| Project/Area Number |
22K20072
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
Kiik Laur 東京大学, 東京カレッジ, 特任研究員 (00964149)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | Kachin / Burma / Myanmar / China / natural resources / nationalism |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This ethnographic research project asks: How have Kachin struggles for building nation become so entangled with Chinese projects for using local nature? How to write ethnographically about struggles over nature and struggles over nation, without reducing one side to the other?
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project showed how a transdisciplinary ethnographic approach can reveal interactions between the global environmental crisis, surging nationalism, and China’s rise. It showed such connections in the ethnic Kachin region between war-torn Burma (Myanmar), China, and India. For example, when studying the controversial Myitsone mega-dam project, this research revealed the long history of on-the-ground encounters between Kachin and Chinese sides, but also other local ethnic and religious actors. Three manuscripts have been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals; Prepared three more manuscripts to be submitted.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
この研究の目的は、二つの質問に答えることでした。ブルマのカチン族の民族的な国づくりの闘いが、なぜ中国の現地の自然利用プロジェクトとこれほどまでに絡み合ってしまったのか？また自然をめぐる闘いと国家をめぐる闘いについて、どちらか一方に還元することなく、民族誌的にどのように記述するか？
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