Updated on 2025/06/09

Information

 

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ZARINS MARTINS
 
Organization
Faculty of Design Department of Media Design Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Design Department of Design（Concurrent）
Title
Assistant Professor
Tel
070-2355-1805
Profile
My specialty is directing, acting, music composition, and creating non-verbal communication methods by integrating these practices. Drawing from my experience of acquiring five languages, I am conducting research on how theatre is evolving as a tool of advanced communication in local, international, and multimedia environments.

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Special needs education

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Theory of art practice

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics

Degree

  • PhD in Design （ 2024.3 Kyushu University ）

  • Master's Degree in Design （ 2021.3 Kyushu University ）

  • Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Directing （ 2017.6 ）

Research History

  • Kyushu University Kyushu University, School of Design, Media Design Course Assistant Professor 

    2024.9

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme： Use of Theatre for Communicational Ability

    Keyword： Theatre, Communication, Non-verbal language

    Research period： 2024.9

  • Research theme： Staging of Shakespeare to Engage Social Issues

    Keyword： Shakespeare, Stage Direction, Social Issues

    Research period： 2024.9

Awards

  • Highlight Speaker

    2023.3   Diamond Publication, 6th International Academic Conference on Education   Use of Group Sound Design as a Tool of Social Empowerment for Disabled Children in COVID-19 Japan.

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    Award type：Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country：United Kingdom

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    2021.12   Diamond Publication, 4th International Academic Conference on Education   3. The Role of Student’s Imagination in Amplifying the Ability to Memorize Foreign Language

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    Award type：Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country：Spain

Papers

Presentations

  • The Dramatical Role of Music in the Latvian Productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Richard III Invited

    江頭 史歩（九州大学大学院修士課程） 遠藤 玲奈（青山学院大学大学院博士後期課程） 冀 瑞澤（九州大学大学院修士課程） 熊谷 由里子（日本女子大学大学院後期博士課程・職業能力開発総合大学校講師） ザリンス マーティンス（九州大学大学院修士課程） 鷹野 みく（明治学院大学大学院博士前期課程）童 知微（九州大学大学院修士課程）

    58th Conference of Japan Shakespeare Society   2019.10 

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    Presentation type：Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue：The International University of Kagoshima   Country：Japan  

  • Use of Group Sound Design to Strengthen Mental Well-being and Social Bravery of Adults in COVID-19 Japan International conference

    Zarins Martins

    6th International Conference on Education, University of Oxford  2023.3 

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    Country：United Kingdom  

  • Glocalized Pedagogy: Theater as a Tool for Teaching Non-Verbal Communication and Intercultural Skills

    Zarins Martins

    GEIKO EXPO (2024)  2024.12  Kyushu University Graduate School of Design

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    Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue：Kyushu University Graduate School of Design, Design Library   Country：Japan  

    This paper explores glocalized pedagogy in a “Language & Communication” class for 2nd-year design students. Theater was used to enhance non-verbal communication, creativity, interculturality, and language learning. Using motives from Hamlet, students reinterpreted themes to address personal, local, and global issues. Through storytelling and acting, they explored cultural intersections and artistic expression. Flexible participation allowed all 48 students to perform skits, with 16 presenting publicly. The approach fostered introspection and peer appreciation. Challenges, such as limited time for peer review, could be addressed by extending the course. This research highlights theater’s role in promoting cultural understanding and artistic growth.

    Open data URL： https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_detail_md/?reqCode=fromlist&lang=1&amode=MD100000&bibid=7343269&opkey=B174849712626647&start=1&listnum=4&place=&totalnum=11&list_disp=50&list_sort=0&cmode=0&chk_st=0&check=00000000000

Works

  • Drama.exe - Public Theatre Performance Using "Drama-Based Dialogue"

    Martins Zarins (director), Year 2 Students of Kyushu Institute of Technology (actors)

    2025.2

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    Work type：Educational material   Location：Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka Campus, 300-seat hall  

  • Performance "Hamlet Today" (Design Student Theatre)

    Martins Zarins (director), Year 2 Media Design Students (actors)

    2024.11

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  • SITUATION GPT - Public Theatre Performance employing "Drama Based Dialogue" Method

    Martins Zarins

    2024.6

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    Work type：Educational material   Location：Kyushu Sangyo University, Auditorium  

  • Smartphone Walking Game "Roadgames - Hakata Aruiteikaiwa"

    Martins Zarins

    2022.10

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    Work type：Software   Location：Fukuoka city, Hakata, Minoshima  

  • "Composition workshop for visually impaired children" at Fukuoka Visual Special Needs School

    Martins Zarins

    2022.7

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    Work type：Educational material   Location：Fukuoka Visual Special Needs School  

  • Public Lecture/Workshop "Sanshin and The Basics of Analog Music Production"

    Martins Zarins

    2021.7

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    Work type：Educational material   Location：Kyushu University, Design Commons  

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Participation in international educational events, etc.

  • 2025.3

    Kyushu University Graduate School of Design, National Normal Taiwan University (Leong LOH (PhD) - Singapore, Tokushu INAMURA (PhD) - Japan, Steven LIEW - Singapore)

    "Kyushu University and National Taiwan Normal University - International Program: Socially Responsible Business Pitch"

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    Venue：Taiwan, Taipei

    Number of participants：10

Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities

  • Involvement in work with children with disabilities, such as conducting workshops to teach music composition to Fukuoka Special Needs School (vision and development disabilities).

    Work with restoring the social well-being of earthquake survivors in Noto Peninsula with the use of theatre show staging based on documental stories of the locals and their staging by the design students of University of Western Australia led by Prof. Rosangela Tenorio. Project name: "Shinbashira Studio"

    Repopularization of Mt. Hiko region by creating a documentary walking theatre show in collaboration with Helvijs Savickis and Julia Obleitner from Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien.