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An Ethnographic Study on Contemporary transformation of "Ethnic" Discourse and Practice: Rang, Nation-States, Migration

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03216
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Nawa Katsuo  東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (30323637)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywordsマイノリティ / 民族 / 先住民 / 南アジア / 国民国家 / ネパール / マイノリティー
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I studied how members of an "ethnic group" have lived their ethnic identity within their lived worlds, in relation to international border, minority policies of the two nation states (Nepal and India), globally circulating concepts (such as "indigenous people"), and experiences of domestic and international migration. The focus of the study is the people whose home villages lie in several Himalayan regions in Far Western Nepal and Uttarakhand, India, and who call themselves "Rang(-mang)" in their own mother tongue.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、20世紀半ばから21世紀に至る、国境によって分断された「民族」の動態を具体的に解明するものであり、その成果は、先行研究の乏しい、極西部ネパールからインドのウッタラーカンド州東部のヒマラヤ地域を故地とする人々の社会的文化的動態の記録と分析に止まらず、民族論、集団範疇論、国民国家論、グローバル化論等が交錯する現代的状況の解明のための、一つの重要な民族誌的手掛かりを呈示するものとなろう。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 序―「言語人類学」と「指標性」の概念をめぐって2020

    • Author(s)
      名和克郎
    • Journal Title

      文化人類学

      Volume: 84(4) Pages: 431-442

    • NAID

      130007848519

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effects of Translation on the Invisible Power Wielded by Language in the Legal Sphere: The Case of Nepal2018

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Katsuo
    • Journal Title

      Meaning and Power in the Language of Law ( Janny H. C. Leung, and Alan Durant eds.)

      Volume: 0 Pages: 95-117

    • DOI

      10.1017/9781316285756.005

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Triangulating the Nation State through Translation: Some Reflections on "Nation", "Ethnicit2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Journal Title

      Internationales Asienforum/ International Quarterly for Asian Studies

      Volume: 47(1+2) Pages: 11-31

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Undertaking Research on Transnational, Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Issues2019

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      Tribhuvan University International Conference "Internationalization of University Education"
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Imaginary Journeys across Himalayas through Words: On Some Ritual Recitations in Byans, Far Western Nepal2018

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      Traditions and Changes: The Second International Symposium on Himalayan Studies
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Ambivalence Denied or Unrecognized? A Preliminary Study on Some Governmental Brochures in the Early Panchayat Period2018

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring Cities in the Kathmandu Valley: an inquiry toward an "urban anthropology"2017

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      Asian Cities: Hubs of Interaction, Tradition and Transformation
    • Place of Presentation
      Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku)
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Migration and the Changing nature of multilingualism among the people of Byans, Far Western Nepal and adjacent regions2017

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa: Mo(u)vement
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ネパールのランにおける毛織物をめぐる実践と表象の展開-「伝統服」と絨毯を例として2017

    • Author(s)
      名和克郎
    • Organizer
      日本文化人類学会第51回研究大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ‘There Are No Servants among Us’: Livelihood, Work, and Being Independent among Rangs from Byans, Far Western Nepal2017

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      International Conference "Work, Identity and Livelihood in Nepal: Theoretical challenges and contemporary practices for South Asia", South Asian University.
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] On the 'Drum Music' in Byans and Adjacent Regions: Performances, Aesthetics, and Boundaries2017

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      5th ANHS Himalayan Studies Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "Citizenship", "Religion", Patrilineality, and Imagined Communities in Contemporary Nepal: Comparing the Early Panchayat and Post-"Conflict" Periods2017

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      Critical Nationalism Studies Workshop: National Imaginaries and Beyond, Durham University
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Effects of translation on the invisible power wielded by language in the legal sphere: The case of law in Nepal2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      The Chile-Japan Academic Forum 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Puerto Natales (Chile)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-08
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Writing in 'Rang lwo' without orthography: Digital 'vernacular' communication and its limitations among the Rangs from far western Nepal and adjacent regions2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      29th Annual Conference, Japanese Association for South Asian Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Hyogo, Kobe)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hope, Negation, and Becoming in Changing "Ethnic" Claims by People of Byans, Far Western Nepal2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      AAS (Association for Asian Studies) in Asia, Kyoto 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Doshisha University (Kyoto, Kyoto)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-26
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Changing Discourse on Religion/Dharma among the Rangs of Byans, Far Western Nepal2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsuo Nawa
    • Organizer
      IUAES Inter-Congress 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Dubrovnik (Croatia)
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 体制転換期ネパールにおける「包摂」の諸相─言説政治・社会実践・生活世界2017

    • Author(s)
      名和克郎(編)、石井溥、中川加奈子、森本泉、橘健一、藤倉達郎、佐藤斉華、田中雅子、高田洋平、丹羽充、別所裕介、南真木人、上杉妙子、宮本万里
    • Publisher
      三元社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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