The International Symposium of Minpaku Special Research Project for the 50th Anniversary of the Museum’s Founding “Nation and Ethnicity: Relations in the Post-Nationalism Era“

When:

2024年11月30日 @ 10:00 – 2024年12月01日 @ 17:00 Asia/Tokyo Timezone

2024-11-30T10:00:00+09:00

2024-12-01T17:00:00+09:00

Where:

Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka

National Museum of Ethnology 50th anniversary of the Museum’s Founding website

Minpaku Special Research Projects
“Understanding Conflicts Involving the Wills and Intentions of Individuals, Affiliate Groups, and the Nation-State,
and the Realization of a Nation-State Comprising Diverse Ethnic and Cultural Group“

Date	November 30th (Sat) and December 1st (Sun), 2024 10:00-17:00
Venue	Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Language	English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available)
Audience	Open to the public (free of charge / advance registration required / capacity of 60 [first-come, first-served])
Registration	For registration, please contact us by email. The deadline for application is November 27th. The registration deadline has been extended. Mail: officenova★minpaku.ac.jp （Please replace ★ with @）
Presented by	the National Museum of Ethnology
Co-organized project	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Exploring an indigenous society in Early Colonial Taiwan by Joining Ethnographic Archives and Field Research” (Head: Atsushi Nobayashi) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “A Descriptive Study on the Domaaki Language“ (Head: Noboru Yoshioka) Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists “Anthropological Study on the Occurrence and Avoidance of Drinking Trouble in an Australian Nomadic Society” (Head: Chikako Hirano)

Introduction

It has been recognized that ethnicity is polysemous and challenging to handle as a concept for analyzing and evaluating a subject. However, with sufficient understanding and attention to the idea, ethnicity can be a beneficial concept that other expressions cannot replace.
In this symposium, we will focus on the actions of the state and power entities on peoples as units of ethnicity. We will identify various aspects in which ethnicity is materialized in the relationship between people and the state. We will consider the process by which the existence of ethnic groups is made conscious among people through formal and informal relations.

Program

The First day（November 30th, 2024）

10:00-10:30	Opening remarks　Kenji Yoshida, Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Introduction　Atsushi Nobayashi, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
10:30-12:00	Session1 : State recognition and control of ethnic groups Wei-chi Chen, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica From Savage to Indigenous People: Ethnology, Colonialism and Ethnic Politics of State in Taiwan, 1880s-2020s. Atsushi Nobayashi, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Indigenous Peoples Status and their ethnicity in Taiwan: The Pingpu peoples Resists Politicized Ethnicity Comment: Yumi Nukada, Nanzan University, Aichi
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:30	Session2 : National Policy and Indigenous Voices Anthony Redmond, The University of Queensland The Egalitarian Impulse as an Agent of Differentiation within the Australian Native Title Process. Chikako Hirano, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka The Voices of Australian Indigenous People regarding Referendums as Seen through Social Networking Services. Comment: Diana McCarthy, Redmond McCarthy Consulting Pty Ltd
14:30-14:45	Break
14:45-16:15	Session3 : What is a Bumiputera in Malaysia? Naoki Soda, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Ambiguity, Diversity and Hierarchy in the Concept of Bumiputera: Indigeneity as a Tool for Access to Resources Toshihiro Nobuta, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Are the Orang Asli Considered as Bumiputera? Comment: Toru Ueda, Setsunan University, Osaka
16:15-17:00	Complementary Discussion

The Second day（December 1st, 2024）

10:00-11:30	Session 4 : Languages and ethnic identities in globalization Joy Taniguchi, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology What is meant by “break in language heritage”? Noboru Yoshioka, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Ethnic awareness and language on the roof of the world Comment: Yukinori Kimoto, Osaka University
11:30-12:30	Lunch
12:30-14:00	Session 5 : The making of ethnicity and sealing of ethnicity Yves Charbit, Université Paris Cité The French Republican Model and ethnicity. The issue of international immigration (1945-2022) Mitsuhiro Shinmen, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka The Making of Ethnicity in Balkan Area: The cases of Bulgaria and Romania Comment: Teiko Mishima, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
14:00-15:30	Session6 : Ethnicity and Nation-States in the Islands Rodolfo Maggio, University of Helsinki Malaita in the Solomon Islands: a renegade province in a multi-ethnic nation-state? Shinichi Fujii, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka What is Ethnicity in the Solomon Islands? : Between Nation-State Governance and Local Identities. Comment: Takehiro Kurosaki, Tokai University, Tokyo
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45-16:50	General Discussion
16:50-17:00	Closing Remarks