Comparative Ethnographic Study on Killing Animals

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24251019
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University (2016); J. F. Oberlin University (2012-2015)
• Principal Investigator: OKUNO Katsumi 立教大学, 異文化コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (50311246)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): シン ジルト 熊本大学, 文学部, 教授 (00361858) ; 西本 太 長崎大学, 熱帯医学・グローバルヘルス研究科, 助教 (60442539) ; 山口 未花子 岐阜大学, 地域科学部, 助教 (60507151)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 人類学 / 民族誌 / 人間と動物 / 動物殺し

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study group conducted study on "killing animals", a remarkable aspect of the relation between human and animals around the world, focusing on varied subsistence system such as hunting-and-gathering, herding and farming, by especially depending on comparative ethnographic method based on anthropological fieldwork.

Free Research Field

文化人類学