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Research themesLaboratory of KAMEI Nobutaka |
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This webpage introduces the main research themes of KAMEI Nobutaka, the researcher of cultural anthropology and African area studies.
Studies on hunting-gathering societies in the tropical rain forest of Africa
Studies on African childhood
Studies on the Deaf communities and sign languages in Africa
Databases of Asian and African sign languages
Studies on the people with disabilities and development in Africa
Practical use of anthropology in the society
Education of anthropology and fieldwork training in the university
Others
Studies on hunting-gathering societies in the tropical rain forest of Africa
Researches on the life and activities of children of the Baka hunter-gatherers in the tropical rain forest of Cameroon, especially with the viewpoints of cultural anthropology / ecological anthropology.
[Main activities]
- Fieldwork in the tropical rain forest in the East Province, Cameroon (1996-1998; 2012)
- Research on play ang games by children
- Research on hunting-gathering activities by children
- Research on the school education and nomadic life
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Book] Little "hunters" in the forest: Ethnography of hunter-gatherer children [2010, in Japanese]
- [Book] Introduction to the anthropology of play: Encounters with "children" in the fields [2009, in Japanese]
- [Doctoral thesis] An anthropological study on the daily activities and the socialization process of the children of the Baka hunter-gatherers [2002, in Japanese]
- [Article] An educational project in the forest: Schooling for the Baka children in Cameroon [2001, in English]
Studies on African childhood
One of the organizers of the interdisciplinary research group "Studies on African childhood," consisted of fieldworkers working in various African countries and areas.
[Main activities]
- Fieldwork in Cameroon (1996-1998; 2012)
- Fieldwork in Burkina Faso (2014)
- Fieldwork in Senegal (2016)
- Research group: Studies on African childhood
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Book] coming soon
- [Conference] Contemporary African childhoods: Cultural changes among children in West and Central Francophone Africa, Inter-Congress of IUAES [2012, India, in English]
- [Workshop] Life of children in Africa, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature [2016, Senegal, in French]
Studies on the Deaf communities and sign languages in Africa
Researches on cultures and languages of Deaf communities in West and Central Africa, especially with the viewpoints of cultural anthropology / linguisitic anthropology / linguistics.
[Main activities]
- Fieldwork in Cameroon (1997-1998; 2002; 2005; 2007; 2008)
- Fieldwork in Gabon (2003)
- Fieldwork in USA (2003; 2006)
- Fieldwork in Benin (2004)
- Fieldwork in Ghana (2006)
- Fieldwork in Nigeria (2006)
- Fieldwork in Côte d'Ivoire (2008; 2010; 2013; 2015; 2016; 2017)
- Fieldwork in Togo (2011)
- Fieldwork in Senegal (2013; 2014; 2016)
- Fieldwork in Burkina Faso (2014)
- History of Deaf communities in Africa
- Theoretical researches on the development of the Deaf
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Book] History of Deaf people and sign languages in Africa: Fieldwork in the "kingdom" derived from Andrew J. Foster [2006, in Japanese]
- [Article] Promotion of sign language research by the African Deaf community: Cases in French-speaking West and Central Africa [2017, in English]
- [Dictionary] DVD : Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF) [2008, in Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF), French and Japanese]
- [Invited lecture] The role of sign language and research for the integration and development of West Africa: Cases in English-speaking and French-speaking Africa, West African Languages Congress (WALC2017) [2017, Ghana, in English]
Databases of Asian and African sign languages
Construction of databases of sign languages, Deaf cultures and Deaf communities in Asian and African countries and areas.
[Main activities]
- Online databases on sign languages in Asia and Africa
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Database] Center for Asian and African Sign Languages, 2007 version (AASL2007) [Archive] (Mainly in Japanese; keywords in English are included)
- [Database] Center for Asian and African Sign Languages, New version (since 2009) [in English] [in Japanese]
Studies on the people with disabilities and development in Africa
Field researches on the life and work of people with disabilities and development in West Africa.
[Main activities]
- Co-researcher of the Institute of Developing Economies >> [webpage]
- Fieldwork in Côte d'Ivoire (2008)
- Fieldwork in Senegal (2013; 2014)
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Book] Disability and development in Africa: Towards SDGs [2016, in Japanese]
- [Book] Poverty reduction for the disabled in developing countries: How do they live? [2010, in Japanese]
- [Book] Disability and development: Perspective on social model of disability in the developing countries [2008, in Japanese]
Practical use of anthropology in the society
Propositions of the practical uses of anthropology in the society, especially in the domain of the coexistence of majorities and minorities in the aspects of cultures, languages and ethnicities.
[Main activities]
- Research group: Anthropology of responsiveness, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Book] Let's visit the world of sign language! [2009, in Japanese]
- [Book] Fieldwork with supporting: The scenes of development and social work [2011, in Japanese]
- [Book] Introduction of fieldwork with actions [2008, in Japanese]
- [Article] "Segregation in the name of cultural differences"? : Apartheid and the politics of the acceptance of differences [2015, in Japanese]
- [Conference] "Segregation in the name of cultural differences"?: Pro-apartheid discourses in contemporary Japanese contexts and the role of cultural anthropology/anthropologists, Inter-Congress of IUAES [2016, Croatia, in English]
Education of anthropology and fieldwork training in the university
Propositions of the education of anthropology and fieldwork training with my experiences of educational activities in the universities.
[Main activities]
- Conferences, symopsia and seminars
- Fieldwork training with the collaboration of other universities
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Symposium] Learning cultural anthropology in the university: Cases and possibilities of fieldwork training, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology [2014, Japan, in Japanese]
- [Invited lecture] Symposium "Toward the new curriculum "civil society" in high schools: The propositions by cultural anthropology," Science Council of Japan [2016, Japan, in Japanese]
Others
Other research activities.[Main activities]
- Anthropology of hands
- Cultural anthropology of mathematicians
- Space anthropology
[Main publications and presentations]
- [Encyclopedia] Encyclopedia of the Hand [2017, in Japanese]
- [Book] Anthropology of embodiment: Recognition, memory, languages and other persons [2013, in Japanese]
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