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From Frontiers to Boundaries: How was the borderline drawn between British Burma and China (1886-1941)?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K03317
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field International relations
Research InstitutionYamagata University (2016-2017)
Kyoto University (2015)

Principal Investigator

Imamura Masao  山形大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (60748135)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
KeywordsBorderland / Frontier / Zomia / border / China / Myanmar / boundary / India-China relations / Sino-Myanmar boundary / Kachin / Yunnan
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project primarily used archival and secondary resources, while carrying out filed work in multiple countries including China, Myanmar, and India. I conducted an extensive inventory of the secondary literature including the most recent dissertations. In response to the advancements made by the recent studies, I have sought to (a) broadened the scope of inquiry, (b) analyze changes within the borderlands, especially in language and religion, and (c) present a conceptual model under which cases from Asia can be meaningfully compared. I arrived at a four-fold model of geopolitical order: zomia, mandala, empire, and nation-state. This four-fold model, I contend, can capture better the historical trajectories of borderlands in Asia.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (35 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results) Funded Workshop (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] SOAS(英国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] アムステルダム大学(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard University/University of Washington(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Academia Sinica(Taiwan)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] On the Mobility of Religious Communities: Migration and Translation of Protestant Christianity--seen from Southeast Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      山形大学人文社会科科学部研究年報

      Volume: 15 Pages: 201-214

    • NAID

      40021536319

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Evangelical Vernacularism: How Protestant Missions Have Delineated the Ethno-linguistic Boundaries in Upland Southeast Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      Compilation of Papers presented at the Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia Conference 2017

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-28

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] “Slow Anthropology: Negotiating Difference with the Iu Mien by Hjorleifur Jonsson.”2016

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Asian Studies

      Volume: 75:4 Pages: 1164-1165

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Orthography and Vernacular Media: the Case of Jinghpaw-Kachin2016

    • Author(s)
      Keita Kurabe and Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      IIAS The Newsletter

      Volume: 75 Pages: 36-37

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Mandy Sadan. Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma2015

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      Southeast Asian Studies

      Volume: 4(1) Pages: 199-206

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 東南アジア山地研究は地域研究として成り立つのか? [東南アジア大陸部山地民の歴史と文化. クリスチャン・ダニエルス編]2015

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Journal Title

      『東南アジア研究』

      Volume: 53(2) Pages: 279-285

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Imagining a Remote Homeland: Japanese Quasi-academic Ethnography of Upland Southeast Asia2015

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Journal Title

      Center for Southeast Asian Studies Newsletter

      Volume: 71 Pages: 1-16

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] After the Magic? Protestant Vernacularism among the Kachin2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      SEASIA2018, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Kachin Evangelical Travel Agency2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      EuroSEAS 2017, Oxford University (UK)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rethinking Zomia as a frontier space2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Zomia Study Group, Kyoto University (Japan)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Spaces of Ethnicity2018

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Beyond the Myth of 'Solidarity of the National Races' in Burma (Myanmar)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Conversion to Modernity: On the Work by Peter van der Veer2017

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Zomia Study Group, Kyoto University (Japan)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 性的規範:コスモポリタンとヴァナキュラー」2017

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジアにおけるLGBTの比較政治研究会、山形大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 宗教の近代化と翻訳:揺れ動くカチン・キリスト教2017

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジア大陸部宗教研究の新パラダイムの構築研究会、山形大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] シンポー族:仏教徒カチンという例外2017

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      共同研究会「雲南・カチン・アッサム」研究会、津田塾大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 戦争と戦争の記憶:レジリエンスとトラウマ2017

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジア大陸部の被戦争社会の変容とレジリエンス研究会、京都大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 性規範の歴史研究に向けて2017

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジアにおけるLGBTの比較政治研究会、京都大学
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Religious Networking among Migrants: The Case of the Kachin People from Highland Myanmar2017

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Joint Research Forum on Migration
    • Place of Presentation
      San Carlos University
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 移動・越境・翻訳:宗教研究から見る東南アジア研究の過去10年2016

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジア学会第96回研究大会
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Politics of Kachin orthography: Large versus small group ethnic identification in highland Myanmar2016

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura & Keita Kurabe
    • Organizer
      Language, Power and Identity in Asia: Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries
    • Place of Presentation
      International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 戦時下の草の根ナショナリズム:ミャンマーのジンポー・カチン2016

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      東南アジア大陸部の被戦争社会の変容とレジリエンス研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Rethinking the Hill-Plain Divide in Southeast Asia: Putting Geophysical and Cultural Landscapes to Good Use2016

    • Author(s)
      Noboru Ishikawa & Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Zomia Study Group
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Rise of the Jinghpaw Vernacular2016

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      少数民族の『多様なやりとり』にみる現在の『ゾミア』地域
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「スケール」という概念について:世界史、帝国、非国家主体2016

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      北東アジア学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Protestant vernacularism among the Kachin of northern Myanmar2015

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      SEASIA 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto International Conference Center
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Vernacularism and Protestantism among the Kachin of northern Myanmar2015

    • Author(s)
      Masao Imamura
    • Organizer
      Indigenous Christianity in the Asia-Pacific Region
    • Place of Presentation
      Academia Sinica
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 東南アジア大陸部山地史研究における歴史的想像の役割2015

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Organizer
      第93回東南アジア学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 少数民族と天然資源–ミャンマーでの連邦制をめぐる議論(『連邦制の逆説?-効果的な統治制度か』)2016

    • Author(s)
      今村真央
    • Total Pages
      7
    • Publisher
      ナカニシヤ出版
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Zomia Study Seminar Series2017

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] The 18th Zomia Study Seminar2016

    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Special workshop on the Sino-Myanmar Borderland2015

    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2022-02-28  

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