| Project/Area Number |
09044027
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
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| Research Institution | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
ICHIKAWA Mitsuo Kyoto University, Graduate school of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (50115789)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOYAMA Shuzo National Museum of Ethnology, Professor, 教授 (70111086)
KIMURA Daiji Kyoto University, Graduate school of Asian and African Area Studies, Associate Professor, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 助教授 (40242573)
TANAKA Jiro Kyoto University, Graduate school of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (30027495)
KITANISHI Koichi Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Education, Lecturer, 教育学部, 講師 (80304468)
SATO Hiroaki Hamamatsu University of Medcine, Professor, 教授 (40101472)
ンギマ マウォン カメルーン科学省, 主任研究員
ファイト ハーヴェイ マクマスター大学, 人類学科, 教授
水野 一晴 京都大学, 大学院・人間・環境学研究科, 助教授 (10293929)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥24,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥24,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥6,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥8,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥9,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,200,000)
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| Keywords | hunting-and-gathering societies / comparative study / research network / globalization / development / nature conservation / cultural preservation / visions of future / バカ・ピグミー / カメルーン / 熱帯雨林 / ネットワーク |
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| Research Abstract |
A research network was formed consisting of more than 500 researchers on hunting and gathering societies in the world. Methodology and a general framework for a comparative study were also discussed, from which a total of 23 topics were listed as important problems in the study of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. Following these discussions, a scientific meeting was held, in which researchers, both from within and outside Japan, discussed the problems of commoditisation, development policies, nature and culture conservation, tourism and other problems relating to globalization.
Along with these comparative study, fields research was also conducted on the Baka hunter-gatherers in the Cameroon forest of Africa, in cooperation with Cameroonian researchers. The research was focused on how the Baka are coping with forest destruction by logging industries and nature conservation movements. Under the present situation, their visions of future are with problems; (1)intensive cash crop cutivation may result in a competitive, hostile relationship with their agricultural neighbors over the land for cultivation, (2)employment at plantations will impose them the status of lowest-paid wage laborers in the Cameroon nation-state, while they have so far maintained relative autonomy in the forest life. (3)commoditisation of meat and other forest products may not be promoted promptly, owing to the low prices and bad infrastructure, and (4)involvement intourism is neither a good option, because there are not many tourists in their area.
Although the Baka show a diversity way of adaptation to the new situations, all of them maintain characteristic ritual performances of forest sprits. Such ritual performances comprise the core of their cultural identity.
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