ILCAA Joint Research Project

Clarification of the Actual Situation of Agro-pastoral Complex Frontier in the Trans- Himalayan Region: From the approach of vocabulary study－ (jrp000297)

Keywords

• Tibet
• Agro-pastoral complex
• Fermented food
• Food culture
• Slaughtering culture
• Fecal culture

Areas

• Central Asia
• South Asia
• East Asia
• North / Northeast Asia

Website

https://nomadic.aa-ken.jp/

About the Project

Project term: April, 2024–March, 2027

This project’s objective is to deepen the understanding of Tibetan pastoralism in the agro-pastoral complex. It will conduct fieldwork and documentary research on the natural environment, livelihoods, pastoral techniques, agricultural techniques, and food cultures of the middle highlands on the south side of the Himalayas, where the pastoral zone of the highlands and the agricultural zone of the lowlands intersect, to compare them with the cultural features of adjacent non-Tibetan lowland agriculture. We will add the words on pastoralism obtained in the target area to the archive created by the members of the project in order to formulate an archive that takes into account regional diversity.

Members

Coordinator

• Masahiro HIRATA

ILCAA Staff

• Izumi HOSHI (Co-Coordinator)

Joint Researchers

• Shiho EBIHARA
• Yusuke BESSHO
• Keisuke IWATA
• Yuri KOMATSUBARA
• Takayoshi YAMAGUCHI
• Satoshi YOKOYAMA
• JIA YANG
• Zhang Pingping

Outputs

Meetings

The 3nd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sat 12 Jul 2025 12:50–18:30
• Venue: 303
• Language: Japanese

• 12:50–13:00 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) Opening Address

  13:00–14:00 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

  “Agro-Pastoral Complex of Central-Northern Nepal on the Southern Slope of the Tibetan Himalayan Region”

  14:00–15:00 Yusuke BESSHO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Komazawa University)

  “Uncle Tulku: Reincarnation Boom of Middle-Aged Men on the Southern Slopes of the Himalayas and Religious-Relation Network”

  15:00–16:00 Takayoshi YAMAGUCHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Hokusei Gakuen University)

  “The Original Image of Tibetan Pastoral Culture: Insights from a Literature Survey and Plans for Summer Fieldwork in Ladakh”

  16:30–17:30 Satoshi YOKOYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Nagoya University)

  “Fermented Food Culture and Natural Resource Use in Nagaland, India: Participation in International Conference Organized by Nagaland University”

  17:30–18:30 Samdrol Tsomo (Doshisha University), Shiho EBIHARA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University), Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA)

  “Vocabulary on Pastoral Culture in Damshung, Central Tibet: Focusing on Milk Culture”

The 2nd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Thu 27 Feb 2025 9:00–18:00
• Venue: 303
• Language: Japanese

• 9:00 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

  “Opening address”

  Session 1: Survey report for FY2024

  9:10–10:10 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

  “Fermentation culture of agro-pastoral complex in Sikkim on the southern slope of the Trans- Himalayan Region: a report on the field survey in FY2024”

  10:10–10:40 Shiho Ebihara (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University)

  “Field report on the vocabulary of pastoral culture in West Sikkim”

  10:40–11:00

  Coffee break

  11:00–11:30 Yuri KOMATSUBARA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Meiji University)

  “Report on the Research of Historical Artifacts in Darjeeling, India: A Modern History of an Agro-pastoral Complex Frontier”

  11:30–13:00

  Lunch

  13:00–15:00 Mizuho KUMAGAI (Kyoto University)

  “Comparative analysis of the Balti, a Tibetan ethnic group in Pakistan, and the Wakhi, a Persian-speaking nomadic pastoralist”

  Session on sheep managing practices in the trans-Himalayan region

  15:15–17:00 GUNTHARGYA (Amdo-Tibetan agro-pastoralist, Interpreter: Yusuke BESSHO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Komazawa University))

  “Current situation of sheep flock management in a ago-pastoral village in southern Amdo”

  17:00–18:00 LUOZANGYIXI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

  “Current situation of sheep flock management by the Amdo Tibetan pastoralist in dngul rwa zhol ma Township, Machu County, South Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province”

The 1st meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sun 19 May 2024 14:00–18:00
• Venue: 405
• Language: Japanese

• 14:00

  Opening address

  14:10–14:30 Masahiro HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

  “Objectives of the joint research”

  14:30–15:00 Masahiro HIRATA

  “Agro-pastoral complex fermentation culture in Sikkim on the southern slope of the Tibetan- Himalayan region”

  15:00–15:15

  Break

  15:15–16:15 Satoshi YOKOYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Nagoya University)

  “Comparative Study on Natto Production and Utilization in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Eastern Himalayas”

  16:15–17:00 Yusuke BESSHO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Komazawa University)

  “Entangled Social Connections on the Sustainable Development Issue in the Northern Sikkim Region”

  17:00–18:00

  “Exchange of ideas on the vocabulary questionnaire”

  18:00

  Closing

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