Research Interests
Hidenori WATANAVE specializes in information design and digital archives. In recent years, his research has extended to exploring methods for “fluidizing” data being “stocked up” in society and information design methods for real-time response to disasters using advanced technologies such as digital twin, VR, and AI.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Systems Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Visiting Scholar, Edwin O. Reishauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University
Current position since 2018
Books & Articles
WATANAVE, Hidenori. Weaving Data into Society. Kodansha, 2013.
NIWATA, Anju, WATANAVE, Hidenori. Prewar / War Revisited Through Colorized Photographs Produced in Collaboration with AI. Kobunsha, 2020.
Received awards from the Japan Media Arts Festival, Ars Electronica Japan, and Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association for his “Multi-dimensional Digital Archives Series” including “Hiroshima Archive” (2011), “Battle of Okinawa Digital Archive” (2015), “We Shall Never Forget: Last Movements of Tsunami Disaster Victims” (2016), “Satellite Images Map of Ukraine” (2022), and “Noto Peninsula Earthquake Photogrammetric Map” (2024).