Inter-University Research Projects

General Research

• 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

• Anthropological study of magical contingency and communalities

  （2024.10-2027.3）：TSUMURA Fumihiko

• New Cultural Dynamics in the Practices of Non-Western Popular Music

  （2024.10-2027.3）：SAKURAMA Mizuki

• What are birds for the Japanese? T-shaped interdisciplinary approach to the cultural history of bird

  （2024.10-2027.3）：UDA Shuhei

• A Study on the Use of Northern Dene (Northern Athabascan) Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology

  （2024.10-2027.3）：INOUE Toshiaki

• An Anthropological Study on Basketry and Lineware from the Perspective of Plant Ecology and Craft Skills

  （2024.10-2027.3）：UEBA Yoko

• Ecological Imagination in the Interface of Knowledge Systems

  （2024.10-2027.3）：YAMANAKA Yuriko

• Examination of anthropological history based on National Museum of Ethnology archive

  （2024.10-2027.3）：NAKAO Katsumi

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

• History of Oceania Collection and Its Objects in Japan ―― Focusing on Museum Collections of the University of Tokyo and Minpaku

  （2024.10-2027.3）：DOI Huyuki