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KISHIGAMI NobuhiroKISHIGAMI Nobuhiro
Center for Research Development・Deputy Director-General, Professor

Research Specialization

Individual Research Projects

A Cultural Anthropological Study of Contemporary Feasts and Food Sharing in Inupiat Society of Alaska, USA

Personal website ［11 Jun 2013 updated］

Academic Qualifications:

B.A. Waseda Univ. 1981
M.A. Waseda Univ. 1983
Ph.D., Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), 2006. March 24

Research Topics:

Indigenous Peoples In Urban Centers, Indigeneous Peoples and Development

Geographical Areas of Interest:

Canada, North Pacific Rim, Alaska

Ethnic Groups:

Inuit, Kwakwakawakw, Koryak, Inupiaq

Discipline:

Cultural anthropology

Publications in English:

2013: The Inuit's Migration Patterns and Drastic Population Increase in Urban Centers of Canada. In Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Patrick Imbert (eds.) Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada (Canadiana 12), pp.65-73. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (May, 2013)
2013: What Is a Subsistence Activity?: With a Special Focus on Beluga Whale Hunt by Inuit in Arctic Canada. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido Univerity of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 82:79-90 (2013.3.29)
2013: On Sharing of Bowhead Whale Meat and Maktak in an Inupiat Community of Barrow, Alaska, USA. Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 22: 1-19 (2013.3.29)
2013: Homeless Inuit of Urban Centers in Canada: Results from Montreal Research. In The Society for Applied Anthropology 2013 Program Committee (ed.) Program and Abstracts of SFAA 2013 Annual Meeting. pp.106. Denver: Society for Applied Anthropology (March, 2013).
2013: (Research Report) Sharing and Distribution of Whale Meat and Other Edible Whale Parts by the Inupiat Whalers in Barrow, Alaska, USA. Osaka: Kishigami's Office, National Museum of Ethnology (2013.1.31)
2012: "The Inuit's Bowhead Whale Hunt and Indigenous Rights in Canada" The Program and Summary of the 37th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Canadian Studies PP.15, Osaka: The Japanese Association for Canadian Studies (2012 September)
2012: The Inuit's Migration Patterns and Drastic Increase in Urban Centers of Canada. ICCS (International Council for Canadian Studies) ed. ICCS International Conference Abstracts/Resumes/Biographies, pp.19. Ottawa: International Council for Canadian Studies (May, 2012)
2011: Exhibition: Devotion of the Arts of Living: Daily Life among the Aynu of the Kurile, Sakhalin and Hokkaido Islands–Objects from the Late 19th–Early 20th Century Collections of Ethnological Museums in Germany and Japan (Special Exhibition October 6–December 6, 2011) MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 33: 12 (2011.12)
2011: Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present, and Future. MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 32: 17 (2011 June).
2011: Aboriginal/Indigenous Subsistence Whaling in Alaska, USA. In Jón Haukur Ingimundarson an Joan Bymand Larsen (eds.) Abstracts of the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) VII. pp.73-74. Akureyri, Iceland: International Arctic Social Sciences Association (2011 June).
2011: Sharing and Distribution of a Bowhead Whale among the Inupiat in Barrow, Alaska. In Jón Haukur Ingimundarson an Joan Bymand Larsen (eds.) Abstracts of the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) VII. pp.74. Akureyri, Iceland: International Arctic Social Sciences Association (2011 June).
2011: “Comment on James Cliford's Lecture ‘Repatriation and the Second Life Heritage: Return of the Masks in Kodiak, Alaska’“ Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 35(4): 739-741 (March 2011)
2011: International Symposium “Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, presnt, and Future” Program and Abstract. Kishigami, Nobuhiro and James M. Savelle(eds.), Osaka: Kishigami’s Office, National Museum of Ethnology (2011 March 10)
2011: “Aboriginal/Indigeneous Subsistence Whaling in Alaska, USA” In Kishigami, Nobuhiro and James M. Savelle (eds.) International Symposium “Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, presnt, and Future” Program and Abstract, pp. 25, Osaka: Kishigami’s Office, National Museum of Ethnology (2011 March 10)
2010: Climate Change, Oil and Gas Development, and Inupiat Whaling in Northwest Alaska. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 34 (1): 91–107.
2010: Review of Furs and Frontiers in the FarNorth: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering StraitFur Trade.(The Lamar Series in Western History.) by John R. Bockstoce. The American Historical Review 115: 814–815. New Haven: Yale UniversityPress.
2009: Voices from the Land, Visions of Life: Beauty Created by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada–Special Exhibition–September 10–December 8, 2009. MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 29: 10–11.
2009: Review of Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs, by R. Willerslev. Journal of Anthropological Research 65: 169–171.
2008: (With M. Lee) Les Inuit urbains. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 5–7.
2008: (With M. Lee) Urban Inuit. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 9–11.
2008: Homeless Inuit in Montreal. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 73–90.
2008: Trends in Japanese Cultural Anthropological Research on Whaling Cultures. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 9: 71–99.
2008: A Cultural Anthropological Study of Subsistence Activities with a Special Focus on Indigenous Hunting and Fishing in the Arctic Regions. Abstracts of the 6th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI), pp.55. Nuuk, Greenland: International Arctic Social Sciences Association.
2008: Homeless Inuit in Montreal, Canada. Abstracts of the 6th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI), pp. 111. Nuuk, Greenland: International Arctic Social Sciences Association.
2008: Notes on Information and Food-resource Flow among the Urban Inuit in Montreal, Canada. Journal of the Society of Liberal Arts 77: 235–246.
2007: Introduction to the International Development Cooperation of the Dutch Organizations and World Bank.
Program and Abstracts.The Fifth International Workshop on Development Cooperation: International Cooperation of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and NGOs in the Netherlands and World Bank, pp.3. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2007: Review of Social Life in Northwest Alaska: The Structure of Inupiaq Eskimo Nations, by E. S. Burch, Jr. Journal of Antrhopological Research 63: 434–436.
2007: Indigenous Trade and Social Change of the Siberian Yupik Eskimos in the Bering Strait Region during the 18-20th Centuries. Jinbunronkyu (The Journal of Liberal Arts) 76: 39–57.
2006: Anthropological Research and Inuit Community Development in Montreal, Canada. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 23: 3–4.
2006: Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, and NGOs. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 23: 14.
2006: Introduction to the Symposium “Development Cooperation of Norway”. Program and Abstracts. Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, CHR. Michelsen Institute, and NGOs, pp. 4. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2006: Homeless Inuit in Montreal: How to Survive in the Hopeless City. In The Canadian Anthropology Society (ed.) Human Nature/Human Identity, pp. 35. Program/Abartact of CASCA Meeting, Concordia University, PQ, Canada.
2006: Inuit Social Networks in an Urban Setting. In P. Stern and L. Stevenson (eds.) Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography. pp.206–216. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
2006: Review of The Whales, they Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr. (2004). Journal of Anthropological Research 62: 128–129.
2005: Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Senri Ethnological Studies 67. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2005: General Introduction: Marine Resources and Anthropology. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.1–9. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2005: Co-Management of Beluga Whales in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Canada. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.121–144. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2005: Concluding Remarks. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.445–448. Osaka, National Museum of Ethnology.
2004: Trends in Native North American Studies in Japan since the 1990s. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 5: 91–121.
2004: Role of Social Sciences in Development Projects: International Workshop 6–7, 2004. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 19: 14.
2004: A New Typology of Food-sharing Practices among Hunter-gahterers, with a Special Focus on Inuit Examples. Journal of Anthropologcal Research 60: 341–358.
2004: Contemporary Inuit Food Sharing. Abstracts of the 5th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS V), pp.57. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2004: Cultural and Ethnic Identieis of Inuit in Canada. In T. Irimoto and T. Yamada (eds.) Circumpolar Ethnicity and Identity (Senri Ethnological Studies 66), pp.81–93. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2003: New Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Use and Management of Migratory Marine Resources. Conferences. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 16: 13–14.
2002: Urban Inuit in Canada: A Case from Montreal. Indigenous Affairs 3–4/2002, pp. 54–59.
2002: Ingigenous Use and Co-management of Beluga Whales in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Canada. Program and abstracts. Monbukagakusho International Symposium 2002. New Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Use and Management of Migratory Marine Resources, pp.13. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2002: Inuit Identities in Montreal, Canada. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 26 (1): 183–191.
2002: Living as an Inuk in Montreal: Social Networks and Resource Sharing. Jinbun-Ronkyu 71: 73–84.
2000: The Social Economy of Sharing: Resource Allocation and Modern Hunter-gatherers. In G.W. Wenzel, G. Hovelsrud-Broda and N. Kishigami (eds.) Senri Ethnological Studies No.53. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2000: Contemporary Inuit Food Sharing and Hunter Support Program of Nunavik, Canada. In G.W. Wenzel, G. Hovelsrud-Broda and N. Kishigami (eds.) pp.171–192. The Social Economy of Sharing: Resource Allocation and Modern Hunter-Gatherers. In G.W. Wenzel, G. Hovelsrud-Broda and N. Kishigami (eds.) Senri Ethnological Studies 53. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
1999: Why Do Inuit Move to Montreal?: A Research Note on Urban Inuit. Études/Inuit/Studies 23 (1)–(2): 221–227.
1999: Life and Problems of Urban Inuit in Montreal: Report of 1997 Research. Jinbun-Ronkyu 68: 81–109.
1998: Names and Naming of the Reindeer Koryak and Even: Research from Esso District on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. In M. Oshima (ed.) Subsistence, Society and Folk Art of Indigenous Peoples in Kamuchatka Region, pp.73–81, Otaru, Japan: Center for Language Studies, Otaru University of Commerce.
1997: Personal Names, Name Souls and Social Change Among Canadian Inuit: A Case Study of Akulivik Inuit, Nunavik, Canada. In T. Yamada and T.Irimoto (eds.) CircumpolarAnimism and Shamanism, pp.151–166. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press.
1995: Extended Family and Food Sharing Practices among the Contemporary Netsilik Inuit: A Case Study of Pelly Bay. Journal of Hokkaido University of Education Section I. B 45 (2): 1–9.
1994: Why Become Christians?: Hypotheses on the Christianization of the Canadian Inuit. In T. Irimoto and T. Yamada (eds.) Circumpolar Religion and Ecology: Anthropology of the North, pp.221–235. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
1993: Dogs in the Spiritual World of Traditional Inuit Society of Canada–With Special Reference to Dogs in the Traditional Netsilik Inuit Society. Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (ed.) Animals in the Spiritual World of Northern Peoples: The 7th International Abashiri Symposium, pp.15–26, Abashiri, Japan: Association for Northern Cultural Promotion.

Presentations in English:

2013: Homeless Inuit of Urban Centers in Canada: Results from Montreal Research. Paper read at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver Marriott City Center Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 21, 2013).
2013: "Sharing and Distribution of Bowhead Whale Meat and Maktak in an Inupiat Community of Barrow, Alaska, USA." Public Lecture delivered at UIC Science Center, Barrow, Alaska, USA (February 9, 2013)
2012: The Inuit's Migration Patterns and Drastic Increase in Urban Centers of Canada. ICCS (International Council for Canadian Studies) International Conference, University of Ottawa (May 23, 2012)
2011: “Aboriginal/Indigenous Subsistence Whaling in Alaska, USA.” (paper read by Dr. David Koester) At the session 02.25: Salomon Fishing and Whaling Peoples of the North Pacific, ICASS (International Conference for Arctic Social Sciences) VII, Akureyri, Iceland on June 22, 2011 (2011 June)
2011: “Sharing and Distribution of a Bowhead Whale among the Inupiat in Barrow, Alaska.” (paper read by Dr. Peter Collings) At the session 03.60: The Social Economy of Sharing in the North American Arctic, ICASS (International Conference for Arctic Social Sciences) VII, Akureyri, Iceland on June 25, 2011 (2011 June)
2011: “The Contempoary Inupiat Whaling in Barrow, Alaska.” A Public Lecture Delivered for the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium's Schoolyard Project, 15 January, The UIC Barrow Arctic Research Center, Barrow, Alaska, USA.
2008: “Why is Subsistence Activity Important to the Inupiat and Inuit?: Considerations on Beluga Whale Hunting of the Nunavik Inuit in Canada and Bowhead Whale Hunting of the Inupiat in USA.” A Lecture Delivered for the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium’s National Science Foundation Schoolyard Project, 27 September, 2008, the UIC Research Center, Barrow, Alaska, USA.
2008: “A Cultural Anthropological Study of Subsistence Activities with a Special Focus on Indigenous Hunting and Fishing in the Arctic Regions.” (pdf:156KB). The 6th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI), 23 August, 2008, Ilimmarfik, Nuuk, Greenland.
2008: “Homeless Inuit in Montreal, Canada.” (pdf:116KB). The 6th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI), 25 August, 2008, Ilimmarfik, Nuuk, Greenland.
2008: “Subsistence Activities of the Arctic People: The Sharing and Distribution of Food.” A Lecture Delivered for the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium’s National Science Foundation Schoolyard Project, 4 March, 2008, Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska, USA.
2008: “Urban Inuit in Canada: Thier Life and Problems in Montreal.” A Lecture Delivered for the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium’s National Science Foundation Schoolyard Project, 1 March, 2008, UIC Sicience Center, Barrow, Alaska, USA.
2007: “Introduction to the International Development Cooperation of the Dutch Organizations and World Bank.”
The Fifth International Workshop on Development Cooperation: International Cooperation of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and NGOs in the Netherlands and World Bank, 1 December, 2007, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
2006: “Introduction to the Symposium ‘Development Cooperation of Norway’” International Symposium. Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, CHR. Michelsen Institute, and NGOs, 23 November, 2006 the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
2006: “Homeless Inuit in Montreal: How to Survive in the Hopeless City.” (pdf:142KB) The Canadian Anthropology Society Conference “Aboriginal Peoples in Cities, Identity and Human Nature”, 16 May, 2006, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
2004: “Information and Material-resource Flow among the Urban Inuit: Research from Montreal, Canada.”(pdf:40KB) Revised AAA Session. Peripherals@the center.com: Inuit in Urban Spaces, 17 November, 2004, Gifford Room, Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley.
2004: “Contemporary Inuit Food Sharing.” (pdf:37KB) The 5th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS V), 22 May, 2004, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2003: “Co-management Problems and the Use of Common Marine Resources.” International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Northern Polar Regional Conference “Joining the Northern Commons: Lessons for the World, Lessons from the World”, 19 August, 2003. The Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, USA.
2002: “Ingigenous Use and Co-management of Beluga Whales in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Canada.” Paper read at the Monbukagakusho International Symposium 2002, New Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Use and Management of Migratory Marine Resources, 3 December, 2002, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
2002: “General Introduction to the Symposium.” Paper read at the Monbukagakusho International Symposium 2002 “New Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Use and Management of Migratory Marine Resources”, 2 December, 2002, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
2002: “Indigenous Trade and Social Change of the Siberian Eskimos in the Bering strait Region during the 18–20th Centuries. The International Symposium “The Raven’s Arch: Jesup North Pacific Expedition Revisited”, (at Tenjin-yama Guest House, Sapporo City, Japan, 27th, October, 2002).
2002: “A Typology of Food Sharing Practices among Hunter-gatherers, with a Special Focus on Inuit Examples.” The 9th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS9), 10 September, 2002, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2001: “Living as an Inuk in Montreal: Social Networks and Resource Sharing. Paper read at the 100th AAA Meeting “Boas and the Beyond: the State of the art in Inuit Studies”, 28 November, 2001, Washington D.C.
2001: “A New Form of Resource Sharing Practices among the Contemporary Nunavik Inuit in Canada.” 4th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), 17th, May, 2001, Quebec City, Canada.
2001: “Inuit Identities in Montreal, Canada.” 4th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IV), 17 May, Quebec City, Canada.
2000: “Identities of Inuit in Canada: Being an Inuk and Being one of the Inuit.” International Conference on Ethnicity and Identity in the North, ICNSA 3, 12–14 October, Sapporo, Japan.
2000: “Hunter Support Program of Nunavik, Canada: A Case Study from Akulivik.” 12th Inuit Studies Conference, 23–26 August, University of Aberdeen, Scottland.
1998: “Contemporary Inuit Food Sharing and Hunter Support Program of Nunavik, Canada” The 8th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, 27 October, 1998, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
1995: “Personal Names, Name Souls and Social Change among Canadian Inuit: A Case Study of Akulivik Inuit, Nunavik, Canada.” International Conference on Animism and Shamanism in the North (ICNSA) Session 4 “Animism and Shamanism in the Inuit/Eskimos”, 14 October, 1995, Sapporo, Japan.
1994: “Recent Trends and Current State of Inuit and Yupik Studies in the Field of Cultural Anthropology in North America: 1984–1993.” The International Symposium and Native Folk Festival: Art of Native Peoples in the North, 25–29, June, 1994, Magadan, Russia.
1994: “Extended Family and Food Sharing Practices among the Contemporary Netsilik Inuit: A Case Study of Pelly Bay, NWT, Canada.” (Read by Dr. G. Wenzel). 9th Inuit Studies Conference, 12–15 June, Arctic College, Nunatta Campus, Iqaluit, NWT, Canada.
1992: “Animals in the Spiritual World of Canadian Inuit: With Special Reference to Dogs in the Netsilik Inuit Society.” The 7th International Abashiri Symposium “Animals in the Spiritual World of Northern Peoples”, 12 November, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan.
1991: “Why Did the Canadian Inuit Become Christians?: A Review of the Hypotheses on the Christianization of the Canadian Inuit.” International Conference on Religion and Ecology in Northern Eurasia and North America (RENENA), October 15, 1991, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo.
1987: “A Perspective on Traditional Adoptive Practices and Historical Change among Arctic Quebec Inuit of Canada.” The 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November.
1987: “The Hudson’s Bay Company Trade and Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Geographical Movements among the Inuit of Northern Quebec.” The Annual Meeting of Canadian Ethnological Society, May, 1987, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.
1985: “On Preferential Cousin Marriage among the Arviligyuarmiut.” The 84th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, December 1985, Washington D.C.
1984: “Rethinking of the Preferred First-cousin Marriage among the Traditional Netsilik Inuit.” The 4th International Inuit Studies Conference, November 1984, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, November.
1983: “Preliminary Observations on Traditional Play in Alaskan Eskimo Society.” (With H. Stewart). XIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, August, 1983, Vancouver, Canada.