OVERSEAS FIELD RESEARCH PROJECTS The Institute regularly organizes long term field research projects, including both Japanese and non-Japanese participants, which are conducted in Asian and African countries. Past projects over the last five years and those under way at present are listed below: (Year, Project Leader)1. Linguistic and Cultural Anthropological Researches on the Shan Culture Area (1996-98: SHINTANI Tadahiko, L.A.) 2. Historical Study on Socio-Economic Change in Tamilnadu, India (1997: MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa) 3. Machine Readable Dictionaries and Parsers for Indian Languages (1997-99: PERI Bhaskararao )4. Changes of the Communication Systems in the Islamic World (1998-2000: YAJIMA Hikoichi) 5. Transnational Migration in Insular South-east Asia: An Anthropological Study (1998-2000: MIYAZAKI Koji) 6. The Revitalization of Folk Cultures in the Coastal Areas of East Asia: An Anthropological Study (1998-2000: MIO Yuko) 7. Descriptive Study of the Northern Central Bantu Languages (1999-2001: KAGAYA Ryohei)8. Research on Printing and Publishing Asian Characters: For the Basis of their Digitization (1999-2000: MACHIDA Kazuhiko)9. Historical Study on Identity and Islam in Central Asia (1999: SHINMEN Yasushi)10. Formations and Relations of Ethnic Groups in Madagascar (1999: UCHIBORI Motomitsu)11. A Comparative Study in the Perception of Natural Environment among the Aboriginal Societies of Sarawak (2000-01: UCHIBORI Motomitsu)12. A Survey of Basic Vocabularies and Grammars of South Asian Languages (2000-01: PERI Bhaskararao)13. Anthropological Research on Migration in Borneo and Surrounding Area (2001: MIYAZAKI Koji)Toda women in their traditional dressWe see women from the Toda community wearing their traditional dress for a cultural function. (On the cover of this issue you will find details of embrodery of the dress)(Photo by Peri Bhaskararao: July 2001, in Ooty)14
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