Research Institute
Cooperating Faculty
last modified: July 1, 2009
Visiting Researchers
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
KATOU Kazuhiko
Professor, Faculty of Media and Arts, Otemae University
Research on the Factor of Entertainment in Publicity Work

YOSHII Masahiko
Adviser/Media Producer, MEDSIS Japan, Inc.
Study of Communication Techniques

Research Center for Cultural Resources
IWAKI Harusada
A Study of Contemporary Techniques of the Ethnographical Exhibition

KISHIDA Takahiro
Director, School Education Division, Tamba-city Board of Education
Anthropological Knowledge as Social Literacy: A Methodological Approach to the Dissemination of Literacy Education in Elementary and Middle School

HIRAI Yasuyuki
Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
Research on the Theory and Methodology of Inclusive Design for a Museum in Public Environment

Special Visiting Researchers
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology
Social Environment
KASAHARA Masaharu
Professor Emeritus, Yokohama National University
Anthropological Study of the MINPAKUs Collection Relating Okinawa and Taiwan

SHIBATA Yoshiko
Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University
A Cross-cultural Study on Social and Cultural Aspects of the Caribbean and the Pacific

TANAKA Katsuhiko
Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
A Comparative Study of Shamanism in Northeast Asia

ODA Hiroshi
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University
Social Utilization of Ethnography as Method

Cultural Dynamics
SUZUKI Hiroyuki
Professor, Faculty of Law, Kokushikan University
African Music and Globalization

NAKAGAWA Hiroshi
Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiba University
Study of Ainu Sound Materials in the National Museum of Ethnology

OHNUKI Misako
Director, Culture Division, Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU)
Researches for the Community's Participation Project on the Promotion of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Applied Anthropology
IKEDA Mitsuho
Professor, Arts and Field Communication-Design, Center for the Study of Communication-Design (CSCD), Osaka University
Studies on Evaluations for the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) of International Public Health Cooperation

KOIKE Makoto
Professor, Faculty of International Studies and Liberal Arts, Momoyama Gakuin University
The New Relevance of Family and Kinship Studies in Anthropology

SATO Kan Hiroshi
Chief Senior Economist, Trade and Economic Cooperation Department, Japan External Trade Organization
Consideration of Problems of Japanese Development Assistance Programs

YAMAJI Katsuhiko
Professor, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
History of Anthropological Research in Japan

NISHI Hiroko
Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Toyo Eiwa University
A Study of the Methodology to Progress Sharing Experience and Co-Creation at a Museum

SANO (FUJITA) Mariko
Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Arts & Sciences, Hiroshima University
From Volunteering to Business: An Anthropological Study of Social Entrepreneurs

HANATANI Atsushi
Senior Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute Japan International Cooperation Agency
Research on the Applicability of Anthropological Knowledge to Development Assistance by means of “ Ethnography of Development Projects ”