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The Mobiling & Designing Project (MoDe Project for short) is known as the socio-media studies on designing mobile media culture and literacy. This venture is based in the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (iii), the University of Tokyo, Japan.

The MoDe Project is an experiment in a new type of media research linking analytical humanities and social scientific research to creative experimental research in fields such as media literacy, information design, and media art. This coordinated project also includes efforts to nurture public media literacy on mobile media, as well as the development and implementation of practical programs (educational materials, curricula, workshop, etc.) in order to reinvigorate public communication.

In 2006-2007, this project is supported by the research grant from the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications. The title is "Clitical Media Practice on Nordic Mobile Culture: from the Standpoint of Comparative Culture Study between Nordic Countries and Japan".

In 2004-2005 academic year, this project was supported by the research grant from the NTT DoCoMo Mobile Society Research Institute (Moba-Ken), which was established in 2004 to conduct social-science research into the "light" and "shadow" of mobile society. Shin Mizukoshi, the project leader, serves on the board member of this institute.

former web site
http://www.mode-prj.org/