“African Potential” and overcoming the difficulties of modern world: comprehensive area studies that will provide a new perspective for the future of humanity | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)

	Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University
Research Fields	I am currently studying social changes in the Gogo society. These people are agro-pastoralists in central Tanzania, east Africa. Specifically, I have been focusing on the contradiction between rapid expansion of farming land caused by a policy for modernized agriculture promotion (land grabbing) and traditional land use systems. I have also considered process of change of the traditional performance of Ngoma, which are popular among the Gogo. I am also interested in regional comparisons of green revolutions (modernization of farming) and the roles of alternative economies such as moral economy and fair trade.
Main Works	Tsuruta, T. 2016 (in print). “Agriculture-pastoralism Complex in Historical Perspective: A Case of Northern and Central Tanzania.” In S. Maghimbi, K. Sugimura & D. Mwamfupe (eds.), Endogenous Development, Moral Economy, and Globalization in Agro-pastoral Communities in Central Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam Press. Tsuruta, T. 2014. “Changing Social Roles of Gogo Sound Culture in Central Tanzania: With Special Reference to the Development of Cultural Troupes.” Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 15: 169-183. Tsuruta, T. 2011. “Africa and Southeast Asia: From the Viewpoint of Comparative Study of Civilization.” In S. Maghimbi, I. N. Kimambo, & K. Sugimura (eds.), Comparative Perspectives on Moral Economy: Africa and Southeast Asia. Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam Press, pp. 91-105. Tsuruta, T. 2008. “Between Moral Economy and Economy of Affection.” In I. N. Kimambo, G. Hyden, S. Maghimbi, & K. Sugimura (eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on African Moral Economy. Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam Press, pp. 35-52.

Tadasu Tsuruta