Peyton Cherry

Peyton Cherry is a second-year student in the DPhil Anthropology programme, supervised by Professor Roger Goodman at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. Peyton conducted their fieldwork in Tokyo, Japan at Waseda University as a visiting researcher for the 2022-2023 year on sexual consent projects created by grassroots organisations. Their focus is on youth narratives and local projects as young people in Japan navigate how to ‘voice up’ and encourage mutual respect around sensitive topics like consent. The research deals with agency, anthropology of emotions and the body, as well as boundary crossing and rule (or taboo) breaking.

Peyton arrived at this research topic after working for a year and a half with the Japanese NPO, Ashinaga Ikueikai, at their Uganda branch as a Programme Coordinator for Sub-Saharan African youth bound for study in Japan. While teaching on cultural differences in romantic and intimate relationships Peyton noticed the gap in resources for Japan-bound students as compared to those bound for the USA or UK. Their experience in the NPO sector has also spurred Peyton to get involved in communities advocating for gender equality and minority rights, as well as to search for ways to bring academic scholarship into public spaces.

Other research interests: Gender and sexuality studies, embodiment and affect, public anthropology, storytelling, digital ethnography (online communities), and human-nonhuman relationships

Academia.edu Profile: https://oxford.academia.edu/PCherry

Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peyton-Cherry

Supervisor: Professor Roger Goodman 

College: Linacre College 

Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology