the New Era of Game Studies, 21 Jan. 2018, Invited

Truth in Pictures: Their Use and Content
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 68th Conference of the Japanese Society for Aesthetics, 07 Oct. 2017

From Languages of Art to Modern Aesthetics
Genka Tohru; IWAKIRI Keito; MATSUNAGA Shinji; MORI Norihide; TAKADA Atsushi
慶應義塾大学出版会・勁草書房・東京大学生協駒場書籍部共同企画, 30 Jun. 2017

The Final Report on the Research Mapping Project for Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji
平成28年度メディア芸術連携促進事業報告会, 26 Feb. 2017

Bug Meets Art
Oiwa Eusuke; MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 65th Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibitions, 28 Jan. 2017, Invited

Early Japanese RPGs as Stylized Simulations: A Method and Its Application for the Cross-Cultural Comparison of Video Games
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 2016 Culture/Science International Conference, 18 Nov. 2016, Invited

What Thing of Video Games Be Preserved? The Philosophy of Art on Game Archiving
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Lecture program at Aichi Triennale 2016, 15 Oct. 2016, Invited

The Final Report on the Research Mapping Project for Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji
平成27年度メディア芸術連携促進事業報告会, 13 Mar. 2016

The Progress and Problems of the Research Mapping Project for Game Studies
MATSUNAGA Shinji; INOUE Akito; FUKUDA Kazufumi; HOSOI Koichi
The 2015 Annual Conference of Digital Games Research Association Japan, 27 Feb. 2016

The Study Mapping Project for Game Studies and Its Progress
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 3rd Meeting 2015 of Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, 27 Nov. 2015

Dissecting Narrative: A Narratology of Videogames
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The Workshop for Analytic Philosophy and Art, 07 Nov. 2015, Invited

A Commentary on Okazawa Ryo's "The Distinction between Art and Non-Art as Our Practice"
MATSUNAGA Shinji
KoSAC Thesis Forum Vol.2, 21 Mar. 2015, Invited

Is It the Ontology of Musical Works?
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 6th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, 10 May 2014

Games as Design of Actions: An Attempt to Redefine Games and Play
MATSUNAGA Shinji
Kyoto Game Conference, 08 Mar. 2014, Invited

Videogames as Interactive Fiction
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 63rd Conference of the Japanese Society for Aesthetics, 06 Oct. 2012

A Conceptual Framework for Describing Time in Videogaming
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 2011 Conference of DiGRA Japan, 26 Feb. 2012

The Representation of Space in Videogames
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 62nd Conference of the Japanese Society for Aesthetics, 16 Oct. 2011

Two Kinds of Meaning in Videogames
MATSUNAGA Shinji
The 31st Conference of Japanese Association for Semiotic Studies, 15 May 2011

Rules?
MATSUNAGA Shinji
RGN-u: Research for Computer Game Design and Narrative @Ustream, 11 Dec. 2010

作品体験やインタラクティブ作品をいかにアーカイブすべきか：ゲーム・メディアアートの保存方法を探る
久保田晃弘; 鴫原盛之; 田中みゆき; 松永伸司; 高橋ミレイ
MAGMA sessions, 18 Mar. 2022, 文化庁, Invited

Books and Other Publications

The Aesthetics of Video Games
Shinji Matsunaga
Keio University Press, Oct. 2018
Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

Play Matters
MATSUNAGA Shinji, Single translation, Miguel Sicart
Film Art, Inc., Apr. 2019, Not refereed
Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

Languages of Art
TOZAWA Yoshio; MATSUNAGA Shinji, Joint translation, 全章, Nelson Goodman
Keio University Press, Feb. 2017, Not refereed
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Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
MATSUNAGA Shinji, Single translation, Jesper Juul
New Games Order, Sep. 2016, Not refereed
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The Philosophy of Depiction Meets Picture Using Practices in Popular Culture
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
Kyoto University;Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Shinji Matsunaga
From 01 Apr. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2022, Project Closed
分析美学;描写;画像;キャラクター表象;インターネットミーム;視覚的隠喩;バーチャルリアリティ;VR;描写の哲学;心の哲学;実験心理学;画像表象;フィクション;言語行為論;デジタル画像;写真
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K12985/

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Education

Teaching subject(s)

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Master's Thesis
M990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Graduation Thesis
9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
M432, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8949, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Foundations I-Seminar(VMC)
JK11, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8951, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
8902, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Basic course of Modern Culture & History (Seminars)
8655, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8951, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8949, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Foundations I-Seminar(VMC)
JK11, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters, English)B-E1
HA03, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Master's Thesis
M990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Graduation Thesis
9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
M432, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8949, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
8902, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Relay Seminars for Undergraduate Students (Seminars)
0062, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8949, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Master's Thesis
M990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
8904, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8946, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
M432, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
ILAS Seminar
Z001, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8941, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8947, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Graduation Thesis
9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
8902, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
8931, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
8948, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
5731, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Twentieth Century Studies (Seminars)
Year-long, 文学部

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Master's Thesis
Year-long, 文学研究科

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Graduation Thesis
Year-long, 文学部

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Graduation Thesis
Year-long, 文学部

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Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Spring, 文学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Spring, 文学部

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Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Fall, 文学研究科

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Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Fall, 文学部

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Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Fall, 文学研究科

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Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Fall, 文学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Seminars)
Year-long, 文学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
Fall, 文学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Special Lectures)
Fall, 文学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Contemporary History (Seminars)
Year-long, 文学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
Spring, 文学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Media and Culture Studies (Lectures)
Fall, 文学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
Fall, 文学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Aesthetics and Art History (Special Lectures)
Fall, 文学部

Participation in PhD Defense

近現代「伝奇小説」概念の変遷と「伝奇ロマン」の誕生
Park Kitae, Graduate School of Letters, Sub-chief Examiner
23 Mar. 2023

「古今」・「東西」に揺れるギリシア・アイデンティティーの多面性－ニコス・カザンザキスの作品分析を中心に－
FUKUDA KOSUKE, Graduate School of Letters, Sub-chief Examiner
24 Nov. 2022

1970年代後半期から1980年代前半期までの日本における個人を対象とするコンピュータとユーザの関係
SUZUKI MANA, Graduate School of Letters, Sub-chief Examiner
23 Mar. 2022

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将来構想検討委員会委員（現代）

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