Projects Funded by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research provided by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are intended to foster the progress of unique and pioneering research projects in all fields ranging from the human and social sciences to the natural sciences, in order to promote academic activities in our country. The aid is awarded to research projects which are especially important in terms of current academic trends, organized on the initiative of individual researchers or research groups in academic institutions.
Grant-Awarded Projects in 2007
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
Studies on the History of the Arabian Nights and Its Influence upon the Literary Genesis of Orientalism (2006-2010)NISHIO Tetsuo
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
The Development of New Techniques for the Conservation of Books: Evaluating Paper Deterioration and Strengthening Deteriorated Paper (2007-)SONODA Naoko
A Cultural Anthropological Study of the Commercialization and Transformation of Urban Space in South Asia (2006-2009)MIO Minoru
Field Research and Assessment of the Chinese Environmental Policy "Ecological Migration" (2005-2007)KONAGAYA Yuki
Ethnographic Studies of Disaster Response and Management in the Asia-Pacific Region (2004-2007)HAYASHI Isao
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
A Research Project on the Networking of International NGOs Divided by Language: Towards a "LINGUAPOLITICS" (2007-)DEGUCHI Masayuki
An Anthropological Study of the Rise of the Maoist Movement and Its Influence over Local Communities in Nepal: Facing the Period of Polity Change (2007-)MINAMI Makito
A Comparative Study on the Historical Process of Folklore Studies since the 1950s in Germany and Japan: Academic Interests and Society (2007-)MORI Akiko
A Study of Inter-ethnic Networks and Their Dynamics in the Chinese Border Areas (2007-)TSUKADA Shigeyuki
A Histo-anthropological Study of the Interactive Relation between Religious and Commercial Networks in Africa and Eurasia (2006-2008)MISHIMA Teiko
An Anthropological Study of Development Agencies and Their Aid Activities in the World (2005-2008)TAMURA Katsumi
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
A Study of the Resource Utilization and Habitation Strategies of the Inhabitants of Small Coral Islands in Oceania (2007-)INTOH Michiko
A Research Project in Medical and Historical Anthropology: A Comparison of Life-Planning Practices and Evaluation in Modern Aging SocietiesSUZUKI Nanami
A Comparative Study of Mirabilia in Arabic and Persian Literature: Alexander, the Seeker Beyond Borders (2006-2009)YAMANAKA Yuriko
The Copy Culture and Oral Literature in the Northern Camerooninan Ful'be Society (2006-2007)EGUCHI Paul K.
Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research
A Study Focusing on the Domestication Process from an Ethno-archaeological Perspective (2006-2007)NOBAYASHI Atsushii
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
An Anthropological Study of Malaysian Chinese Transnational Networks from the Perspective of Their Logging Activities in Papua New Guinea (2007-)ICHIKAWA Tetsu
The Advance of Christianity in the Peripheral World: A Case Study of the Orang Asli, Malaysia (2006-2008)NOBUTA Toshihiro
Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results
In addition to the above, Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows were awarded for two new and five continuing research projects of the Museum.