Dr Louella Matsunaga
PhD, M.A, BSc(hons)
Research Associate
School of Law and Social Sciences
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Role
Unpaid affiliate (research associate)
Research
I currently conduct research on globalisation, ritual, and embodiment in Shin Buddhism. I have previously conducted research on gender relations in the workplace in Japan; Japanese new religions; understandings of "unnatural death" and attitudes to the body in the context of autopsy and death investigation in Japan and England; and the anthropology of branding.
Centres and institutes
Projects
- Exploring Global Jodo Shinshu Through Ritual Practice: Histories, Transformations and Localisations
Publications
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
Royal Anthropological Institute, Association of Social Anthropologists, British Association of Japanese Studies, Japan Anthropology Workshop