Academic Research
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Joint Research
Inter-University Research Projects
  1. The Anthropology of Nationality and Passports
    (CHEN Tien-Shi) (2007-2010)
  2. A Study of the Practical Use of Local Social Networking Services and the Construction of Contemporary Local Communities
    (SUGIMOTO Seiko) (2007-2010)
  3. An Anthropological Study of Christian Civilization and Nationalism
    (SUGIMOTO Yoshio) (2007-2010)
  4. The Conservation of Ethnographic Collections
    (HIDAKA Shingo) (2007-2010)
  5. A History of Anthropological Research in Japan
    (YAMAJI Katsuhiko) (2007-2010)
  6. A Re-examination of How Aynu (Ainu) People and Culture are Displayed in Museums
    (STEWART, Henry) (2007-2010)
  7. The Development of Indigenous Art and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous People in Canada: An Analysis of the National Museum of Ethnology’s Collection of Silkscreen Prints of Canadian Northwest Coast Indians and Prints of Canadian Inuits
    (SAITO Reiko) (2007-2010)
  8. What is “Political Identity”? Indigenous Mobilization as Liberation Movement
    (OTA Yoshinobu) (2007-2010)
  9. An Action Anthropology of Whaling Cultures
    (KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro) (2008-2010)
  10. An Anthropological Study of the Administration of Sacred Spaces
    (NAKAMAKI Hirochika) (2008-2010)
  11. Australian Multiculturalism and Its Past, Present and Future: Harmonious Diversity and Competitive Diversity
    (SEKINE Masami) (2008-2010)
  12. Subsistence Activities and Production Systems in Socio-historical Perspective
    (MATSUI Takeshi) (2006-2009)
  13. What it Means to be “Social”: A Study of the Anthropology of Europe
    (MORI Akiko) (2006-2009)
  14. A Study of Cultural Diversity in Madagascar
    (IIDA Taku) (2006-2009)
  15. An Anthropological Study of Cities in South Asia
    (MIO Minoru) (2006-2009)
  16. The Political Anthropology of Communities in East and Southeast Asia
    (HIRAI Kyonosuke) (2006-2009)
  17. Construction and Change of Ethnic Cultural Resources
    (TAKEUCHI Fusaji) (2006-2009)
  18. The Structure of Sound Cultures in the Arab World
    (HORIUCHI Masaki) (2006-2009)
  19. A History of Modernization under Socialism: A Narrative-based Reconstruction of Experience
    (KONAGAYA Yuki) (2006-2009)
  20. Comparative Studies on Multicultural Public Spheres in Post-Colonial Oceania
    (KARAKITA Yasuyuki) (2006-2009)
  21. A Study of the Transformation of Nepal through the Rise of the Maoist Movement
    (MINAMI Makito) (2006-2009)
  22. A Study of the Theory and Practice of International Education in Primary Schools, Junior High Schools and High Schools in Japan
    (AKUTSU Shozo) (2006-2009)
  23. A Study of Ryukyu Materials in the Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology
    (SASAKI Toshikazu) (2007-2009)
  24. Understanding Magic: The Interrelationship between Knowledge and Practice
    (SHIRAKAWA Chihiro) (2007-2009)
  25. A Basic Analysis of the Languages Spoken by Immigrants in Japan
    (SHOJI Hiroshi) (2007-2009)
  26. An Analysis of the Audio Materials of Aynu (Ainu) and Other Northern Languages in the National Museum of Ethnology
    (NAKAGAWA Hiroshi) (2007-2009)
  27. A Typological Study of Voice in the World’s Languages
    (NAKAMURA Wataru) (2006-2008)
  28. A Reexamination of Anthropological Studies of Korean Society: Establishing a New Research Partnership between Japan and Korea
    (ASAKURA Toshio) (2006-2008)
  29. Civic Engagement and Globalism in the Post-Modern Era: Japan and Asia
    (DEGUCHI Masayuki) (2006-2008)
  30. Visual Documentation of Traditional Performing Arts: Challenges and Prospects
    (FUKUOKA Shota) (2005-2008)
  31. A Cultural Anthropological Study of Isyu Retsuzo
    (OHTSUKA Kazuyoshi) (2005-2008)
  32. Anthropology of Tourism on Custodians/Owners of Heritage and its Wise-use
    (NISHIYAMA Noriaki) (2005-2008)
  33. The Anthropology of the Home: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship
    (KOIKE Makoto) (2005-2008)
  34. An Anthropological Study of the Reconstruction of Global Environmental Histories
    (IKEYA Kazunobu) (2005-2007)
  35. Development and Indigenous Peoples
    (KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro) (2005-2007)
  36. Change of Coastal Societies: Conservation of Marine Environment and Participatory Development
    (MATSUMOTO Hiroyuki) (2004-2006)
  37. Research on the Diversity and Politics of Display as a Style of Representation
    (KAWAGUCHI Yukiya) (2004-2007)
  38. Integrated Conservation Management for the Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology: First Stage—Basic research for the construction of systems
    (SONODA Naoko) (2004-2007)
  39. Who Are the Indigenous? Comparative Studies of the Sociohistorical Background of Minority/Indigenous Peoples
    (KUBOTA Sachiko) (2004-2007)
  40. Ethnographic Knowledge under Post-Socialist Conditions, Redefined Positions and Effects: Unwinding the Multipolarity of the Anthropological Discipline as an Institution
    (TAKAKURA Hiroki) (2004-2007)
  41. Sociocultural Dimensions in the Creation of Pluralistic Societies
    (YOKOYAMA Hiroko) (2004-2007)
  42. Where Do Personal Memories Go?: Studies on Things and Homes in the Ubiquitous Society
    (SATO Koji) (2004-2007)
  43. An Anthropological Evaluation of Development Assistance
    (SUZUKI Motoi) (2004-2007)
  44. Anthropological Studies on Disaster
    (HAYASHI Isao) (2004-2007)
  45. Toward the Creation of Textology
    (SAITO Akira) (2004-2007)
  46. Toward a Reconstruction of Comparison as an Anthropological Method
    (DEGUCHI Akira) (2004-2007)
  47. A Study of the Transformation of Health Systems under Globalization
    (IKEDA Mitsuho) (2004-2007)
  48. An Applied Study of Medical Anthropology on Health, Medicine, Body and Reproduction
    (NAMIHIRA Emiko) (2004-2006)
  49. An Anthropology of the Street
    (SEKINE Yasumasa) (2004-2006)
  50. Anthropology of the Management of Corporate Mythology
    (HIOKI Koichiro) (2005-2006)
  51. Anthropological Studies in Textile Globalization of Batik
    (YOSHIMOTO Shinobu) (2005-2006)
  52. Reconsideration of Knowledge on Education of Cultural Anthropology in Japan
    (OKADA Hiroki) (2004-2006)
  53. An Ethnological Study of Domestication
    (YAMAMOTO Norio) (2004-2006)
  54. Social Change and Reconstruction in China: Practice and Representation of Revolution
    (HAN Min) (2004-2006)
  55. Rethinking the Inca Empire: The Concept of Empire and the Receipt Process of Imperial Image
    (SEKI Yuji) (2004-2006)
  56. Reconstructing Knowledge of Social Movements
    (UDAGAWA Taeko) (2004-2006)
  57. A Study of the Incorporation of Modernization in Indonesia
    (KAGAMI Haruya) (2004-2006)
  58. Anthropology of Korean Society: New Aspects in the Process of Globalization
    (ASAKURA Toshio) (2003-2005)
  59. The Politics of Ethnic Representation in China: An Anthropological and Historical Study of Mainland South China
    (TSUKADA Shigeyuki) (2003-2005)
  60. Ethno-Aesthetic Studies of Music and Body
    (YAMADA Yoichi) (2003-2005)
  61. Towards Planning a Sustainable Economy in the Mongolian Plateau
    (KONAYAGA Yuki) (2003-2005)
  62. Orality and Literacy—The Transmission of Folk Knowledge in Japan
    (SASAHARA Ryoji) (2003-2005)
  63. Education in Intercultural Understanding: A Development Program Making Use of the National Museum of Ethnology
    (MORIMO Takeo) (2003-2005)
  64. Anthropological Study of Circum-Japan Sea Culture Focusing on the Environment, Resources and Trade
    (OHTSUKA Kazuyoshi) (2003-2004)
  65. An Anthropological Study of Administration in Company as Religious Cultures
    (NAKAMAKI Hirochika) (2003-2004)
  66. Discographic Research on Japan Columbia’s Recordings of Japan’s Imperial Colonies
    (HOSOKAWA Shuhei) (2003-2004)
  67. The Transition of Japan to a Multiethnic Society
    (SHOJI Hiroshi) (2003-2004)
  68. Living Strategies of Resource-limited Islanders in the Western Pacific: Resource Exploitation and Interactions with Other Islands
    (INTOH Michiko) (2002-2004)
  69. Postcolonial Africa: Dynamics and Problems
    (TAKEZAWA Shoichiro) (2002-2004)
  70. Culture Heritage Management and Tourism
    (NISHIYAMA Noriaki) (2002-2004)
  71. Global Structuring of the White Race
    (FUJIKAWA Takao) (2002-2004)
  72. Life Culture through Daily-use Articles: Omura Shige’s Collection at the National Museum of Ethnology
    (YOKOGAWA Kimiko) (2002-2004)
  73. The Jesup North Pacific Expedition Revisited (1902-2002)
    (TANIMOTO Kazuyuki) (2002-2004)
  74. Practices of Anthropological Knowledge in the Medical, Development and Educational Fields
    (TAMURA Katsumi) (2002-2004)
  75. Research on Various Concepts Concerning Analysis of Religious Behavior
    (TACHIKAWA Musashi) (2003)
  76. Conservation Strategy for the Collections of the National Museum of Ethnology
    (SONODA Naoko) (2002-2003)
  77. Indigenous Sharing and Commercial Distribution of Marine Resources
    (KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro) (2002-2003)
  78. Studies of Sound Culture and Performing Arts in the Islamic World through Inter-arts
    (MIZUNO Nobuo) (2002)
  79. Comparative Study of Framework of Time and Society: Towards a New Model of Peoples in Symbiosis
    (YOKOYAMA Hiroko) (2001-2003)
  80. The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance
    (NISHIO Tatsuo) (2001-2003)
  81. Engendering the Representation of “Tradition”
    (IKEDA Shinobu) (2001-2003)
  82. An Anthropological Study of Christianity and Civilization
    (SUGIMOTO Yoshio) (2001-2003)
  83. The Study of Formational Process of the Collection produced by Attic Museum
    (KONDO Masaki) (2001-2003)
  84. Gender/Sexuality and Pluralism/Multiculturalism
    (UDAGAWA Taeko) (2001-2003)
  85. Folktale and Family
    (EGUCHI Paul Kazuhisa) (2001-2003)
  86. Anthropological Study on Globalization of Corporate Culture
    (NAKAMAKI Hirochika) (2001-2002)
  87. The Structure and Function of Mandala
    (TACHIKAWA Musashi) (2001-2002)
  88. Specification of Sustainability Mechanism in Mongolian Pastoral System
    (KONAGAYA Yuki) (2001-2002)
  89. Studies on Yanagi Sosetsu and the Folk Craft Movement in Japan
    (KUMAKURA Isao) (2001-2002)
  90. Rethinking Latin American Social and Cultural Systems
    (KIMURA Hideo) (2001-2002)
  91. Basic Studies of Modern Life and Culture in Korea
    (ASAKURA Toshio) (2001-2002)
  92. An Anthropological and Historical Analysis of Ethnic Presentation in China — Classification and Analysis Centered on Southern Regions—
    (HASEGAWA Kiyoshi) (2000-2002)
  93. Cultural Resources and Symbiosis in the Levant
    (NOMURA Masaichi) (2000-2002)
  94. Anthropological Application to Local Identity in Post-New Order Indonesia
    (NAKAMURA Kiyoshi) (2000-2002)
  95. Design for a Digital Museum
    (SUGITA Shigeharu) (2000-2002)
  96. Ethnicity and Identity in Circumpolar Regions
    (IRIMOTO Takashi) (2000-2002)
  97. Anthropological Study of the Environmental Conservation and Biological History in Asia
    (IKEYA Kazunobu) (2000-2002)
  98. Methodology in Studying Performing Arts of South Asia
    (TERADA Yoshitaka) (2000-2001)
  99. Study on the Multilingualization of Japan
    (SHOJI Hiroshi) (2000-2001)
  100. “My-home” Perspectives: Towards a New Spatial Commonality
    (SATOH Koji) (2000-2001)
  101. Dynamic Relationship of Australian Aboriginal Society with Governmental Policies
    (KUBO Masatoshi) (2000-2001)
  102. Politicization and Militarization of Conflicts
    (MATSUDA Motoji) (1999-2001)
  103. Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources
    (KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro) (1999-2001)
  104. Economic Systems and Historical Transformation of Indigenous People in the North Pacific Rim
    (OHTSUKA Kazuyoshi) (1999-2001)
  105. Advanced Studies of Autonomous Tourism
    (ISHIMORI Shuzo) (1999-2001)
  106. Applied Anthropology of the Global-Environmental Problems
    (IKEYA Kazunobu) (1999-2001)