A Comparative Ethnographic Study of Responses to Environmental Degradation in Tuvalu and the Carteret Islands

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23720435
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: TATEYAMA Hirokuni 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 教育開発・学修支援センター, 准教授 (00550394)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 気候変動 / 海面上昇 / 環境難民 / 気候難民 / サンゴ島 / 移住 / 歴史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project has made a comparative analysis of people’s responses to the threat of sea-level rise induced by climate change in Tuvalu and the Carteret Islands (Papua New Guinea), both of which are located in the South Pacific and consist of low-lying coral islands. As a result, it has been found that differences in perceptions and actions towards the threat of sea-level rise among people in these two places can be attributed to differences in their migration experiences in the process of being integrated into the global society and economy.

Free Research Field

文化人類学