Research Institute
Inter-University Research Projects
These projects are conducted jointly by scholars of the Museum and outside organizations.

This year, the projects are being carried out jointly by the Museum's scholars and 208 scholars from national universities, 30 from prefectural and municipal universities, 298 from private universities and 87 experts from private organizations.

Research themes with are those related to Core Research Projects.

2009 Research Theme List
listSubsistence Activities and Production Systems in Socio-historical Perspective (2006-2010)
MATSUI Takeshi
listWhat it Means to be "Social": A Study of the Anthropology of Europe (2006-2010)
MORI Akiko
listA Study of Cultural Diversity in Madagascar (2006-2010)
IIDA Taku
listAn Anthropological Study of Cities in South Asia (2006-2010)
MIO Minoru
listThe Political Anthropology of Communities in East and Southeast Asia (2006-2010)
HIRAI Kyonosuke
listConstruction and Change of Ethnic Cultural Resources (2006-2010)
TAKEUCHI Fusaji
listThe Structure of Sound Cultures in the Arab World (2006-2010)
HORIUCHI Masaki
listA History of Modernization under Socialism: A Narrative-based Reconstruction of Experience (2006-2010)
KONAGAYA Yuki
listComparative Studies on Multicultural Public Spheres in Post-Colonial Oceania (2006-2010)
KARAKITA Yasuyuki
listA Study of the Transformation of Nepal through the Rise of the Maoist Movement (2006-2010)
MINAMI Makito
listA Study of the Theory and Practice of International Education in Primary Schools, Junior High Schools and High Schools in Japan" (2006-2010)
AKUTSU Shozo
listA Study of Ryukyu Materials in the Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology (2007-2010)
SASAKI Toshikazu
listThe Anthropology of Nationality and Passports (2007-2010)
CHEN Tien-shi
listA Study of the Practical Use of Local Social Network Services and the Construction of Contemporary Local Communities (2007-2010)
SUGIMOTO Seiko
listAn Anthropological Study of Christian Civilization and Nationalism (2007-2010)
SUGIMOTO Yoshio
listThe Conservation of Ethnographic Collections (2007-2010)
HIDAKA Shingo
listA Basic Analysis of the Languages Spoken by Immigrants in Japan (2007-2010)
SYOJI Hiroshi
listUnderstanding Magic: The Interrelationship between Knowledge and Practice (2007-2010)
SHIRAKAWA Chihiro
listA History of Anthropological Research in Japan (2007-2010)
YAMAJI Katsuhiko
listAn Analysis of the Audio Materials of Ainu and Other Northern Languages in the National Museum of Ethnology" (2007-2010)
NAKAGAWA Hiroshi
listA Re-examination of How Ainu People and Culture are Displayed in Museums (2007-2010)
STEWART, Henry
listThe Development of Indigenous Art and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous People in Canada: An Analysis of the National Museum of Ethnology's Collection of Silkscreen Prints of Canadian Northwest Coast Indians and Prints of Canadian Inuit" (2007-2010)
SAITO Reiko
listWhat is "Political Identity"? Indigenous Mobilization as Liberation Movement (2007-2010)
OTA Yoshinobu
listAnthropological Studies of Human Movement From an Evolutionary Viewpoint (2008-2012)
INTOH Michiko
listAn Action Anthropology of Whaling Cultures (2008-2011)
KISHIGAMI Nobuhiro
listA Comparative Study on Social Change under the Post "Post-Socialist" Regime(2008-2012)
SASAKI Shiro
listAn Anthropological Study of the Interface Between Minority and Music (2008-2012)
TERADA Yoshitaka
listAn Anthropological Study of the Administration of Sacred Spaces (2008-2011)
NAKAMAKI Hirochika
listThe Potential of Anthropological Approaches in the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence (2008-2011)
ODA Hiroshi
listSocio-cultural Reconstruction in China: Perspectives on Glocalization (2008-2012)
HAN Min
listAnthropological Perspectives on Well-being and Life Design (2008-2012)
SUZUKI Nanami
listStudies on the Thought and Practice of "Fair Trade" (2008-2012)
SUZUKI Motoi
listResearch and Development of a Program for Intercultural Understanding based on Creative Expressions at the National Museum of Ethnology: Designing Ways to Promote Awareness of Others (2008-2012)
NISHI Hiroko
listAn Anthropological Exploration in Risk, Uncertainty and Future(s) (2008-2012)
AZUMA Kentaro
listAn Anthropological Study of the Complexity of Our Being in the "Fourth World" (2008-2012)
ODA Makoto
listAustralian Multiculturalism and Its Past, Present and Future:Harmonious Diversity and Competitive Diversity" (2008-2011)
SEKINE Masami
listAnthropological Studies of "Work" with a Gender Perspective (2008-2012)
NAKATANI Ayami
listA Multiplicity of Tsukurimono [cultural artifacts] for Folk-events (2008-2012)
FUKUHARA Toshio
listAlternative Models of Reproduction and Family: A Cultural and Historical Study (2008-2012)
MATSUOKA Etsuko

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