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2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Culture Conservation and Development in African Rain Forest

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10044026
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
Research InstitutionToyama University

Principal Investigator

TAKEUCHI Kiyoshi  Toyama University, Faculty of Humanities, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (40212021)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHINOHARA Tarou  National Museum of History and Folklore, Social Oral Tradition Division, Professor, 社会伝承研究部門, 教授 (80068915)
KURODA Suehisa  Shiga Prefectural University, Faculty of Human and Culture, Professor, 人間文化学部, 教授 (80153419)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
KeywordsAfrica / tropical rain forest / conservation of culture / development / nature conservation / hunter-gatherrer
Research Abstract

The result of the continuous field survey are following points.
In the tropical forest area of these countries, where the commercial economy has not been penetrated absolutely, various farming groups have moved and constituted mixed-group village to cultivate cash crop owing to the recent bad political situation and wide and rapid expansion of commercial timber (Republic of Central Africa), and population outflow and depopulation of farmer villages has progressed (Republic of Congo). The cohesion of ethnic groups of farmers has become weak and inter-ethnic relationship also has been transformed. The Aka, forager ethnic group, has been deprived of the forest environment which sustains their subsistence and cosmology, and has lost social and economic tie with neighboring farmer groups. Then, Aka has been changing into petty cultivators or daily laborers, while they are loosing their ethnic identity.
Wild life conservation NGOs, whose supreme objective is to maintain nature reserves or parks, have close connection with timber company who have to be so considerate toward public opinion on the nature conservation in Europe and United States. Conservation NGOs encourage the timber companies and Government to regulate hunting strictly to the forest inhabitants and laborers. Timber companies and administrative office of parks The forest local habitants are obliged to accept the conception of scarcity of useful forest product, such as timber, and wild animals by timber company, nature conservation NGO and the Government without regard to their culture and interests.
How "ethnic" identities and inter-group relationship is reconstructed towards economic and political pressure from outside and confusion is the next subject to be solved.

  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (10 results)

  • [Journal Article] 私たちは歴史から何を学ぶべきか2004

    • Author(s)
      黒田 末壽
    • Journal Title

      環境会議 2004春号

      Pages: 253-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] What must we learn from history?2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Kuroda
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Council 2004 spring

      Pages: 253-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 暮らしの自然誌とその歴史性2002

    • Author(s)
      篠原 徹
    • Journal Title

      信濃 56-1

      Pages: 252-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] ガボン、ムカラバ保護区の類人猿2002

    • Author(s)
      竹ノ下祐二
    • Journal Title

      モンキー 18(3)

      Pages: 21-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Natural description of life and its historical character2002

    • Author(s)
      T.Shinohara
    • Journal Title

      Shinano 56-1

      Pages: 252-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Apes of Moukalaba reserve, Gabon2002

    • Author(s)
      Y.Takenoshita
    • Journal Title

      Monkey 10(3)

      Pages: 21-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 生物多様性と連関する生計維持機構の多様性2001

    • Author(s)
      篠原 徹
    • Journal Title

      アジア・太平洋の環境・開発・文化 3

      Pages: 1-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] エコロジカルプランニングの思想とエコツーリズム2001

    • Author(s)
      下休場千秋
    • Journal Title

      国立民族学博物館調査報告 22

      Pages: 56-76

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Diversity of subsistence system related to biological diversity2001

    • Author(s)
      T.Shinohara
    • Journal Title

      Environment, development and culture of Asia and Pacific 3

      Pages: 1-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The thought of ecological planning and eco-tourism2001

    • Author(s)
      T.Shimoyasuba
    • Journal Title

      Research report of Natural Museum of Ethnology 22

      Pages: 56-76

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ethnic identities and social inequality between Aka foragers and neighboring farmers in Central Africa2000

    • Author(s)
      K.Takeuchi
    • Journal Title

      99th Annual meeting American Anthropological Association Proceedings

      Pages: 421

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ethnic identities and social inequality between Aka foragers and neighboring farmers in Central Africa2000

    • Author(s)
      K.Takeuchi
    • Journal Title

      99th Annual meeting American Anthropological Association Proceedings 421

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 自然学の未来:自然との共感2002

    • Author(s)
      黒田末壽
    • Total Pages
      252
    • Publisher
      弘文堂
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 自然とつきあう2002

    • Author(s)
      篠原 徹
    • Total Pages
      119
    • Publisher
      小峰書店
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Future of natural studies : Sympathy for nature2002

    • Author(s)
      S.Kuroda
    • Total Pages
      252
    • Publisher
      Kobundo
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Associating with nature2002

    • Author(s)
      T.Shinohara
    • Total Pages
      119
    • Publisher
      Komineshoten
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 森と人の共存世界(市川光雄・佐藤弘明編)2001

    • Author(s)
      竹内 潔(共著)
    • Total Pages
      278
    • Publisher
      京都大学学術出版会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 人類進化再考:社会生成の考古学1999

    • Author(s)
      黒田末壽
    • Total Pages
      309
    • Publisher
      以文社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Reconsideration of human evolution : Archaeology of social construction1999

    • Author(s)
      S.Kuroda
    • Total Pages
      309
    • Publisher
      Ibunsya
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Co-existing world between forest and human (Ichikawa and Sato eds.)1999

    • Author(s)
      K.Takeuchi
    • Total Pages
      278
    • Publisher
      Kyoto Daigaku Gakujyutu Syuppankai
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 民俗の技術1998

    • Author(s)
      篠原 徹
    • Total Pages
      271
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Technique of folklore1998

    • Author(s)
      T.Shinohara
    • Total Pages
      271
    • Publisher
      Asakura-shoten
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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