A History of the River Basin and Seashore in Mainland Southeast Asia in the 20th Century: Subsistence Routes Border-Crossing from the Mekong Delta

• Project/Area Number: 15H06296
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Shimojo Hisashi 京都大学, 東南アジア地域研究研究所, 研究員 (50762267)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 東南アジア大陸部 / 河川 / 海域 / 国境 / 越境 / 戦争 / 東南アジア / 河川・海域 / 生存 / 近代国民国家 / 難民 / 非合法ルート

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I published an article, "Language, Buddhism, and Belonging during Colonization: The Khmers of the Mekong Delta," and a book, "War and Refugee: Oral Histories in A Multi-Ethnic Society of the Mekong Delta". Also, I got a Best Paper Award at 2016 Annual Conference of Southeast Asian Studies in Taiwan on 22th September 2016. Furthermore, I engaged in planning and managing "Zomia Study Group" organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, and I held total 12 workshops (including 4 international workshops).

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Language, Buddhism, and Belonging during Decolonization: The Khmers of the Mekong Delta (2015)
  • Author(s): 下條尚志
  • Journal Title: Asian and African Area Studies Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 20-48
  • DOI: 10.14956/asafas.15.20
  • NAID: 130005140180
  • ISSN: 1346-2466, 2188-9104
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] The Concept of lai (Mixed Blood) in Mekong Delta: A Reconsideration of the Ethnic Categories in Vietnam (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimojo Hisashi
  • Organizer: International Conference with the Topic “Vietnamese Studies: The Issues of Methodology and Practicality
  • Place of Presentation: Binh Chau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Local Politics in National Border-Crossing between Southern Vietnam and Cambodia: Mobility in the Mekong Delta after the Cold War (2016)
  • Author(s): 下條尚志
  • Organizer: 2016 Annual Conference on Southeast Asian Studies in Taiwan (ACSEAST), “The Politics of Transformation in Southeast Asia: Towards A People-Centered Agenda
  • Place of Presentation: National Chengchi University (Taiwan))
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ベトナム―カンボジア国境をめぐるローカルな政治―冷戦終結後メコンデルタの人々の越境移動 (2016)
  • Author(s): 下條尚志
  • Organizer: 東南アジア学会第96回研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應義塾大学 (東京都港区)
• [Presentation] The Concept of Lai (Mixed Blood) in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Case studies of P Village in Soc Trang Province (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimojo Hisashi
  • Organizer: Vietnamese-Japanese Students’ Scientific Exchange Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto University, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-31
  • Invited
• [Book] 戦争と難民―ベトナム南部メコンデルタの戦争と社会主義 (2016)
  • Author(s): 下條尚志
  • Total Pages: 68
  • Publisher: 風響社
• [Book] 越境する「弱者」たちの語り―メコンデルタ多民族社会の戦争と現在 (2016)
  • Author(s): 下條尚志
  • Total Pages: 68
  • Publisher: 風響社
• [Book] “The Concept of lai (Mixed Blood) in Mekong Delta: A Reconsideration of the Ethnic Categories in Vietnam,” In Giang day, Nghien cuu Viet Nam Hoc va Tieng Viet: Nhung Van de Ly Thuyet va Thuc Tien[ベトナム学およびベトナム語の教育と研究―理論と実践の問題] (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimojo Hisashi
  • Total Pages: 9
  • Publisher: Nha Xuat ban Dai hoc Quoc gia Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh ［ホーチミン市国家大学出版]
• [Remarks] 「【受賞】下條尚志（研究員）が2016年台湾・東南アジア学会全国大会で最優秀論文賞を受賞しました。」
  • URL: http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/2016/10/20161003/
• [Remarks] 「京都大学東南アジア研究所 下條 尚志(しもじょう ひさし)」
  • URL: http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/staff_all/division2/shimojyo/