2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Regional Ethnographic Study on Globalization Process and Nation Building in East Africa
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12371005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Ethnology (2003)
Siebold University of Nagasaki (2001-2002)
Tokyo Metropolitan University (2000) |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUZONO Makio NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY, DIRECTOR GENERAL, 館長 (00061408)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKABAYASHI Nobuhiro FACULTY OF LITERATURE, KANAGAWA UNIV., PROFESSOR, 文学部, 教授 (30019848)
KOMMA Toru FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, KANAGAWA UNIV., PROFESSOR, 外国語学部, 教授 (40145347)
ODA Makoto ACALTY OF LITERATURE AND ARTS, SEIJO UNIV., PROFESSOR, 文芸学部, 教授 (50214143)
KURIMOTO Eisei GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMANITY, OSAKA UNIV., PROFESSOR (10192569)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | globalization / cultural identity / traditional leadership / refugee / regional economy / sexuality and gender / socio-cultural change / Kenya: Uganda |
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| Research Abstract |
This study provides anthropological perspectives on the current socio-cultural change in East Africa. We have examined ethnographically (1) the historical contexts and ideological construction of emerging cultural identity in modern political pluralism; (2) the nature, process and impact of globalization in local communities; (3) the potential of local adaptations to the exigent pressure for socio-economic development. A part pf the research findings is summarized as follows:
1. In Uganda, while official laws recognize traditional leadership merely as cultural institution, the role of cultural leaders is becoming more significant and controversial in the political and other spheres of the state.
2. Kakuma refugee camp, where numbers of refugees surviving Sudan Civil War are accommodated, represents a multinational urban community. However, there is a growing consciousness of fragmented ethnic identities among the refugees.
3. The globalization process of regional economy observed at local trade centre not only promotes local business activities, but also invites the inevitable conflict between state and customary laws among the Kipsigis.
4. Commercialization of miraa, a traditional crop of the Igembe, has gradually transformed (not necessarily abolished) the traditional system of land tenure and labour organization.
5. Traditional gender ideology is undermined in the course of the penetration of market economy; some of cultural institutions such as 'widow inheritance' and 'female circumcision' are partly modified and transformed by women in Luo, Kuria and Gusii societies.
With those findings, this project attempts a theoretical and practical contribution to the various fields of knowledge about contemporary Africa.
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[Book] 「野生」の誕生2003
Author(s)
小田亮ほか(スチュアート・ヘンリ編)
Total Pages
280
Publisher
世界思想社
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Book] アフリカを知る2000
Author(s)
松園万亀雄ほか(少年ケニアの友東京支部編)
Total Pages
226
Publisher
スリーエーネットワーク
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
