Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter
The Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter is published semi-annually, in June and December. The Newsletter promotes a continuing exchange of information with 'Minpaku Fellows' who have been attached to the Museum as visiting scholars from overseas. The Newsletter also provides a forum for communication with a wider academic and anthropological audience.
Where Sign Language Studies Can Take Us
Ritsuko Kikusawa
Introductory Essay: Sign Languages are Languages!
Introductory Essay: Sign Languages are Languages!
Soya Mori
Sign Language Studies in Japan and Abroad
Sign Language Studies in Japan and Abroad
Connie de Vos
A Signers' Village in Bali, Indonesia
A Signers' Village in Bali, Indonesia
Ted Supalla & Betsy Hicks McDonald
Building an Infrastructure to Support Historical Sign Language Research
Building an Infrastructure to Support Historical Sign Language Research
Yutaka Osugi
The Japanese Sign Language Corpus: A Work in Progress
The Japanese Sign Language Corpus: A Work in Progress
James Woodward
Efforts to Document, Preserve, and Promote Sign Languages and Deaf Cultures
Efforts to Document, Preserve, and Promote Sign Languages and Deaf Cultures
The Explorations of Umesao
Masatake Matsubara
Tadao Umesaofs Ecological View of History
Tadao Umesaofs Ecological View of History
Nobuyuki Hata
The Museum as a Non-profit Information Industry
The Museum as a Non-profit Information Industry
Taku Iida
Umesaofs Theory of Information Industry
Umesaofs Theory of Information Industry
Harumi Befu
Umesao Sensei and I
Umesao Sensei and I
Josef Kreiner
Remembrances of Umesao Tadao Sensei
Remembrances of Umesao Tadao Sensei
Kwang-Kyu Lee
Recollections
Recollections
Anthropology of Europe at Minpaku (II)
Akiko Mori
An Anthropological Study of Europe: What Does It Mean to be Social?
An Anthropological Study of Europe: What Does It Mean to be Social?
Hiroshi Shoji
What Can Immigrants Bring with Them?
A Sociolinguistic Perspective
What Can Immigrants Bring with Them?
A Sociolinguistic Perspective
Maria Yotova
Bulgarian Yogurt Traditions: Changes and Interpretations in Post-socialist Reality
Bulgarian Yogurt Traditions: Changes and Interpretations in Post-socialist Reality
Anthropology of Europe at Minpaku (I)
Taeko Udagawa
Anthropology of Europe at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Anthropology of Europe at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Mitsuhiro Shimmen
From Romanian village to Balkan area: Social changes and networks
From Romanian village to Balkan area: Social changes and networks
Yuko Shioji
Fieldwork and research in England: Methodological difficulties and
existential gain
Fieldwork and research in England: Methodological difficulties and
existential gain
Marina Mongush
Friends of Tuva in Japan
Friends of Tuva in Japan
Anthropology of Life Design and Well-being
Nanami Suzuki
Good Living as a Whole
Good Living as a Whole
Hiroaki Terasaki
Education and Schole: Towards an Anthropology of Life Design and Well-being
Education and Schole: Towards an Anthropology of Life Design and Well-being
Hironobu Shirozu
Well-being beyond Police Technology: A Brief History of the Governing Mentality
Well-being beyond Police Technology: A Brief History of the Governing Mentality
Mariko Fujita-Sano
Well-being in a Super Aging Society
Well-being in a Super Aging Society
Motoi Suzuki
Strategic Use of the Well-being Concept for Development Anthropology
Strategic Use of the Well-being Concept for Development Anthropology
Another Voyage: Interview with the New
Director-General
Human Ecology
- Peter J. Matthews
- Ethnobotany and Ecology of Wild Aroids
- Kazunobu Ikeya
- Nomadic Pigs and Humans in the Bangladesh Floodplain
- James M. Savelle
- Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Influences on Plant Communities in the Canadian Arctic
- Taku Iida
- Canoes and Resource Management in Madagascar
- Daniel Niles
- Edible Landscapes
Tourism and Glocalization in East Asian Societies
Han Min
Tourism and Representing Local Culture in Heshun
Tourism and Representing Local Culture in Heshun
Takafumi Imanaka
Tourism and Urban Renewal in Xi'an's Muslim District
Tourism and Urban Renewal in Xi'an's Muslim District
Susumu Oka
Tourism Development among Cultural Minorities in Yunnan: The Role of the Anthropologist
Tourism Development among Cultural Minorities in Yunnan: The Role of the Anthropologist
Chiyoko Nagatani
Tourism and the Religious Culture in China
Tourism and the Religious Culture in China
Chen Tien-shi
Reconstruction and Localization of Ethnic Culture in Yokohama Chinatown
Reconstruction and Localization of Ethnic Culture in Yokohama Chinatown
Mapping ethnoscapes: South Asian studies in the new century
- Minoru Mio
- Transformation of a Dance Festival and the Reshaping of Locality
- Mizuho Matsuo
- New Reproductive Technologies and the Indian Woman as Mother
- Yoshio Sugimoto
- Transformation of a Dance Festival and the Reshaping of Locality
- 'Ethnic' Fashion in India
- Yoshitaka Terada Globalization and South Indian Music
- Makito Minami
- Nepali Labor Emigration and its Implications
Special theme: On the 30th Anniversary of Minpaku
An Interview with the Director-General
Institutional Collaboration
He Yaohua (China)
China Project 1985.1996
China Project 1985.1996
Josef Kreiner (Germany)
Japan Studies at Minpaku .
Japan Studies at Minpaku .
Nguyen Van Huy (Vietnam)
Minpaku and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Minpaku and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Individual Projects
Brian Durrans (UK)
Minpaku and the British Museum: Joint Exhibitions
Minpaku and the British Museum: Joint Exhibitions
George S. Mudenda (Zambia)
The International Cooperation Seminar on Museology and After
The International Cooperation Seminar on Museology and After
Richard B. Lee (US)
Reflections on CHAGS 8, 1998
Reflections on CHAGS 8, 1998
Rafael Vega-Centeno (Peru)
Archaeological Research Project in Peru
Archaeological Research Project in Peru
Personal Reflections
Djon Mundine, OAM (Australia)
Invisible Man in Osaka
Invisible Man in Osaka
Roger Goodman (UK)
Minpaku as a 'Gakusha no Tengoku'
Minpaku as a 'Gakusha no Tengoku'
Special theme: Anthropological Study of Resource Management
Michiko Intoh
Archaeological and Ethnographic Studies on Natural Resource Utilization
Archaeological and Ethnographic Studies on Natural Resource Utilization
Shiro Sasaki
Fur Trapping and Selective Usage of Ecological Resources by the Udehe in Far East Russia
Fur Trapping and Selective Usage of Ecological Resources by the Udehe in Far East Russia
Yuji Seki
Reconstructing Dietary Patterns in the Pre-Columbian Period of Peru
Reconstructing Dietary Patterns in the Pre-Columbian Period of Peru
Hiroto Takamiya
Resource Use and Evolution of Transegalitarian Societies in the Prehistory of Okinawa, Japan
Resource Use and Evolution of Transegalitarian Societies in the Prehistory of Okinawa, Japan
Shoichiro Takezawa
Rewriting African History: Ecological Resources and Development of Social System
Rewriting African History: Ecological Resources and Development of Social System
Special theme: Anthropology in Practice
Makio Matsuzono
Minpaku and Anthropology in Practice
Minpaku and Anthropology in Practice
Nobuhiro Kishigami
Anthropological Research and Inuit Community Development in Montreal, Canada
Anthropological Research and Inuit Community Development in Montreal, Canada
Chihiro Shirakawa
A Malaria Control Project and Anthropology in Myanmar
A Malaria Control Project and Anthropology in Myanmar
Motoi Suzuki
How to Improve Project Cycle Management: an Anthropological Approach
How to Improve Project Cycle Management: an Anthropological Approach
Masami Iwasaki-Goodman
Dam Construction and its Effects on Ainu Culture
Dam Construction and its Effects on Ainu Culture
Akiko Sugase
Belonging to Lebanon: Arab Christians in Israel and the Hizbullah
Belonging to Lebanon: Arab Christians in Israel and the Hizbullah
Special theme: Visual Anthropology
Yasuhiro Omori
Reflection and New Vision for Visual Anthropology
Reflection and New Vision for Visual Anthropology
Marc Henri Piault
Audio-visual Anthropology: Participation and Reconstruction
Audio-visual Anthropology: Participation and Reconstruction
Marcius Freire
Questions of Method in Ethnocinematography
Questions of Method in Ethnocinematography
Rupert Cox
Site-seeing: Anthropology and the Arts of Observation
Site-seeing: Anthropology and the Arts of Observation
Special theme 1: Anthropological Study of Japan
Hirochika Nakamaki
Minpaku and the Anthropological Study of Japan
Minpaku and the Anthropological Study of Japan
Brian Moeran
The Anthropological Study of Japan
The Anthropological Study of Japan
Scott Schnell
Rediscovering Banryu: Mountain Ascetic as Environmentalist Exemplar
Rediscovering Banryu: Mountain Ascetic as Environmentalist Exemplar
Ron Carle
Heritage Tourism and Local Socioeconomic Revitalisation
Heritage Tourism and Local Socioeconomic Revitalisation
Special theme 2: Changes at Minpaku
Kenji Yoshida
A Fresh Start of Graduate Education at Minpaku
A Fresh Start of Graduate Education at Minpaku
Naoko Sonoda
JICA and Minpaku Launch an 'Intensive Course on Museology'
JICA and Minpaku Launch an 'Intensive Course on Museology'
Atsushi Nobayashi
Minpaku Museum Partners (MMP)
Minpaku Museum Partners (MMP)
Laurel Bossen
Land and Population Policies and the Sex Imbalance in Rural China
Land and Population Policies and the Sex Imbalance in Rural China
Bréhima Kassibo
Symbolic Values of the Cola Nut in Mali
Symbolic Values of the Cola Nut in Mali
Robert Garfias
Preludes to an Award
Preludes to an Award
Special theme: Transnationality
Uradyn E. Bulag
Mongolian Modernity and Hybridity
Mongolian Modernity and Hybridity
Ippei Shimamura
More than One 'Homeland'
More than One 'Homeland'
Peter Kwong
Chinese Illegal Immigration
Chinese Illegal Immigration
Chen Tien-shi
Reconsidering Nationality with Anne Frank
Reconsidering Nationality with Anne Frank
Teiko Mishima
Why do People Migrate?
Why do People Migrate?
Molly Lee
Yup'ik Eskimo Grass Baskets
Yup'ik Eskimo Grass Baskets
Shigeharu Tanabe
Anderson and the Boundaries in Thailand
Anderson and the Boundaries in Thailand
Kanoksak Kaewthep
A Radical Conservative Buddhist Utopia: The Asoke People
A Radical Conservative Buddhist Utopia: The Asoke People
Margaret Sironval
The Thousand and One Nights: Dreams and Discoveries of the East
The Thousand and One Nights: Dreams and Discoveries of the East
Peter Kaulicke
Pathways To Complexity: The Central Andean Archaic and the Japanese Jomon Periods
Pathways To Complexity: The Central Andean Archaic and the Japanese Jomon Periods
Masatoshi Kubo
Databases at the National Museum of Ethnology
Databases at the National Museum of Ethnology
Taku Iida
Packaging Other Cultures: Japanese TV Production and Ethnography
Packaging Other Cultures: Japanese TV Production and Ethnography
Boronoyeva Darima
The Idea of Returning Home in the Buryat Community of Inner Mongolia
The Idea of Returning Home in the Buryat Community of Inner Mongolia
Clara Lòpez Beltràn
Written Language in Colonial Spanish America: The Uses of Documents
Written Language in Colonial Spanish America: The Uses of Documents
Robert Garfias
Exhibiting Music in Museums
Exhibiting Music in Museums
Samten G. Karmay
Wood Engravings from Gyalrong (Jinchuan)
Wood Engravings from Gyalrong (Jinchuan)
Makio Matsuzono
Building an Open House
Building an Open House
Hiroshige Okada and Akira Saito
The Globalization of Art in the Age of Exploration: A Perspective from Latin America
The Globalization of Art in the Age of Exploration: A Perspective from Latin America
Madhavi Kolhatkar
Indian and Buddhist Homa
Indian and Buddhist Homa
Ulrich Marzolph
Persian Translations of the 1001 Nights
Persian Translations of the 1001 Nights
Subbiah Shanmugam Pillai
Sacred Places on Pavements
Sacred Places on Pavements
Leonard Kamerling
Ainu Realities -- A Proposed Ethnographic Film Project
Ainu Realities -- A Proposed Ethnographic Film Project
Chuner M. Taksami
Cultural Heritage of the Nivkhi People
Cultural Heritage of the Nivkhi People
Hasan El-Shamy
A Motif Index for 'alf laylah wa laylah (The Thousand Nights and a Night)
A Motif Index for 'alf laylah wa laylah (The Thousand Nights and a Night)
Vilma Fialko
Early Funerary Traditions of the Ancient Maya Kingdom of Tikal, Guatemala
Early Funerary Traditions of the Ancient Maya Kingdom of Tikal, Guatemala
Sarangerel
Transitions in Folk Culture among the Mongolians of Qinghai Province: the Case of Nastní Jil Alquulaq Bayar
Transitions in Folk Culture among the Mongolians of Qinghai Province: the Case of Nastní Jil Alquulaq Bayar
James M. Savelle
Bowhead Whaling among Prehistoric Thule Inuit in the Central Canadian Arctic
Bowhead Whaling among Prehistoric Thule Inuit in the Central Canadian Arctic
Thaw Kaung
Ethnographical Studies on the Ethnic Groups of Myanmar
Ethnographical Studies on the Ethnic Groups of Myanmar
Ho-won Park
Historical Change and Continuity in Communal Belief Systems in Korea
Historical Change and Continuity in Communal Belief Systems in Korea
Dixon Wong Heung Wah
Job-hunting in Japan: the First Step toward being a Corporate Person
Job-hunting in Japan: the First Step toward being a Corporate Person
Martin Collcutt
The Reception of the Iwakura Embassy in America: 1872
The Reception of the Iwakura Embassy in America: 1872
Sam-Ang Sam
Khmer Performing Arts Following the War
Khmer Performing Arts Following the War
Arne Rokkum
Norwegian Anthropology and a Museum Locale
Norwegian Anthropology and a Museum Locale
Hiroshi Shoji
Transborder Studies at the National Museum of Ethnology
Transborder Studies at the National Museum of Ethnology
Udo B. Barkmann
Land Utilisation in Mongolia
Land Utilisation in Mongolia
Ian Keen
Australian Foragers: from the Tropics to the Temperate Zone
Australian Foragers: from the Tropics to the Temperate Zone
Victor Shnirelman
Identity and the Past in the Age of Globalization
Identity and the Past in the Age of Globalization
Number 11 (Dec. 2000)
(PDF FILE =>441KB)Kenji Yoshida
Museum Anthropological Studies of Cultural Representation
Museum Anthropological Studies of Cultural Representation
Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern
History and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
History and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Aarti Kawlra
The Kimono Body
The Kimono Body
Weera Ostapirat
Crossing the Mekong as a Linguist
Crossing the Mekong as a Linguist
Shigeharu Tanabe
On Humanity and Anthropology in Japan
On Humanity and Anthropology in Japan
Eisei Kurimoto
‘Crisis’ in Japanese Anthropology
‘Crisis’ in Japanese Anthropology
Akitoshi Shimizu
Does Anthropology Exist in Japan?
Does Anthropology Exist in Japan?
Graphical Borrowing and African Realities
Walter Pfaff
The Theatre of Non-theatre
The Theatre of Non-theatre
Roxana Beatriz Shintani Kawano
Museum Management Technology Training Course
Museum Management Technology Training Course
Michael Kisombo
The International Cooperation Seminar on Museology
The International Cooperation Seminar on Museology
Number 9 (Dec. 1999) Kim Shi-deog
The life and Culture of Korean Expatriates
The life and Culture of Korean Expatriates
Number 8 (Jun. 1999)Robyn Maxwell
Recent Scientific Dating of Indian Trade Cloth: Plans for international research cooperation
Recent Scientific Dating of Indian Trade Cloth: Plans for international research cooperation
Kenji Yoshida
Japanese Civilization in the Modern World: Comparative Studies of Collection and Representation
Japanese Civilization in the Modern World: Comparative Studies of Collection and Representation
Number 7 (Dec. 1998)
Number 6 (Jun. 1998)Jia Huixuan
‘Mono no yorokobi’ and ‘Mono no aware’: Thoughts Inspired at the Lotus Appreciation Gathering
‘Mono no yorokobi’ and ‘Mono no aware’: Thoughts Inspired at the Lotus Appreciation Gathering
Eisei Kurimoto
Japanese Civilization in the Modern World: Comparative Studiesof Formation and Transformation of Nation States
Japanese Civilization in the Modern World: Comparative Studiesof Formation and Transformation of Nation States
Number 5 (Dec. 1997)
Number 4 (Jun. 1997)Christopher I. Beckwith
The Connection between Early Medieval History and Noun Categorization in Eurasia
The Connection between Early Medieval History and Noun Categorization in Eurasia
Number 3 (Dec. 1996)Shigeyuki Tsukada
The Theory of a Pluralistic Unity of the Chinese People, and Ethnic Relations in China
The Theory of a Pluralistic Unity of the Chinese People, and Ethnic Relations in China
Number 2 (Jun. 1996)
Number 1 (Dec. 1995)