Multi-sited Ethnography of Edible Bird's Nest Trade in East and Southeast Asia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26360028
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University (2015-2016); Rikkyo University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: ICHIKAWA Tetsu 名古屋市立大学, 大学院人間文化研究科, 准教授 (40435540)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ツバメの巣 / 東南アジア / マレーシア / 中国 / 華人 / 先住民 / 多現場民族誌

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has investigated characteristic of recent trade of edible bird's nest trade in East and Southeast Asian countries. Edible bird's nest which is used as luxurious ingredient for Chinese cuisine is mainly collected in Southeast Asia and exported to East Asia, especially Hong Kong and China. To understand the nature of this trade, this research take multi-sited ethnography as research method and conducted field works in some areas in East and Southeast Asian countries. Recently traders in Southeast Asian countries have built farm houses in which swiftlets build their nests and taken the nests. They exports these nests to East Asian countries such as Hong Kong and China.

Free Research Field

地域研究