大学共同利用機関法人 人間文化研究機構　国立民族学博物館

KAWASE ItsushiKAWASE Itsushi
Research Center for Cultural Resources・Assistant Professor

Research Specialization

• Visual Anthropology

Individual Research Projects

• Theory and Practice of Anthropological Filmmaking

Personal website http://www.itsushikawase.com/japanese/index.html ［11 Jul 2013 updated］

Academic Qualifications

• BA, Literature, Faculty of Letters, Ritsumeikan University 2001
• MA. Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University 2007
• Ph.D. Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University 2010

Research Interests

• Anthropological Filmmaking
• Ethiopian Music

Current Research Topics

• Creating the Audio-visual Narrative in Conjunction with Anthropology, Cinema and Contemporary Art
• Intangible Cultural Heritage and Filmmaking:　the investigation of knowledge, method and politics based on case studies from Africa

Research Keywords

Visual Anthropology, Film, Africa, Ethiopia, Intangible Cultural Heritage

Selected Publications

(Forthcominga) Visual Anthropology and Ethiopia, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.5, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig.

2012

The Azmari Performance During Zar Ceremonies in Northern Gondar, Ethiopia -Challenges and Prospects for the Documentation-, CULTURES SONORES D'AFRIQUE V publie sous la direction de Junzo Kawada, Institut de Recherches sur les Cultures Populaires du Japon, 65-80.

2010

Intercultural Dialogue on the Visualization of Local Knowledge: Films on Hereditary Singers in Ethiopia. African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue 41, 101-109.

2010

Area Studies on the Interactive Visual-representation in Africa, 1-184, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. (Ph.D. thesis with 3 ethnographic films, in Japanese)

2009

The Challenge of Ethnographic Filmmaking in 21^st Century, Visual Folklore Vol.7, 71-77. (Article in Japanese)

2008

The Transformation of Musical Activities and Self-imposed Group Markers of Azmari in Ethiopia, CULTURES SONORES D'AFRIQUE 4, Institut de Recherches sur les Cultures Populaires du Japon, 11-31.

2007

Filming Itinerant Musicians in Ethiopia: Azmari and Lalibalocc: Camera as Evidence of Communication, Nilo-Ethiopian Studies Vol. 11, 39-49.

2007

Lalibalocc, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.3, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig, 492-493.

2006

The New Horizon of Visual Anthropology Shinjyuku-Shobo. (Jointly edited book with M.Kitamura and K. Arai, in Japanese)

2005

Musical Performance and Self-designation of Ethiopian Minstrels: Azmari, African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue 29, 137-142.

2005

Enzata, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.2, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig, 325-326.

Selected Conference Papers (in English only)

2007

"Filmmaking Project for Inventorying Intangible Cultural Heritage Program: The Case from Ethiopian Traditional Music/Dance Scene in Addis Ababa" RAI Film Festival Conference 'BEYOND TEXT: SYNAESTHETIC & SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY' (Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology,Manchester University)

2006

"The Creative Aspect of the Code of Communication Shared by Ethiopian Minorities" Positive Relationships between Culture and Development in East Africa: Analysis of Multi-Ethnic Context, International Workshop of 21^st Century COE Program (Addis Ababa)

2005

"Rhetoric of the Ethiopian Minstrel: The Interaction of Lalibalocc with the Audience" The Society for Ethnomusicology, 50^th Annual Conference (Emory University, Atlanta)

2005

"Sociolinguistic Aspect of Azmari and Lalibalocc: the Argot as a Self-imposed Group Marker", International Conference on Endangered Language of Ethiopia, (Addis Ababa University)

2003

"Musical Performance and Self-designation of Ethiopian Minstrels: Azmari", International Workshop of 21^st Century COE Program, (Addis Ababa University)

2003

"Some Aspects of Azmari Performance in Several Social Occasions in North Gondar", 15^th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, (Hamburg University)

Films and Screenings (Selected)