2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Anthropological study for conventional elephant hunting on AfricanRainforest
| Project/Area Number |
22720326
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Kobe Gakuin University (2011-2012)
Kyoto University (2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYASHI Koji 神戸学院大学, 人文学部, PD (70469625)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | アフリカ熱帯雨林 / カメルーン共和国 / 狩猟採集民 / 生態人類学 / 文化人類学 / 分子生物学 / アフリカマルミミゾウ / 国際情報交換 |
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| Research Abstract |
To verify conventional elephant hunting by hunter-gatherers in African rainforest and their socio-cultural activity as a background, we designed observational surveys and interviewed to the Baka people in eastern Cameroon.According to this study, it shows the current situation of intergenerational transmission of indigenous knowledge and skill of elephant hunting. Elephant hunting was customarily practiced by the “tuma”, hunting specialists of the Baka, but has now become difficult as the external pressure against hunting has increased for the conservation of wild animals.
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