A Study on the Transformation of Human-Environmental Relations in Modern Mongolia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21500
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology; Area studies
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: TOMITA Takahiro 立命館大学, 立命館グローバル・イノベーション研究機構, 助教 (80609157)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: モンゴル / 牧畜 / 物質循環・水循環 / 定住 / 都市 / 畜産物 / 商品化 / 集団化と脱集団化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the transformation of the relationship between the Mongolian people and their natural environment by focusing on the relationships between socioeconomic changes, such as collectivization, urbanization, industrialization, mining developments, and environmental changes, since the mid-twentieth century. In this study, I verified the water and material cycle model of pastoral society and its transformation by revealing the impact of pastoral developments on the relationship between land, livestock, and the people during the socialist era and determined the characteristics of pastoral management after the transition to a market economy. The research findings are based on an analysis of administrative documents and statistical data at the local level and field data derived from interviews and observations in the suburban areas of Mongolia.

Free Research Field

文化人類学、モンゴル研究