MORI Akiko

Staff Members

MORI Akiko

Professor
Center for Cultural Resource Studies

Research Specialization	Cultural anthropology, ethnography; Central Europe, Germany, Austria, Japan
Individual Research Projects	An anthropological study on the meaning of the social and its universality across cultures

Academic Qualifications:

B.A. Japan Women’s Univ. 1980
M.A. Univ. of Tsukuba 1984
Ph.D. Univ. of Tsukuba 1997

Research Topics:

A theoretical study of Europe-anthropology

Geographical Areas of Interest:

Carinthia (Austria), Berlin (Germany), Viennna (Austria), Europe

Ethnic Groups:

Austrian, Slowene, German

Discipline:

Cultural anthropology, social history

Publications:

2023	“Family Potential in Uncertain Times: Introductory remarks”, Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter No.55 (Special theme: Family), : 1-3.
2021	Exhibiting Europe in an Ethnological Museum in Japan: Redefining the Opposition between Self and Other, In Iris Edenheiser, Elisabeth Tietmeyer and Susanne Boersma (eds), What’s Missing? Collecting and Exhibiting Europe, pp.56-63, Reimer Verlag.
2020	“About ‘the transnational family’ and its sense of place”, Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter No.50: 2-4.
2014	“Introduction: Exhibiting Cultures from Comparative Perspectives”, Special Issue Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 38 (4): 461-473.
2014	“Exhibiting European Cultures in the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka”, Special Issue Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 38 (4): 475-494.
2013	“Considering Contemporary Forms and Meanings of the Social: The Anthropology of Europe”, in Akiko Mori (ed.) The Anthropology of Europe as Seen from Japan: Considering Contemporary Forms and Meanings of the Social (Senri Ethnological Studies 81), pp.3-14. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2012	“Japan”, In Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem (eds), A Companion to Folklore, pp.211-233, Chichester: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2012	“Japan, in Companion to Folklore”, Wiley Online Library (eds R. F. Bendix and G. Hasan-Rokem, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.) doi: 10.1002/9781118379936.ch11
2011	“The Anthropology of Europe and its Extending Horizons”, Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 32: 15.
2010	“An Anthropological Study of Europe: What Does It Mean to be Social?”, Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 31: 1-3.
2001	Historiography Now: A Dialogue between History and Anthropology: International Symposium 13–15 November 2001, Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 13: 14 .
1995	Grab, Epitaph und Friedhof. Neue Zugaenge ethnologischer Familienforschung am Beispiel einer Kaerntner Landgemeinde. HISTORISCHE ANTHROPOLOGIE. KULTUR GESELLSCHAFT ALLTAG, Jahrgang 3. Heht 1: 112–124, Koeln, Weimar and Wien: Boehlau Verlag.
1995	Familiengrabpflege in ethnologischer Sicht: eine Dorfforschung in Suedostkaernten. L’HOMME. ZEITSCHRIFT FUER FEMINISTISCHE GESCHICHTSWISSENSCHAFT, 6. Jg. Heft 2: 86–97, Wien, Koeln and Weimar: Boehlau Verlag.
1989	“das ganze Haus” und Familien “Network”: die Lebenskonzepte der Frauen in einer Gemeinde Suedostkaerntens. Hersg. Kossek / Langer / Seiser Verkehren der Geschlechter, Reflexionen und Analysen von Ethnologinnen, Reihe Frauenforschung Bd.10: 208–220. Wien: Frauen Verlag.

Presentations:

2023	“Introduction of the symposium on Family Potential in Uncertain Times,” The International Symposium of Special Research Project ‘Family Potential in Uncertain Times. Mobility, Technology, and Body,’ National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.（2023.3.14.）
2022	“Opening remarks for a webinar, ‘Reflecting on the anthropological figure of family.’” Family potential in uncertain times: mobility, technology, and body, a Minpaku Special Research Project. (Project Leader, Akiko Mori), online.（2022.2.17.）
2019	“Exhibiting Europe in an Ethnological Museum in Japan: Rethinking the Opposition between the Self and Others”, Conference: What’s Missing? Collecting and Exhibiting Europe. Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.（2019.6.27）
2017	“Introduction: Why does an anthropology of care arouse our interest?”　Colloquium Thinking about an anthropology of care: A discussion with F. Aulino and J. Danely, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.（2017.12.9）
2017	Colloquium Thinking about care as social organization: A Discussion with T. Thelen and K. Buadaeng, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. （2017.2.19）
2015	“Introduction to ‘Thinking about Cultural Heritage Regimes’”, The International Forum-Thinking about Cultural Heritage Regimes. A Discussion with Prof. Regina Bendix. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. (2015.10.13)
2014	“Rethinking the Social in Berlin: An Ethnographic Study”, in the Panel: Mutual Anthropology: A Proposal for Future Equality in the Discipline. IUAES(the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) 2014. Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex, Chiba. (2014.5.16)
2013	“Making Exhibition of European Cultures in Japan: A Case of Minpaku 2012”, International Symposium – Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. (2013.3.17)
2013	“Introduction to the Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe”, International Symposium – Exhibiting Cultures: Comparative Perspectives from Japan and Europe. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. (2013.3.17)
2011	“Introduction to the Anthropology of Europe and its Extending Horizons”, International Workshop: The Anthropology of Europe and its Extending Horizons. National Museum of Ethnology, 29 Jan, Osaka, Japan.
2003	“Der West und das Europa in Kulturanthropologie.” Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Institut fuer Europaeische Ethnologie, 21 Jan, Berlin, Germany.
1993	“Grabhalten in Suedostkaernten: Frauen als Forschungsbrennpunkt.” Frauengeschichte Colloquium, 13 Jan, Wien, Austria.