Gender and Sexuality in Asia and Africa(Coordinator: UCHIBORI Motomitsu) This project will offer an arena of theoretical debates between constructionist approaches towards gender and sexuality in human societies, on the one hand, and approaches which may be characterized as biologically conscious, on the other. Widely covering various societies in Asia and Africa, the project aims to attain a synthesis which bridges micro-behavioural aspects of human sexual phenomena and macro-sociological organizations of sexuality and gender such as cultural contraction of sexual images in given societies. The project thus aspires to advance a step further the theoretical standard in the field of anthropology.Social Space and Religion(Coordinator: NISHII Ryoko) The purpose of this project is to contribute to theoretical development of anthropology to grapple with the realities of human experience beyond traditional frameworks of individual vs. society or subjective vs. objective. The key term here is 'social space' which refers to the space of agents who interact, or ensemble of relationships of interactions. It includes human and nonhuman materials. Religion is one of the sources of rich ethnographies. To focus on religion is expected to converge the discussion for the constructive theoretical developments of above purpose with stimulating and creative influence. This project includes anthropologists, social scientists and psychologists.Linguistic and Cultural Study on Phongxaly(Coordinator: SHINTANI Tadahiko, L. A.) Phongxaly province is the most culturally and ethnically complicated area, and at the same time, the most economically underdeveloped area in Laos. Therefore, the traditional culture is preserved relatively well and it represents and ideal field for our case study of multi-ethnocultural interaction procedure. We try to clarify the whole multi-ethnocultural interaction mechanism found in this province by means of examining the languages and the material cultures of this northern-most part of Laos.Integrated Research on the Methods of Fieldwork under the 'Overseas Scientific Research' Scheme(Coordinator: ISHII Hiroshi) Many academic groups in Japan have been getting funds for their fieldwork abroad from the 'Overseas Scientific Research' scheme of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. This project has been acting in relation to the above scheme with the following aims:(1) to collect information about fieldwork methods and results from the above academic groups and integrate them to construct and develop a synthetic field science.(2)to act as a coordinating body between research organizations in Japan and to activate mutual interaction among researchers by building a network linking them and at the same time strengthening the system of information accumulation and utilization.Historical Studies on Japanese Occupation Period in Burma (1942-45)(Coordinator: NEMOTO Kei) This three-year joint project pursues the topic of integrated historical understanding of the Japanese military occupation in Burma (1942-45). The members of the project deal with9
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