Joint research projects of this type are conducted jointly by the staff members of the Institute and external researchers.
Ongoing Projects in 2022
(Projects are categorized into three discipline-based groups as follows; however, many of them are interdisciplinary in nature.)
Linguistics
- Typological Study on “Altaic-type” Languages (2) (jrp000246)
- A Typological Study of the Areal Lexicon of Mainland Southeast Asia (jrp000247)
- Typological Study of Microvariation in Bantu (2) (jrp000248)
- Research on Social Cognition Based on SCOPIC: the Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus (jrp000249)
- Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics (jrp000256)
- Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (2) (jrp000257)
- Constructing a Theory of Tibetan and Himalayan Pastoral Culture—Based on systematic comparisons of folk vocabulary— (jrp000258)
- Information Structure and the Grammar of Knowledge in Turkic Languages: Interface of Phonology, Morphosyntax and Semantics (jrp000259)
- Archiving Fieldwork Materials of the Ainu Language: an Interdiciplinary Research (2) (jrp000266)
- A sociolinguistic study of heritage languages and ethnic identities of migrants (jrp000267)
- A new perspective on descriptive linguistics in Africa based on the translingual ecology (jrp000268)
- Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives (jrp000269)
- Reconsideration of the tonal typology of Japonic languages (jrp000270)
- Exploration into the Mechanism of Language Change and Variation through the Dialogue between Theoretical Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, and Quantitative Linguistics (jrp000271)
Anthropology
- Comparative Ethnographical Study on the Dynamisme of Debt (jrp000250)
- Multi-disciplinary Study on the Interactions between Islamism and Socio-cultural Factors in Southeast Asia-Transnational Networks and Local Responses (jrp000260)
- Emotional Moments of Social Changes/Movements in South Asia (jrp000261)
- Global Youth Dynamics and ‘reality’ negotiation in Eastern Africa (jrp000272)
- Reconsideration on Death: Anthropological Explorations on the Actuality of life (jrp000273)
- An Interdisciplinary Study on Performing Arts in the Time of COVID-19 (jrp000274)
History/Area Studies
- Rethinking History of Agriculture and Rural Society in Africa (2): From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution (jrp000251)
- Formation of the Indic World: From the Perspective of Frontiers (jrp000252)
- Historical Narratives and the Utilization of the Past in Modern Central Eurasia (jrp000253)
- Transformation and Revival of the Legitimacy in Modern Arab Monarchies in Rivalry with Islamism (jrp000254)
- Transformation of Religions Reflected in Javanese and Other Texts from Southeast Asia: the Roles and Strategies of States in the Process of Islamization (jrp000255)
- Designing Spacio-Temporal Database in Asia (jrp000262)
- Transition and Interaction among Modern Muslim Intellectuals (jrp000263)
- The new boundary-crossing approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (4): Putting Daily Business of the Qin State Regional Administration under the Microscope (jrp000264)
- The Visualization of the History and Historical Space of the Middle East: Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Age (jrp000265)
- Archival study on fiscal administration of holy shrines in Muslim societies: A case of the Safavid shrine in Iran (2) (jrp000275)
Upcoming meetings of projects
For information on upcoming meetings of the projects, go to Upcoming Events.
The Past Projects
- Ethnographic Studies of Muslim Society in South Asia (jrp000245)
- Archival Study on Fiscal administration of Holy Shrines in Muslim Societies: The Case of the Safavid Shrine in Iran (jrp000244)
- Présence Africaine: Text, Thought and Movement (jrp000243)
- The Origin of Human Sociality: Towards New Perspective on Hominization (jrp000242)
- Archiving Fieldwork Materials of the Ainu Language: an Interdisciplinary Research (jrp000241)
- An Inter-disciplinary Approach to the Diversity and Dynamics of Swahili Varieties (jrp000240)
- Synchrony and Diachrony of Mongolic Languages: Internal and External Factors (jrp000239)
- Fundamental Study on Ottoman Documents and Archives (jrp000238)
- The New Boundary-crossing Approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (3): Rediscovering the Japanese Tradition of Oriental Studies (jrp000237)
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (The 3rd Term): Dynamics of Conflict and Co-existence (jrp000236)
- Life as Dynamism: in Search of a Methodological Connection between Affect, Thinking, and Art (jrp000234)
- Anthropological Study of “Waza”: Technology, Body, Risk/Hazard (Anthropological Study of Things (3)) (jrp000233)
- Exploration into Dynamicity of Grammar (1): Multiplicity and Distributedness in Grammar (jrp000232)
- Aspects of Agglutination in Turkic Languages: An Integrated Approach of Phonology, Morphosyntax and Semantics (jrp000231)
- A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages (jrp000230)
- Study of Tibetan Pastoral Culture in Qinghai and its Change: Based on the Method of Documentary Linguistics (jrp000229)
- Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts 1 (jrp000228)
- Study on an Islamic Prayer Book from the Kingdom of Jimma in Ethiopia (jrp000235)
- Studies on Religious and Politico-Social Minority Groups in Middle Eastern Societies (jrp000227)
- Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia: Cross-Linguistic Comparative Studies of Literary and Religious Texts (jrp000226)
- Economic Activities and Behaviors Based on Islam (The Second Term) (jrp000225)
- Transformation of Religion as Reflected in Javanese Texts (2): Rethinking the Process of Islamization (jrp000224)
- Rethinking the History of Agriculture and Rural Societies in Africa: From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution (jrp000223)
- Child Migration in East/Southeast Asia: The Culture and Identity of Children Raised in a Transnational Household (jrp000222)
- Typological Study of Microvariation in Bantu (Phase 1) (jrp000221)
- Ethnolinguistic Lexical Documentation of the Southwestern Kalahari Khoe Languages (jrp000220)
- A Comprehensive Study of Tone/Accent Languages of Africa (jrp000219)
- Studies on Reference Grammars (jrp000218)
- New perspectives of Text Studies in Yunnan, China (jrp000217)
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives (4) (jrp000215)
- Présence Africaine: Towards New Political and Cultural Perspectives (jrp000216)
- Studies in Asian Geolinguistics (jrp000210)
- Semantics of Discourse Particles in East and Southeast Asian Languages (jrp000211)
- Typological Study on “Altaic-type” Languages. (jrp000212)
- The Case-marking Systems in Ryukyuan: A Typological Survey (jrp000213)
- Studies on Mongolic languages in Hexi corridor based on published material (jrp000214)
- Assessing Micro Level Linkages between Humans, Livestock, and the Environment in Amdo, Tibet: The Outgrowth of the Compilationof an Ethnographic Dictionary of Nomadic Vocabulary (jrp000199)
- A Study of the Accent and Intonation of Korean Dialects (jrp000200)
- Constructing a research network for documenting minority languages in and around Indonesia (jrp000201)
- Anthropological Study of Things(2) (Dynamics of Human/Non-human things) (jrp000202)
- A Reflection of Anthropological Studies on Population Movements: Focusing on Women Experiences as an Interface and “Diasporic Space” in Southeast Aisan “Chinese Communities.” (jrp000203)
- The Society in Dunhuang based on the studies of multilingual sources newly discovered (jrp000204)
- The new boundary-crossing approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (2) : Change and Duration in the Qin and Han as seen through a Comparison of Wooden Tablets from the Qin site of Liye and North-west Border Area of Han (jrp000205)
- Early Modern Islamic States and the Surrounding World (jrp000206)
- Citizenship and Political Participation: Comparative Study of the Influence of Migrants and Refugees on Community Development and Social Welfare (jrp000207)
- A Study of Sources for African History (jrp000208)
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (The Second Term) (jrp000209)
- Transformation of Religions as Reflected in Javanese Texts (jrp000193)
- Study on the Relationship between Agriculture and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa from Historical Perspectives (2) (jrp000195)
- Economic Activities and Behaviors Based on Islam (jrp000197)
- Human Mobility and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in Middle Eastern Urban Societies (the second term) (jrp000198)
- A Crosslinguistic Study of Nominalizer-final Constructions: The ‘Cogitation Process’ Approach (jrp000191)
- Cross-linguistic Perspective on the Information Structure of the Austronesian Languages (jrp000194)
- Investigation into the Possibilities and Implications of a Usage-based Approach to Grammar (jrp000196)
- Cross-linguistic Research on “Verbals” (jrp000192)
- Reconsidering Intermediate Social Groups in Premodern South Asia (jrp000190)
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives (3) (jrp000189)
- Regional Ethnography and Anthropological Spatial Conceptualization: Inquiry of Methodological Potential (jrp000188)
- The Modes of Articulation of Local Societies to Contemporary Science as Ways of Thought and Practice (jrp000187)
- Studies on Event Integration Patterns in African Languages (jrp000186)
- Study of Nationhood in Contemporary Africa: New Media, Globalization, and Democracy (jrp000185)
- Multi-disciplinary Study on Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (jrp000184)
- Early Modern Islamic States and Plural Societies (jrp000183)
- Typological Studies of Information Structures and Linguistic Forms in Africa (jrp000182)
- How to Write African History ― New Perspectives and Methods (jrp000181)
- Citizenship for Migrants and Refugees: Comparative Study of Institution and Practices about Inclusion and Exclusion from Nation-States (jrp000180)
- The Formation of Cultural Areas in East and Southeast Asia: the Tay Cultural Area and Others (jrp000179)
- What It Means to Write on Wood: A New Boundary-crossing Approach on Ancient Chinese Slip and Tablet Documents (jrp000178)
- Studies on ‘Chinese’ as Multiple Imaginations and Dynamic Realities (jrp000177)
- Towards a Multi-disciplinary Approach for Developing and Harmonizing Field Methods in Anthropology and Development Studies (jrp000175)
- New Trends in the Studies on Qidan Scripts (jrp000174)
- Historical Study of Normative Glyphs of Chinese Characters (2nd stage) (jrp000173)
- Anthropology of Trans-area Migration in East/Southeast Asia: Culture, Ethnicity and Identity Within Cross-marriage/Cross-divorce Network (jrp000172)
- Human Mobility and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in Middle Eastern Urban Societies (jrp000171)
- ‘Single’ and Family: The Anthropological Study of ‘Enishi (karmic/relation/connection)’ (jrp000170)
- Descriptive Studies of Indonesian Languages; Their Variety and Similarities (jrp000168)
- Study on the Relationship between Agriculture and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa from Historical Perspectives (jrp000167)
- Comparative Study on the Languages of the North from Typological Perspective (jrp000166)
- Cross-Linguistic Studies on Clause Combining (jrp000164)
- A Study of Variability in Deictic Expressions (jrp000176)
- Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives—Stage 2: “Institution” (jrp000162)
- Indonesian Manuscript Project (jrp000161)
- Construction of Shared Research Resources for Korean Historical Linguistics (jrp000160)
- Missionary Linguistics (2nd stage) (jrp000159)
- Reconstructing Grammatical Phenomena from the Viewpoint of Tibeto-Burman Languages - Stage 2 : Characterization and Classification of Sentences (jrp000163)
- Anthropological Study of Globalizations in Asia and Africa (jrp000158)
- Comparative Study of Multilingualism (jrp000157)
- History of Hill Peoples in the Tay Cultural Area (jrp000143)
- Social Change and International Relations in Modern East Asia (jrp00052)
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