16forms; and 3) to examine whether African languages are characterized geographically in the relationship between information structures and linguistic forms. To study these themes, the project members have organized a research network. Humboldt University Project leader: Tom Guldemann (Humbolt University) plans to start a new project for an investigation similar to our project. When his project starts, we will conduct our project in cooperation with his.Human Society in Evolutionary Perspectives—Stage 2: “Institution”Project term: April, 2009 – March, 2012Coordinator: KAWAI, KaoriThis project aims at developing theoretical perspectives on the nature of human society, paying due attention to making comparisons along the evolutionary axis between non-human primates and human societies. In this connection, it will contribute to rethinking the extent to which “culture” could plausibly be said to have shaped the formation of characteristically human society. As the second stage of the long-term research project, the focus will be on the “institution”, which follows the rst stage’s focus on “group”. This project is scheduled to run for three years, and workshops will be opened ve times a year. Discussion will be concentrated on the nal theoretical achievement of this project. The project will also prepare for publication of the collection of resulting papers.Studies on ‘Chinese’ as Multiple Imaginations and Dynamic RealitiesProject term: April, 2011 – March, 2014Coordinator: TSUDA, KojiFocusing mainly on East and Southeast Asia, this study investigates from various perspectives how a certain group of people identify themselves as ‘ethnic Chinese’ and how they imagine ‘their world’ and try to establish relationships within it.Needless to say, the idea of ‘being Chinese’ depends on historic contexts in each area of East and Southeast Asia. Also, the circumstances regarding the ‘ethnic Chinese’ is drastically changing with the political changes in each country, especially in Southeast Asia, with the increasing importance of China in the geopolitical power balance, and with the accelerated progression of globalization. Given these situations, this study proposes to examine specic cases from various perspectives to reveal 1) how people with different origins or cultural backgrounds (re)produce ‘memory’ currently, 2) what kind of ‘memory’ they (re)produce, 3) how they imagine and realize the notion of ‘us’ and 4) in what ways their act is recognized as ‘Chinese’ by themselves or other people. Through this study, we discuss the benets and limitations of simply connecting certain social phenomena with the idea of ‘Chineseness’ in academia.‘Single’ and Family: The Anthropological Study of ‘Enishi (Karmic/Relation/Connection)’Project term: April, 2010 – March, 2013Coordinator: SHIINO, WakanaThis research is about the people who are categorized as ‘single’ in the society from the standpoint of socio-cultural anthropology. We will study by paying specic attention to the existence of the ‘single’ and the way of life, by using Enishi, a Japanese word, which means karmic/relation/connection.At that time, we focus on ‘single’ in society and concerned about family and kinship relations, and in addition, on the relationship between ‘single’ and the state which put considerable impact on the individual person.Anthropology of Trans-area Migration in East/Southeast Asia: Culture, Ethnicity and Identity within Cross-marriage/Cross-divorce Network]Project term: April, 2010 – March, 2013Coordinator: ISHII, Kayoko (Nagoya University of Commerce & Business)This research project aims to analyze trans-border marriage migration networks (including divorce migration) within Asian countries, particularly the Asia Pacic area. Hitherto, many anthropological scholars have discussed trans-border migration in the Asia Pacic area, but very few have focused on marriage migration and its network or mechanisms. Even fewer studies have discussed migration by way of divorce. This research group aims to contribute further to migration studies by AnthropologyJoint Research Projects
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