Inter-University Research Projects

General Research

• Toward a new perspective for Japan studies reflecting overseas field experiences

  （2020.10-2024.3）：KATAOKA Tatsuki

• The Anthropology of the “depicted Animals” : Focusing on the becoming in animals and humans

  （2020.10-2024.3）：YAMAGUCHI Mikako

• Comparative study on the influence of international development on menstruation: From the perspective of gender and medicalization

  （2020.10-2024.3）：SHINMOTO Mariko

• Interdisciplinary Comparison of Historical Change, Current of State, and Future　of Indigenous Societies along the North Pacific Rim: From a Perspective of Human History

  （2020.10-2024.3）：KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro

• Exploring an alternative notion of community in uncertain times:　contingent arrangement of material, institutional, and body settings

  （2020.10-2024.3）：MORI Akiko

• A Study on the Transformation of Food/Foodways related to Wars and Imperialism: Rethinking the Relationship between Food/Foodways and the Nations

  （2020.10-2024.3）：UDAGAWA Taeko

• Interdisciplinary Study on Reproductive Technology and Childrearing in Modern Asia

  （2021.10-2024.3）：SHIRAI Chiaki

• Reorientation of Uncertainty in Tourism

  （2021.10-2024.3）：DOI Kiyomi

• Reconstruction and revitalization of Japanese folk music through utilizing the Toyo Ongaku Gakkai Sound Archives preserved in the National Museum of Ethnology

  （2021.10-2024.3）：UEMURA Yukio

• The Anthropology of Vulnerability

  （2021.10-2024.3）：TAKEZAWA Shoichiro

• A Study on the Formation and Use of Pacific Ethnographic Collections by the Japanese: Focusing on the Toshio Asaeda Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology

  （2021.10-2024.3）：NIWA Norio

• A Comparative Ethnography of Belonging and Difference in Mixed Heritage Peoples: Cases from Indigenous Peoples in Oceania

  （2022.10-2025.3）：YAMANOUCHI Yuriko

• Research on Historical Changes in Forest Resources and Their Uses Based on the Analysis of National Museum of Ethnology Collection: Focusing on the Wood Materials of Tubs and Barrels

  （2022.10-2025.3）：OCHIAI Yukino

• Connecting Diverse Logics in Global Capitalism: An Interdisciplinary Approach

  （2022.10-2025.3）：NAKAGAWA Osamu

• Migrations and Livelihoods of Asian Hunter-Gatherers: Diversity of Environmental Adaptations in Human History

  （2022.10-2025.3）：IKEYA Kazunobu

• A Methodological reflection for the practice of Photo-Ethnography

  （2023.10-2026.3）：IWATANI Hirofumi

• Museum Collections and Material Culture Studies: Fifty Years of Minpaku

  （2023.10-2026.3）：IIDA Taku

Young Researchers

• A project to touch the shapes of tradition by combining 3D printing with traditional materials and techniques

  （2021.10-2024.3）：MIYASAKA Shinji

• How African narrated “African history” : “African historiographies” from local histories in Africa

  （2023.10-2026.3）：NAKAO Seiji