YOSHIDA Kenji
Staff Members
YOSHIDA Kenji
Professor
Director-General, The National Museum of Ethnology
| Research Specialization | Anthropology of expressive culture; Africa, Europe, Japan |
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| Individual Research Projects | Study of creation, transmission, and representation of culture: A museum-anthropological approach |
Academic Qualifications
- B.A. Kyoto Univ. 1980
- M.A. Osaka Univ. 1983
- Ph.D. Osaka Univ. 1989
Research Interests
- Expressive Cultures in Africa
- Representation of Culture in Museums
Research Keywords
Africa (Zambia), Europe (United Kingdom), Chewa, Cultural Anthropology, Museum Anthropology
Selected Publications
| 2008 | “Imaged Asia, Imaged Europe” Yoshida, K and B. Durrans (eds.) SELF and OTHER: Portraits from Asia and Europe. The Asahi Shimbun. |
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| 2008 | “Introduction. Portraits from Asia and Europe: How have people depicted each other?” Yoshida, K and B. Durrans (eds.) SELF and OTHER: Portraits from Asia and Europe. The Asahi Shimbun. |
| 1997 | “‘Images of Other Cultures’ in Museums” Yoshida, K and John Mack (eds.) Images of Other Cultures. NHK Service Center. |
| 1997 | “A Note on the Joint Projects by the National Museum of Ethnology and the British Museum” Yoshida, K and John Mack (eds.) Images of Other Cultures. NHK Service Center. |
| 1992 | Yoshida, K “Forest of Masks: Masked Society, Spirit Possession and sorcery among the Chewa. (in Japanese) |
Publications (English publications only)
| 2014 | The Organizing Committee of “The Power of Images” (ed.) The Power of Images: The National Museum of Ethnology Collection |
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| 2008 | (With J. Mack) Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa : Crisis or Renaissance? Oxford: James Currey. |
| 2008 | Ethnographic Exhibitions Today. In K. Yoshida and J. Mack (eds.) Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: Crisis or Renaissance? Oxford: James Currey. |
| 2006 | Kalumbu and Chisudzo: Boys’ and Girls’ Masquerades among the Chewa. In S. Ottenberg and D.A. Binkley (eds.) AFRICAN CHILDREN–S MASQUERADE – Playful Performers, pp.221–236. Transaction Publishers. |
| 2005 | A Fresh Start for Graduate Education at Minpaku. MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 21: 10. |
| 2005 | Ethnographic Museums and Public Sphere. Museum Cooperation 2004: Newsletter of the Intensive Course on Museology 1: 18–22. |
| 2005 | (With Y. Kawaguchi) Symposium Africa 2001: Representing African Art and Cultures (Senri Ethnological Reports 54), National Museum of Ethnology. |
| 2002 | Die Maske als Instrument: Warum Menschen sich ein zweites Gesicht schaffen. In C. Geissmar-Brandi, et al. (ed.) Gesichter der Haut, pp.181–188. Stroemfeld Verlag. |
| 2001 | (With T. Umesao and A. Lockyer) Japanese Civilization in the Modern World XVII: Collection and Representation (Senri Ethnological Studies 54), National Museum of Ethnology. |
| 2001 | “Tohaku” and “Minpaku” within the History of Modern Japanese Civilization: Museum Collection in Modern Japan. In T. Umesao, A. Lockyer, and K. Yoshida (eds.) Japanese Civilization in the Modern World XVII: Collection and Representation (Senri Ethnological Studies 54), pp.77–105. National Museum of Ethnology. |
| 2001 | Ethnographic and Cultural Exhibitions Today. In S. Inaga (ed.) Crossing Cultural Borders (International Symposium 14), pp.39–48. International Research Center for Japanese Studies. |
| 2001 | Re-Exhibiting Africa: From the Exhibition “Images of Other Cultures”. In E. Kurimoto (ed.) Rewriting Africa: Toward a Renaisssance or Collapse (JCAS Symposium Series 14), pp.193–207. The Japan Center for Area Studies. |
| 1997 | (With J. Mack) Images of Other Cultures, NHK Service Center. |
| 1993 | Masks and Secrecy among the Chewa. African Arts 24 (2): 34–45, 92, Los Angeles: University of California. |
| 1992 | Masks and Transformation among the Chewa of Zambia (Senri Ethnological Studies 31), National Museum of Ethnology. |
Ongoing Projects
- AA Science Platform Program “Preserving the Cultural Heritage of
Africa: From Memories to Histories.” (Cordinator) - ASEMUS (Asia Europe Museum Network) Traveling Exhibition “Self and Other: Portraits from Asia and Europe.”