- Kyoto University has a long tradition of cultural and
social anthropology. Its uniqueness lies in the close relationship
with physical anthropology and primatology, of which Kyoto has
a very distinguished history. Though not institutionalised, the
University has produced many leading anthropologists. One of
them is Prof. Tadao Umesao. later he became the founder Director-General
of The National Museum of Ethnology. However, the establishment
of the department of cultural anthropology is relatively new.
It came into being in 1993 with 5 teaching staff including me.
Two professors retired, and currently the staff number is three.
All of them are affiliated to the Graduate School as full members.
They are as follows:
- Professor Katsuyoshi FUKUI(Ethnobotany, Cognitive Anthropology,
Pastoral Peoples, Ethiopia)
- Professor Kazuyoshi
SUGAWARA (Conversational Analysis, Hunters and Gatherers,
Bushman, Primatology)
- Professor Takako YAMADA,(Cognitive Anthropology, Ethno-Medicine,
Shamanism, Ainu, Polar, Siberia)
- Associate Professor Masakazu TANAKA (Social Anthropology, Religion,
Fishing Societies, Gender and Sexuality, India and Sri Lanka)
- Tanaka teaches Cultural Practice Course (social anthropology)
at the Graduate School, while Professors Fukui and Sugawara teach
Cognitive Anthropology Course..
- Lecture (Cultural Practice)1030-1230 Monday
1993 anthropological theory 1
1994 anthropological theory 2
1995 ethnographies and ethnographic films
1996 Said's Orientalism and its Impact on anthropology
1997 sexuality
1998 religion
1999 economy1
2000 economy2
2001 sexuality 1
20012sexuality 2
- Seminar (Cultural Practice) 1030-1300 Wednesday
1999 reading Judith Butler
2000 re-examining gifts and commodities
2001 feminism and bodily experiences
2002 Embodied Culture
- Research Fellow
Sumie NAKATANI, Peasant Studies, Rajastan, India
Miwa KANETANI, Aestetics and Craftmanship, Gujarat,
India
Tomohisa SATO, AIDS Activism, New York and Japan
Miho ISHII, Religions an d History in Africa
Aya IKEGAME, Public Space ad Kingship in Mysore, India
Ayako IWATANI, Gypsy communities in South India
- Ph.D. Program in Cultural Anthropology
Ryuran OU, Ethnicity, Chaingmai Thailand
Maki ITASAKA, Aestetics, West Africa
Maki MITA(KAWABATA), Fishing Community, Okinawa, Japan
Chika SHIROTA, Japanese Americans of Okinawa Origin
Hiroshi NAWATA, Man-cattle Relationship, East Africa
HItoshi YAMADA, Mythology, Taiwan (now in Germany)
Waka FUJIOKA, Tourism in Okinawa
Hirofumi IWATANI, Apprenticeship in Japan
Yoichi HIRUMA, Culture of Children, Vietnam
Mari KAZATO, Man-sheep Relationship, Mongolia
Sho KASUGA, Ethnicity, Japanese Studies
Yosuke SHIMAZONO, Medical Anthropology (now in Oxford)
Takeshi MATSUSHIMA, Disaster and after in North Italy
Anka Bhadrina Gender Construction in AD Agency
Takuya INOUE, Mountain Villages in Japan
Yuko SATO, Gender and Ethnicity, Okinawa
Toko FUJIMOTO, Pastoral Peoples in Central Asia
Hidehito KOBAYASHI, Manwolf Folklore in the West
Kazuya MASUDA. Fishing in SE Asia.
Yuriko HATA, Soundscape of the Sami
Wendy LEE, Tibettan Nuns in China
Ikuko KOIKE, African Diasporas in U.S.A.
Koji MOCHIZUKI, Youth Culture in Ethiopia
Keiichiro MATSUMURA, Common Property in Ethiopia
Soyo TAKAHASHI, Fishing/bonito Culture in Okinawa
M.Phil Program
Rumi ETO, Mountain Religion in Japan
Jun KANEKO, Multi-ethnic Situation in Phillipine
Mizue KUMAGAI, Food Culture in Central Asia
Sachiko TAO, Child Bearing in Rural Japan
Kaori MIYANISHI Marriage with U.S. Navy Men in Japan
Seika WAZAKI, Islam in Central Asia
Kyomi KOJIMA, Gay and Lesbian Culture in Japan
Kenji KONISHI, Festivals in Northern Japan
Urara TAMURA, Market Activities
Isao MURAHASHI, Medical Anthropology
Tatsuya YAMAMOTO, Tibettan Performance in India
