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Anthropological study of resource-getting behaviors among hunter-gatherers in forest of tropical Africa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K12611
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Ethnology

Principal Investigator

Peng Yujie  国立民族学博物館, 学術資源研究開発センター, プロジェクト研究員 (70791218)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords狩猟採集民 / 資源利用 / 社会関係 / 集団行動 / 社会構造 / アフリカ熱帯雨林 / 環境知覚 / 民族関係 / アフリカ熱帯林 / 居住空間 / 社会基盤 / 行動 / 生業活動
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I developed an anthropological interpretive model to explain the process of determining the behavior of hunter-gatherers in the ecological realm of the African rainforest region in terms of the relationship between ecology, society, and behavior. Specifically, I conducted (1) a survey of social relations based on interviews with individuals (Baka Pygmies) about their migration histories, and (2) a follow-up survey of key informants about their environmental perception. As a result, it was found that the difference in knowledge caused by the difference in experience and range of use of the natural environment within the living area of each individual. But it can be shared in various ways by group activities, and that it is possible to become common knowledge and perception within a certain range.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究には、カメルーンのバカ・ピグミーにみられる生態学的領域での諸活動を対象に、生業活動時の人々の行為を、とりわけ彼らの社会関係に留意して分析をした。こうして得た研究成果は、現代の狩猟採集民社会における資源獲得と社会制度との関係を、量的かつ質的民族誌データの収集と分析を通して、立体的かつ動的に解明した。また、可視化することを通して、文化実践の継承と変化は集団内と集団間における人々の相互作用を明らかにし、狩猟採集民社会の変容をモデル化にすることが可能になった。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Residence Patterns of Hunter-gatherers after Settlement Inferred from Individual Migration Histories: The Case of the Baka in Southeastern Cameroon2021

    • Author(s)
      彭 宇潔
    • Journal Title

      国立民族学博物館研究報告 = Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology

      Volume: 45 Issue: 3 Pages: 441-469

    • DOI

      10.15021/00009641

    • NAID

      120006958113

    • URL

      https://minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/8583

    • Year and Date
      2021-01-28
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Cross-cultural Research Comparing the Hunting Tools and Techniques of Hunter-gatherers and Hunter-gardeners2021

    • Author(s)
      Yujie Peng, Atsushi Nobayashi
    • Journal Title

      “Hunter-Gatherers in Asia: From Prehistory to the Present” (Senri Ethnological Studies)

      Volume: 106 Pages: 75-92

    • NAID

      120007006807

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 火のある場所は台所だ-森の民の調理場-2021

    • Author(s)
      彭宇潔
    • Journal Title

      vesta

      Volume: 122 Pages: 2-5

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 第12回国際狩猟採集社会会議(CHaGS-12)参加報告2019

    • Author(s)
      二文字屋脩・園田浩司・彭宇潔
    • Journal Title

      文化人類学

      Volume: 83-4 Pages: 3-8

    • NAID

      130007644880

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] アフリカ熱帯雨林の狩猟採集民とたばこ2018

    • Author(s)
      彭宇潔
    • Journal Title

      月刊みんぱく

      Volume: 42-7 Pages: 10-11

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Rhythmical life: cases of cutting activity among the Baka2020

    • Author(s)
      Yujie Peng
    • Organizer
      Techniques & Culture International Meetings "Waza on the Move: Ineffable arts of learning"
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] カメルーン東南部における地域住民の居住形態-狩猟採集民バカと焼畑農耕民コナンベンベ、農耕民ンジメを事例に-2020

    • Author(s)
      彭宇潔
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第57回学術大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Residence styles among small-scale societies: cases from central Africa and southeastern Asian2019

    • Author(s)
      Yujie Peng
    • Organizer
      Cross-Cultural Research 2020
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 狩猟採集民バカに見られる景観情報の共有―集団採集活動を事例に―2018

    • Author(s)
      彭宇潔
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第55回学術大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Cutting: from play to work among Baka children in southeastern Cameroon2018

    • Author(s)
      Yujie Peng
    • Organizer
      12th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "What we learnt from CHaGS12", The Closing Plenary2018

    • Author(s)
      Yujie Peng
    • Organizer
      12th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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