Research Unit on Culture and Society

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Seminar list

[13th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit / 19th Public Workshop: May 26, 2014］
“Ukuringa’-The role of language in negotiating male youth township identity on a south African street corner” Idah Makukule (Public Affairs Research Institute, South Africa, Researcher)
[12th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: January 25, 2014]
“Order and disorder under the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe”
Mayu HAYAKAWA (Osaka University)
[11th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: July 13, 2013]
"On the Eve of Gold Scandal in Uganda: Backroom Political Dealings Revealed in the Documents of Ofumbi family "
Kiyoshi Umeya (Kobe University)
[10th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit / 13th Public Workshop: May 14, 2013]
"Fragmentation, Cooperation and Power: The Institutional Dynamics in Natural Resource Governance in North-western Namibia"
[9th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit / 12th Public Workshop: March 19, 2013]
“The Urban Working Class Dimensions of Zimbabwe’s War Veterans Revolution: New Empirical Evidence from the Informal Sector”
[8th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit / 11th Public Workshop: February 2, 2013]
"Human Rights NGOs and Strategies of Public Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa"
[7th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: October 27, 2012]
"Formidable Neighbors: The 10 Years Files of 40 Households in Nyambene, Kenya"
"Hostile / Alliance Relationships and ‘Effectiveness’ of Witchcraft"
[6th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit / 7th Public Workshop: October 9, 2012]
“Chiefdom in Africa: An institution of the past or for the future?”
Petr Skalník (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
[5th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: July 7, 2012]
"Local Praxis beyond Exclusive Territoriality"
Naoki Naito (The University of Tokushima)
"Various Aspects of ‘Right(s) over the Land’ in Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Daily uses, Historical Ownerships, and Natural Reserve"
Daiji Kimura (Kyoto University)
[4th Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: January 28, 2012]
“Development Process and Conflicts of the Bamileke Chiefdoms”
Misa Hirano (Tenri University)
“Create History, Connect with Others: Techniques to Avoid Conflict Seen in the People of Griqua, South Africa”
Rumi Umino (Meiji Gakuin University)
[3rd Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: October 21, 2011]
“Indigenous Peoples and Civil Societies in Africa” “Maasai Land Conflicts and Civil Society: Local Struggles and a Global Audience”
John Galaty (McGill University)
“Resettlement, Development and Indigenous Peoples’ Movement: Two Cases from San Communities in Southern Africa”
Junko Maruyama (Tsuda College)
[2nd Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: September 23, 2011]
“Introduction of Members and the Prospects of Culture and Society Research Unit”
[1st Meeting of Culture and Society Research Unit: July 29, 2011]
“Peace, Violence and Cross-Cutting Ties among African Pastoral Societies”
“Bad Friends and Good Enemies: Constructions of Peace and Violence in the Samburu-Pokot-Turkana Triad (Northern Kenya)”
Jon D. Holtzman (Western Michigan University)
“The Role of Cross-Cutting Ties in the Cameroon Grassfields”
Michaela Pelican (University of Zurich)