2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of the diversified adaptive strategies to cope with environmental changes among the hunter-gatherer populations of Peninsular Malaysia
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21401037
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUDA Kazuhiro 北海学園大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00222068)
KAWABE Toshio 高崎経済大学, 地域政策学部, 教授 (80169763)
ODANI Shinngo 千葉大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90375600)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 半島マレーシア / 狩猟採集民 / 環境変化 / 適応戦略 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to satisfy the research subject, we conducted intensive field researches in the four Malaysian hunter-gatherer populations with the varying degree of natural and social changes. We were able to elucidate their diversified adaptive strategies to cope with the natural and social environmental changes through the following findings: the secular change of number and structure of population, subsistence activities and the degree of involvement in cash economy, residentialpattern and its variety, body growth and its relating infant care pattern, and food and nutritional intake.
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