Research Achievement : FY2011

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Books

  • Bonimy, S. P. & G. Yamakoshi, 2012. Dictionnaire d’Apprentissage Maawe (Manon)-Francaise: Mots, Dialogues, et Expressions Courantes: African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 44. Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University.
  • Funada-Classen, S. 2012.　The Origins of War in Mozambique: A History of Unity and Division. Ochanomizu Shobo.
  • Tsuda, M. 2012.　The Gap between Recognition and the “Compensation Business”: The Claim against Britain for Compensation by Kenya’s Former Mau Mau Fighters. Discussion Paper, No. 321. Institute of Developing Economies．
  • Simons, S. & E. Kurimoto (eds.) 2011. Engaging Monyomiji: Bridging the Governance Gap in East Bank Equatoria. Pax Christi Horn of Africa, Nairobi.

Papers

  • Ishida, S. 2012.　A confluence of alternatives: The merging of Mennonites and peace projects in Kenya. Senri Ethnological Studies 79: 63-79.
  • Goto, R., G. Yamakoshi & T. Matsuzawa, 2012.　A novel brood-site pollination mutualism? The root holoparasite Thonningia sanguinea (Balanophoraceae) and an inflorescence-feeding fly in the tropical rainforest of West Africa.　Plant Species Biology　(in print)．
  • Oyama, S. 2012. Land rehabilitation methods based on the refuse input: Local practices of Hausa farmers and application of indigenous knowledge in the Sahelian Niger. Pedologist. (in print).
  • Bekele, E. & M. Shigeta, 2011. Phylogenetic relationships between Ensete and Musa species as revealed by the trnT trnF region of CPDNA. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, pp. 259-269．
  • Cross, K. 2011. The potential and limits of the EU’s promotion of post-conflict transitional lustice: A research note based on the analysis of the Aceh Monitoring Mission. International Public Policy Studies Journal 16(1): 279-293.
  • Humle, T., G. Yamakoshi & T. Matsuzawa, 2011. Algae scooping remains a puzzle. In (T. Matsuzawa, T Humle & Y. Sugiyama, eds.) The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, pp. 117-122. Springer, Tokyo.
  • Ogawa, S. 2011. The social space of street trading: With special reference to the reasons of riot. In (Kimambo, Maghimbi & Sugimura, eds.) Comparative Perspectives on Moral Economy: Africa and Southeast Asia, pp. 228-245.
  • Oyama, S. 2011. Ecological knowledge and daily practices of Hausa cultivators for land rehabilitation in Sahelian Niger, West Africa. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the East and Southeastern Asia Federation of Soil Sciences, pp. 189-190.
  • Soga, T. 2011. Refugee life as an extension of pastoral life: Survival strategies of the Gabra Miigo pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. Nilo-Ethiopian Studies 16: 13-27.
  • Takada, A. 2011. Intimate relationships and the environment: Developmental transition of care-giving activities among the !Xun of North-central Namibia. In (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, ed.) Proceedings of the Final International Conference: In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa, pp. 139-148.
  • Takada, A. 2011. Socialization via singing and dancing activities among the San of North-Central Namibia. In (H. Terashima ed.) Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning -Progress Report No.1 of Reseach Team A-02-, pp. 43-48. Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University.
  • Yamada, S. & L. Jing, 2011. Between epistemology and research practices: Emerging research paradigms and the tradition of Japanese comparative education. In (J. C. Weidman & W. J. Jacobs, eds.) Beyond the Comparative: Advancing Theory and Its Application to Practice, pp. 371-393. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam.
  • Yamada, S. 2011. The discourse on Japanese commitment to Africa: The planning process of the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). Journal of Contemporary African Studies 29 (3): 315-330.
  • Yamakoshi, G. 2011. Pestle-pounding behavior: The key to the coexistence of humans and chimpanzees. In (T. Matsuzawa, T. Humle & Y. Sugiyama, eds.) The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, pp. 107-115. Springer, Tokyo.
  • Yamakoshi, G. 2011. The “prehistory” before 1976: Looking back on three decades of research on Bossou chimpanzees. In (T. Matsuzawa, T. Humle, & Y. Sugiyama, eds.) The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, pp. 35-44. Springer, Tokyo.
  • Yamakoshi, M. M. & G. Yamakoshi, 2011. Play behaviors involving the use of objects in young chimpanzees at Bossou. In (T. Matsuzawa, T. Humle & Y. Sugiyama, eds.) The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, pp. 231-240. Springer, Tokyo.
  • Yamamoto, S., G. Yamakoshi, T. Humle & T. Matsuzawa, 2011. Ant-fishing in trees: Invention and modification of a new tool-use behavior. In (T. Matsuzawa, T. Humle & Y. Sugiyama, eds.) The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, pp. 123-130. Springer, Tokyo.

International Meetings

  • Endo, M. 2012. Paradox of Human Security: Collapsed State and Piracy off Somalia. Interdisciplinary Symposium on Human Security. March 29, Chicago, USA.
  • Ishida, S. 2012. Legal Pluralism in Kenya: A Three Dichotomy Analysis. Toward a General Theory of Legal Culture in a Global Context. March 26, London, UK.
  • Takada, A. 2012. Shaping Intimate Relationships: Developmental Transition in Care-giving Activities for Young Children among the !Xun of North-central Namibia. The SCCR Symposium: Social Learning and Gender Relations in Hunter-gatherer Childhood. February 24, Las Vegas, USA.
  • Kimura, D. Diversity of the "Mode of Co-presence": Two Cases from Africa. NII Shonan Meeting, "Multi-activity in Interaction: A Multimodal Perspective on the Complexity of Human Action." February 19, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • Kurimoto, E. 2012 Internal Enemies and a Segmentary State: Political Dynamism of the Pari. Max-Planck-Institut für Ethnologische Forschung Workshop: Interrelated Conflicts in a Northeast Africa Border Region (Azomia 1). February 14, Halle, Germany.
  • Murao, R. 2012. Successful Economy of Self-settled Refugees? Mobility and Flexibility in Rural Zambia. International Symposium "Mobility, Hibridity and the Way to Co-existence: Re-structuring of Daily Life in Rural and Urban African Societies.” February 9, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Soga, T. 2012. Pastoral Identities for Surviving Neoliberal Era. International Symposium on “Indigenous Identity and the Discourse of Indigeneity in the Age of Neo-Liberalism.” January 27, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Sagawa, T. 2011. Relational Networks and Peace-Making in East African Pastoral Society (South Omo). 1st International Forum on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials.” December 3, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Kurimoto, E. 2011. Limits and Possibilities of “African Potentials” in Conflict Resolution and Co-existence: Towards an Endogenous Approach of Peace-building. 1st International Forum on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials.” December 2-4, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Matsuda, M. 2011. Beyond Romanticization of Customary Mechanism of Conflict Resolutions: Notes for Further Discussion. 1st International Forum on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials.” December 2-4, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Ohta, I. 2011. African Potentials, Customary Knowledge and Institutions, and Persistent Face-to-face Interactions. 1st International Forum on Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials.” December 2-4, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Mine, Y. 2011. Multiple Interfaces of Human Security. United Nations University (UNU) Research Workshop: Human Security and Natural Disasters. November 20, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Sagawa, T. 2011. After “Getting Drunk with Kalashnikovs”: Violence and Spontaneous Order in the Kenya-Ethiopia Borderland. The 110th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association. November 17, Montreal, Canada.
  • Soga, T. 2011. Ethnic Conflict and New Ties between Pastoral Groups in Southern Ethiopia. The 110th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 17, Montreal, Canada.
  • Ohta, I. 2011. Individual Amity and Collective Enmity: Social Relationships between the Turkana and Refugees in Kakuma Area, Northwestern Kenya. The 110th Annual Meeting of American Anthropology Association. November 16-20, Montreal, Canada.
  • Oyama, S. 2011. Ecological knowledge and daily practices of Hausa cultivators for land rehabilitation in Sahelian Niger, West Africa. The 10th International Conference of the East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Society.October 10-13, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Mine, Y. 2011. Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa: Project Overview, with a Focus on Institutional Choice. World Bank-JICA Joint Seminar: Conflict, Security, and Development. September 27, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ogawa, S. 2011. Re-globalization through the Trans-border Trading of Used-clothing in East Africa. Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) XI. September 6, Switzerland.
  • Ishida, S. 2011. A Confluence of Alternatives: The Merging of Mennonites and Peace Projects in Kenya. 16th Congress of International Society for Criminology. August 7, Kobe, Japan.
  • Endo, M. 2011. Japan and the World after 3.11. ICWIP Seminar. July 22, Pécs, Hungary.
  • Takahashi, M. 2011. Scarcity and Governance: Overcoming Ethnic Confrontation over Resources in Africa. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa: Policies for Harmonious Development, Institutions and Policies for Harmonious Development in Africa. July15, 2011, Oxford, UK.

Social Engagement

  • Nomoto-Hirano, M. 2012. An Encounter with “Merchants” in Urban Africa. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, July 21, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Sagawa, T. 2012. An Encounter with Issue of War and Peace among African Pastoral Societies. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, June 16, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Oyama, S. 2012. An Encounter with People Who Utilize the Rubbish for Agriculture. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, May 28, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Kaji, S. 2012. An Encounter with “Characters” among Non-Literate Societies in Africa. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, March 17, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Ohta, I. & Y. Ito, 2012. Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution in Africa. Kyoto University to Host Open “Academic Day” for the Public, March 10, Kyoto, Japan
  • Kimura, D. 2012. Life and Culture in African Tropical Rain Forest. A Special Lecture at the Takatsuki Secondary School, February 18, Takatsuki, Japan.
  • Kondo, F. 2012. Wisdom of African Women in Everyday Life. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, February 18, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Shigeta, M. 2012. Encounter with the Miracle Plant of Ensete. Public Lecture Series, The Forefront of African Studies, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, January 21, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Sagawa, T. 2012. War and Peace Analyzed at the Individual Level: Local Conflict among East African Pastoral Societies. The 185th Regular Seminar of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, January 19, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Oyama, S. 2011. A Challenge to the Desertification in West Africa: Substance Circulation between Urban and Rural Areas. A Special Lecture at the Faculty of Human and Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Shudo University, December 22, Hiroshima, Japan.
  • Sagawa, T. 2011. War and Peace at the Regional Level: Conflict Studies inAfrica. A Special Lecture at the Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education, December 22, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Shigeta, M. 2011. What We Can Learn from African Peoples: Rural Life and Children in Ethiopia. A Special Lecture at the Sugi Secondary School in Hirakata, November 9, Hirakata, Japan.
  • Shigeta, M. 2011. African Studies at Kyoto University. A Special Lecture at the Ichinomiya High School in Okayama, October 31, Okayama, Japan.
  • Oyama, S. 2011. Utilizing Urban Rubbish for Vegetation Rehabilitation, and Conflict Resolution between Farmers and Herders. In Commemoration of establishing MOU with the Dogon Doutchi City Council, October 28, Niger.
  • Kaji, S. 2011. Language in Africa. Public Lecture Series, in Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, July 16, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Oyama, S. 2011. Living by Slush-and-Burn Agriculture in Africa. Public Lecture Series, in Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, June 18, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Araki, S. 2011. Living with African Soil. Public Lecture Series, in Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, May 28, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Ohta, I. 2011. Living in African Savanna. Public Lecture Series, in Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, April 16, Kyoto, Japan.