Details of a Researcher
Updated on 2025/10/26
Born in Mie Prefecture, Japan. After studying cultural studies in Singapore, I returned to Japan and encountered the care ethics while raising my child at COVID-19 Pandemic Tokyo. I'm researching mothers' participation and collective learning in artistic and cultural activities by co-organizing an art project called Dismantling Mherhood (https://dismantlingmotherhood.wordpress.com/) with artist Natsumi Sakamoto.
I am interested in the question of how caring practices, such as childcare, care and nursing, and the ways of thinking (ethics of care) found in the practice of care, are undermined in their value, and how it is possible to simultaneously guarantee the human rights and dignity of those who take on care roles and those who are cared for.
My current research focuses on the exclusion of caregivers in cultural policy and artistic practices that affects the difficulties associated with childbirth and childcare in contemporary Japan. In my dissertation, I'm working on the process and structure of collaborative learning in contemporary art practice with the participation of "mothers" from the perspective of feminist pedagogy with reference to the theory of care.
In fiscal year 2025, I began researching the archiving of mothers' collective artistic practices from a feminist perspective.
I am a founding member of the Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Study Group (https://artscarecp.wixsite.com/accp). In practice, I am involved in child care as a foster parent.
Waseda University Institute for Advanced Studies in Education Research Assistant
Waseda University Gender Studies Institute Member
Waseda University School of Culture, Media and Society Research Associate
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Education Course
National University of Singapore Cultural Research Centre
National University of Singapore Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Cultural Studies in Asia
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology Cultural Resources Studies
Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I
THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
早稲田大学文学学術院教育学会
Association for Cultural Typhoon
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society
The Japanese Association for Cultural Policy Research
Care
Feminist Pedagogiy
Adult and Community Education
Cultural Policy
Singapore
Rethinking the Cultural Rights of “Mothers”: The Exclusion of Caregivers from Artistic Practice
Ritsuko Saito
The Waseda journal of educational research ( 16 ) 55 - 68 2024 [Refereed]
Authorship：Lead author
Yusuke Kazama, Akemi Minamida, Ritsuko Saito
KENKYUKIHO（NARA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY） 34 ( 3 ) 53 - 75 2024.01
( 9 ) 129 - 147 2015 [Refereed]
( 8 ) 41 - 58 2014 [Refereed]
Dismantling Motherhood
Natsumi Sakamoto, Ritsuko Saito( Part： Joint editor)
2024
65 Chapters to Understand Singapore
Keiko Tamura( Part： Contributor, Cultural Policy in Singapore: Exploring a way for Cultural Excellence and Overcoming of Social Division)
Akashi Shoten 2021.10 ISBN: 9784750352534
ブックレット・ボーダーズ No.5 マラッカ海峡 －シンガポール、マレーシア、インドネシアの国境を行く
田村慶子( Part： Contributor, 国立博物館特別展「戦争体験―一九四二年を記憶する」)
北海道大学出版会 2018
Autoethnography of Personal and Collective Transformation: A case of an art project for caregivers
Ritsuko Saito
2025 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative
Presentation date： 2025.03
市場化・自己責任化する子育てに抗する「母親」の文化権に関する考察 ―権利基盤型アプローチからケアする／される市民を考える―
齋藤梨津子
日本社会教育学会第71回研究大会
Presentation date： 2024.09
Artistic Experience for "Mothers" as Anti-Oppressive Practice: A Participatory Action Learning and Action Research on an Art Project Providing Childcare
Ritsuko Saito
13th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2024
Presentation date： 2024.08
ケアする/される市民のアートの実践的研究：母親を対象とした託児のある参加型アートプロジェクトの可能性と課題
齋藤梨津子
2024年度早稲田大学文学学術院教育学会夏季研究発表会
Presentation date： 2024.07
The Significance of “gakushu-to-shiteno-takuji(Childcare as Learning)” Today: A Care Feminist Perspective
Ritsuko Saito
Waseda University's Gender Studies Institute Reseach Seminar
Presentation date： 2024.03
A Study of Mothers' Art Project with Child Care
Ritsuko Saito
Presentation date： 2024.01
Exclusion of Caregivers from Arts and Cultural Activities: An Analysis from the Perspectives of Creators and Audiences Rearing Children
Ritsuko Saito
Cultural Typhoon 2023
Presentation date： 2023.09
A Study of "Child Care Services" for Art Programs: Rethinking the Rights of Mothers and Children from the Ethics of Care
Ritsuko Saito
Cultural Typhoon 2022 Conference
Presentation date： 2022.09
Exclusion and Separation of Caring Sites from Urban Public Space: A Case Study of the Campaign against the construction of Minato Children and Families’ General Support Center
Ritsuko Saito
The Urban Research Plaza’s 19th Urban Culture Forum
Presentation date： 2022.03
「生み育て」と文化政策の接点を再考する―ケア理論の視点から
齋藤梨津子
日本文化政策学会若手研究者交流セミナー
Presentation date： 2022.01
Rethinking Childcare during Pandemic: Against Homogenisation of Diverse Caring Needs of Young Children and Mothers in Japan
Ritsuko Saito
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Virtual Conference
Presentation date： 2021.07
地域社会と芸術のしなやかさ―変容し続けるシンガポールから日本への示唆―
南田明美, 齋藤梨津子, 伊志嶺絵里子
2019 年度文化経済学会＜日本＞研究大会
Presentation date： 2019.06
( ) Park ‒ Thinking through Spatial Justice in Singapore Case
Ritsuko Saito, Saeko Aizawa (AWAI design)
Cultural Typhoon 2019
Presentation date： 2019.06
Repertoire of Heritage form below: Guided Tours in Bukit Brown Cemetery
Ritsuko Saito
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Conference 2017
Presentation date： 2017.07
母親が参加するアート活動における共同的学びの記録づくりの実践研究
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業
Project Year :
齋藤 梨津子
Artistic practices of caring/caregiving citizens: An Analysis of the Relationships Produced by Childcare and the Distribution of Caring Responsibilities
The Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education Research Grant
Project Year :
No matter how hard you try not to hurt anyone, there will always be someone who gets hurt.
Ritsuko Saito
Dismantling Motherhood Journal 2 2025.06
Authorship：Lead author
Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)
The Path That We Created for Singing in a Museum and Holding Spray Cans
Ritsuko Saito
2025.06
Authorship：Lead author
Violence, Safer Space, and Empowerment in an Art Project with “Mothers”
Ritsuko Saito
Dismantling Motherhood 24 - 28 2024
Authorship：Lead author
Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (other)
Dismantling Motherhood Executive Committee (Natsumi Sakamoto & Ritsuko Saito)
Natsumi Sakamoto’s Film "Singing Together in a Museum" (2025)
『Dismantling Motherhood』上映会 Day 2：Film Screening ＋Pop-Up Exhibition
企画：Dismantling Motherhood実行委員会（坂本夏海・齋藤梨津子）、助成：アーツコミッション・ヨコハマ
Dismantling Motherhood Film Screening Day 1:Mothers' Self-expression and Empowerment in Encounters with Voices
ケアする人のケアはどうする？～「母か子か」から「母も子も」へ～
西東京市ひばりが丘公民館 令和6年度西東京市ひばりが丘公民館主催女性対象講座 自分をもっと好きになる：自尊心を育むコミュニケーションのヒント
伴奏者のための『脱いい子』ワークショップ 〜『ケアする/される』を演じて考える〜
大阪公立大学 「EJ ART」人材育成プログラム
Stories of Art and Our Everyday Lives
Curated by Shohei Nomoto, Supported by Machikoba GROOVIN‘ and CIL Hikosen (NPO) Art Exhibition: With the North Wind
Translator（DANCE TRUCK TOKYO）
the Japan Dance Truck Association DANCE TRUCK TOKYO
Interpreter/Translator ( "RE/PLAY Dance Edit" Singapore and Tokyo version)
RE/PLAY Dance Edit Committee, Offsite Dance Project "RE/PLAY Dance Edit" Singapore and Tokyo version
Research on Artists in Residence in Singapore
NLI Research Institute (Comissioned by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan) Report on Artists in Residence
Dismantling Motherhood Film Screening
Academic society, research group, etc.
Tokyo Collage (Gender, Sexuality & Identity Research Group)
芸術実践を「翻訳」できるのか：アートベース・リサーチを手掛かりに（日本文化政策学会第18回年次大会企画フォーラム）
Competition, symposium, etc.
「アート／ケア／文化政策」研究会（大蔵真由美、風間勇助、 齋藤梨津子、 竹丸草子、南田明美）
「アート/ケア/文化政策」研究会第五回公開研究会「場づくりとしてのコーディネート:福祉事業所×アーティストの場合」ゲストスピーカー：竹丸草子、大西健太郎、水内貴英
Competition, symposium, etc.
Academic society, research group, etc.
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group (The symposium was held as a part of 16th Conference of The Japan Association for Cultural Policy Research)
“Arts/Care/Cultural Policy” Research Group The Third Symposium Mekong Cultural Hub Meeting Point on Art & Social Action 2022 Local Gathering in Hamamatsu A Practical Study of Arts Management to Deal with "Difficulties in Living”: A Perspective of Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
Competition, symposium, etc.
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group Second Public Event "Conversation with Prof. Yayo Okano about Encounters between Care and Art Management"
Competition, symposium, etc.
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group First Symposium "Care/Commons/Cultural Policy: Rethinking Needs in the Era of Neoliberalism" Speakers: Joan C Tronto and Kazuo Fujino
Competition, symposium, etc.
Arts/Care/Cultural Policy Research Group (The symposium was held as a part of 15th Conference of The Japan Association for Cultural Policy Research)
