【2024/3/14】The following Emotion socialization collection has been published in Scientifc Reportshttps://www.nature.com/collections/facfeicdifAmong CCI members, Takada was involved in the editorial work as one of the co-editors. Below is an overview of this collection.Takada, A. & Dan-Glauser, E. (2024). Decoding the complexities of emotion socialization: cultures, individual features and shared information. Scientific Reports 14, 3536 (2024).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52885-9
Eating and Living: A Case Study of People in Botswana (tentative title) 【Date】15th January 2024 (Mon)【Time】15:00 – 17:00【Venue】Kyoto University, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Large-sized meeting room.No reservation is required for participating in the Seminar. 【Schedule】15:00-15:15 Introduction Akira Takada ( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies professor)15:15-16:30 Ms. Leepile Tebogo Thandie 16:30-16:40 commentator：Ms. Junko Watanabe（Minami Kyushu University） Details will be announced as soon as we are finalized. 【Notes】 * The talk is given in English, and no translation will be provided. *No reservation is required for participating in the Colloquium. The Colloquium of Ecological future making of childrearing is a serial seminar that was set up in […]
Diversity within diversity: a description of Tshaasi 【Date】9th January 2024 (Tue)【Time】15:00 – 17:00【Venue】Kyoto University, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), 318.No reservation is required for participating in the Seminar. 【Schedule】15:00-15:15 Introduction Akira Takada ( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies professor)15:15-17:00 Saeed Radawi (Humboldt university Berlin)Title: “Diversity within diversity: a description of Tshaasi”abstract： Tshaasi, the easternmost variety of Taa (Naumann 2014), is the least studied dialect group of the language complex. The aim of my doctoral project is to fill this gap and to provide a description of Tshaasi with particular reference to language contact.[nishiki_pro_br display=”desktop”]In my talk, I will outline the main questions to be addressed in […]
116th KUASS “Survival Strategies of Migrants and Internal Displaced Populations in Cameroon: Between Social Protection and Entrepreneurship Responses”(Prof.Dr Antoine Socpa) 【Date】Thursday, November 30, 2023【Time】15:00 – 17:00【Venue】Kyoto University, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building, 3F 318No reservation is required for participating in the Seminar.
Akira Takada (Professor, Kyoto University) made a poster presentation at the 5th meeting of “multi-hierarchical network research unit” on November 8, 2023. The title of the poster is “Individual 4: Effects of natural environment, group composition, and genetic traits on social activities of Japanese macaques and chimpanzees”.
Akira Takada (Professor, Kyoto University) participated in the round table at the 54th Annual Conference of the Japan Music Education Society in Hirosaki
【2023/10/06】The following book was published<https://www.hituzi.co.jp/hituzibooks/ISBN978-4-8234-1049-9.htm>Among the CCI members, Takada (Editor; pp.3-34, 189-213)， Ochs (pp.37-72)， Burdelski (pp.237-265) contributed to the book． Cook-Minegishi, H. & Takada, A. (eds.). (2023). Japanese handbook of language socialization. Tokyo: Hitsuji shobo.
Date：2023/10/6, 12:00～13:45Venue：Kyoto University, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), 301Title :「hazukashii」Presenter: Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor, Akira Takada
We will have public lectures at The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University from October 2023 to February 2024. All courses will be conducted in Japanese.
The following obituary was published.<https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8322.12817>． We pray for the repose of the soul of Alan Barnard, who was also a Japanophile.Widlok, T., & Takada, A. (2023). Obituary: Alan Barnard (1949-2022). Anthropology Today, 39(3), 26.
Co-construction of Habitus and Habitat in Namibia 【Date】28th July 2023 (Friday)【Time】14:00 – 17:00【Venue】#Large-sized meeting room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University 【Schedule】14:00-14:10 Introduction Akira Takada (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University)14:10-15:30 Ms. Velina Ninkova（Development Studies, Department of International Studies and Interpreting, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University） Title： “Education has made me lazy”: Reflections on the education challenges for the Omaheke Ju|’hoansi, Namibia 15:30-15:40 Short Break 15:40-17:00 Mr. Simon Hangula Hangula（Ministry of Environment Forestry and Tourism, Namibia） Title： The African ecological mechanisms of landscape formation: Application of remote sensing and GIS 【Notes】 *No reservation is required for participating in the Colloquium. * Admission-free.
Among CCI members, Burdelski (Chapter 6) and Takada (Chapter 21) contributed chapters. Church, A. & Bateman, A. (eds.)(2022) Talking with children: A handbook for early childhood education. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
It’s a compilation of the results of Takada’s (CCI representative) field research mainly in Namibia over many years.Takada, A. (2022). Theorizing child-rearing in hunter-gatherer societies: Child socialization and caregiving behaviors among the !Xun San. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press. (in Japanese)
It’s a substantially revised edition of “Narratives on San ethnicity” (Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press, 2015). Takada, A. (2022). Hunters among farmers: The !Xun of Ekoka. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press.
Mr. Simon Hangula Hangula from Niigata Univ. and Dr.Yuichiro Fujioka from Kyushu Univ. gave the talk in hybrid style. The title of Simon’s talk was ”The application of remote sensing to monitor forest degradation due to human activities in the buffer zones around national parks in Namibia.” The title of Yuichiro’s talk was ”Formation of Agro-Landscape in North-Central Namibia: Examining the Functions of Human Activities.” Thank you for join us.
Dr. Kayoko Tsuji gave the online talk. The title of the talk is “Kyoto City Women’s ”Hull” Honorifics-Transformation from Honorifics- .” Thank you for join us.
Dr. Maho Isono gave the hybrid style talk. The title of the talk was “A sense of risk and the human perspective and ethics that support it.” Thank you for join us.
<https://journals.openedition.org/tc/16054>. Among the CCI members, Takada contributed as one of the editors and authors (pp.10-23, 56-69). Joulian, F., Shimada, M., Takada, A., & Tian, X. (Eds.). (2021). Waza, l’art ineffable de l’apprentissage. Techniques & Culture, 76, 1-253.
Dr. Federico Rossano gave the online talk. The title of the his talk was ”The emergence of property concerns.” Thank you for join us.
Dr. Federico Rossano from UCSD and Dr. Anne White from UCSD gave the online talk. The title of the talk of Dr. Anne White was “Deflecting, noticing and correcting: Navigating delicate topics in patient visits”, and title of Dr. Federico Rossano was “Interacting like a human being: On calibrating requests.” Thank you for join us.
<https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030769239>. Among the CCI members, Takada & Miyake (pp.245-266) contributed chapters. Steinforth, A. S. & Klocke-Daffa, S. (eds.)(2021) Challenging authorities: Ethnographies of legitimacy and power in eastern and southern Africa. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Yamada, S., Takada, A., & Kessi, S. (Eds.). (2021). Knowledge, education, and social structure in Africa. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG <https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/knowledge-education-and-social-structure-in-africa> Among the CCI members, Takada (Introduction, Chapter 2) contributed as an editor and author.
In the Zoom symposium of the MC research group <http://rcsp.main.jp/mc/diary7.html>, a joint review session of “Anthropology of interaction: Places where “mind” meets “culture”” was held.
The book review of “Anthropology of interaction: Places where “mind” meets “culture”” was published in Journal of African Studies, 98, 56-60.
The book review of “Narratives on San ethnicity: The cultural and ecological foundations of lifeworld among the !Xun of north-central Namibia” was published in Journal of Southern African Studies, 45(2)<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03057070.2019.1579975?journalCode=cjss20>. In addition, based on the book review, a discussion seminar was held at the following webinar.The Webinar Series of Kalahari Basin Area Network. 19th November 2020.
The book review of “Anthropology of interaction: Places where “mind”meets “culture”” was published in Japanese Journal of Social Psychology,35(3) <DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14966/jssp.B3505>.
The following talk was given in a webinar series. Takada, A. (2020). The use of demonstratives and gestures in the wayfinding practices of the G|ui/G||ana. Paper presented at the Webinar Series of Kalahari Basin Area Network. 27th August 2020.
Takada, A. (2020). The ecology of playful childhood: Caregiver-childinteractions among the San of southern Africa.New York: Palgrave Macmillan.<https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030494384>
The following webinar symposium was held. “Language, cognition, and interaction 8”Organizer: Yasuharu Den (Chiba University) Talk 1. Reference in conversation; Tuyoshi Ono (University of Alberta) Invited talk 1: Theory of puppet grammar: A social virus parasitic in human creativity; Masato Yoshikawa (Keio University) Invited talk 2: Language socialization and cultural formation of “responsibility” in Japan; Akira Takada (Kyoto Universtiy) Talk 2: Interactional functions and prosodic variations of responsive expressions: A case study of English “really”; Daisuke Yokomori (Kyushu University)
Imagawa, K. (ed.)(2020) Why do we have music? Interdisciplinaryexploration to musicality. Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomo Sha Corp. (in Japanese)<https://www.ongakunotomo.co.jp/catalog/detail_sp.php?code=139100>Among the CCI members, Takada (pp.88-100) contributed a chapter.
<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00437/full> Among the CCI members, Takada (pp.82-95) and Cekaite (pp.7-25 co-authored with Andrén; pp.114-132 co-authored with Ekström) contributed chapters.Demuth, C., Raudaskoski, P., & Raudaskoski, S. (Eds.)(2020). Lived culture and psychology: Sharedness and normativity as discursive, embodied and affective engagements with the world in social interaction. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA.doi: 10.3389/978-2-88963-690-7
Takada, A. (2020). Deepening the engagement with the environment: Acase study of wayfinding practices among the G|ui/G||ana. JapaneseJournal of Cultural Anthropology, 84(4), 443-462. (in Japanese)
The 5th Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition was available to watch online with the handout until May 8, 2020 (finished). This time Professor Peg Barratt at the George Washington University gave us a talk. The Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition is set up for exploring into the process that children develop intersubjectivity through the recognition from caregivers. We thus invite distinguished scholars, who are promoting relevant studies to our research questions, and share their works and wisdom. ■5th Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition “Cultural and theoretical perspectives on parenting” Peg Barratt (Professor of Psychology, The George Washington University) 【Notes】 * The talk is given […]
The following book (Japanese translation) was published from Shumpusha Publishing. Hewlett, B. L. (Author), Hattori, S., Oishi, T., and Toda, M. (Trans.), Listen, here is a story: Ethnographic life narratives from Aka and Ngandu women of the Congo Basin. Yokohama: Shumpusha Publishing. (in Japanese) <http://www.shumpu.com/portfolio/762/> From CCI members, Mikako Toda (translator) and Akira Takada (commentary) contributed to the Japanese translation of this book.
The book review of “Anthropology of interaction: Places where “mind” meets “culture”” was published in the Japanese Journal of Language in Society, 22(2) <http://www.jass.ne.jp/another/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/158d2dd0b5f81394733393612437f828-1.pdf>.
The 5th Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition will be recorded and streamed online. This time Professor Peg Barratt from the George Washington University will give us a talk. The Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition is set up for exploring into the process that children develop intersubjectivity through the recognition from caregivers. We thus invite distinguished scholars, who are promoting relevant studies to our research questions, and share their works and wisdom. ■5th Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition “Cultural and theoretical perspectives on parenting” Peg Barratt (Professor of Psychology, The George Washington University) 【Notes】 * The talk is given in English, no translation will be […]
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Lives-Anthropologists-Lessons-Field-ebook/dp/B0821SP935 Among the CCI members, Takada (pp.204-217) contributed a chapter. Hewlett, B. L. (Ed.)(2019) The Secret Lives of Anthropologists: Lessons from the Field. New York: Routledge.
<http://www.rinsen.com/linkbooks/ISBN978-4-653-04387-4.htm>.Among the CCI members, Takada (pp.276-303) contributed a chapter.Sugishima, T. (Ed.)(2019) Anthropology of communicative ontology.Kyoto: Rinsenshoten. (in Japanese)
https://www.koeppe.de/titel_linguistics-across-africa Among the CCI members, Takada (pp.335-348) and Widlok (pp.349-362) contributed chapters. Beyer, K., Boden, G., Koehler, B., & Zoch, U. (Eds.)(2019) Linguistics across Africa: Festschrift for Rainer Vossen. Cologne, Germany: Ruediger Koeppe Verlag Koeln.
Takada, A. & Kawashima, M. (2019). Caregivers’ strategies for eliciting storytelling from toddlers in Japanese caregiver-child picture-book reading activities. Research on Children and Social Interaction, 3(1-2), 196-223. DOI: 10.1558/rcsi.37287
Takada, A. (2019). Socialization practices regarding shame in Japanese caregiver-child interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1545. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01545
The following event was held as the pre-congress of 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science “Who sings lullabies: making a baby sleep and sleeping of baby” 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan, 5th July 2019. 1. Short concert of lullabies Song: Midori Sakai (soprano) Piano: Shinichi Kotaka 2. Symposium Presentation: Koichi Negayama (Waseda University) Presentation: Akira Takada (Kyoto University) Discussant: Yoko Shimura (Saitama University / Doshisha University) Facilitator: Kyoko Imagawa (University of the Sacred Heart)
The 9th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation was held at #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University on 7th (Tuesday) May, 2019. This time Professor Wim M.J. van Binsbergen from African Studies Centre Leiden, the Netherlands gave us a talk. 9th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation 【Date】 7th May 2019 (Tuesday) 14:00-15:40 (Reception will open on 13:40) 【Venue】 #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/access 【Schedule】 14:00-14:10 Introduction Akira Takada (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University) 14:10-15:10 Researching Power and Identity in African State Formation: Retrospect and Prospect Wim M.J. van Binsbergen (Emeritus Professor, Erasmus University […]
The following book was published from Sekaishisosha. Matsumura, K., Nakagawa, O., & Ishii, M. (eds.)(2019) Thinking strategies of cultural anthropology. Kyoto: Sekaishisousha (in Japanese) <http://sekaishisosha.jp/book/b449100.html> The following chapter is contributed to this book by a CCI member. Takada, A. (forthcoming). Child and adult: Where do we come from? Where are we going? In K. Matsumura, O. Nakagawa, & M. Ishii (eds.), Thinking strategies of cultural anthropology. Kyoto: Sekaishisosha, pp.140-151. (in Japanese)
The following lecture was given at Aalborg University, Denmark Takada, A. (2019). Socialization practices regarding shame (hazukashii) in Japanese caregiver-child interactions. Paper presented at Series of guest lectures in psychology, Center for Developmental & Applied Psychological Science, Aalborg University, Denmark, 7th March 2019. <https://www.kommunikation.aau.dk/arrangementer/arrangement/socialization-practices-regarding-shame–hazukashii–in-japanese-caregiver-child-interactions.cid390950>
The following book was published. CCI member, A. Takada gave a commentary to Ch.4. Negayama, K., Toyama, N., & Miyauchi, H.(eds.), Shared childrearing: Learning about allomothering from the case of Tarama Island, Okinawa. Tokyo: Kanekoshobo. (in Japanese) <https://honto.jp/netstore/pd-book_29361934.html>
The following book was published. Takada, A. (2019). Anthropology of interaction: Places where “mind” meets “culture”. Tokyo: Shinyosha. (in Japanese) <https://www.hanmoto.com/bd/isbn/9784788516076>
The following paper was published. It is based on the panel discussion surrounding professor Stephen C. Levinson for 20th anniversary of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences held in March 2018. Takada, A., Katagiri, Y., & Kataoka, K. (2018). Comments on “Interactional foundations of language: The interaction engine hypothesis”: Perspectives from related fields and disciplines. The Japanese Journal of Language in Society, 21(1), 407-420. (in Japanese)
The 4th Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition will be held at Middle-Size Meeting Room, the third floor, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building, Kyoto University on 18th (Tuesday) December 2018. This time Prof. David Lancy, from Utah state University, the US, will give us a talk. David is worldly famous as a leading scholar of the Anthropology of childhood, and authored “The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings” (Cambridge University Press 2015, 2nd ed.). This is an admission-free seminar. The Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition is set up for exploring into the process that children develop intersubjectivity through the recognition from caregivers. We thus invite distinguished scholars, who […]
The following talk was given at Paris, France Takada, A. (2018). Folk knowledge and wayfinding practices among the San of the Central Kalahari. A paper presented at Kyoto-EHESS International Symposium 2019: Contribution of Area Studies to Global Challenges in Africa. BULAC, Paris, France, 4th December 2018.
The following panel was held at San Jose, the USA Crying, caregiving and embodied organization of emotion socialization: A tribute to the lifework of M. H. Goodwin. Panel held at the 117th Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, San Jose, CA, November 17th, 2018. Program, p.305. Organizers: Asta Cekaite (Linkoping University), and Matthew Burdelski (Osaka University) Chair: Akira Takada (Kyoto University) Presenter: Lourdes de Leon (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social), Akira Takada (Kyoto University), Ekaterina Moore (University of Southern California), Asta Cekaite (Linköping University), Matthew Burdelski (Osaka University), Amy Kyratzis (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Jacqueline Kemp (University of California, Santa Barbara) Discussant: Marjorie Goodwin […]
The following talks were given at London, UK Takada, A. (2018). How the !Xun soothe and amuse infants? Paper presented at the Research Workshop “Musilanguage in the cradle of different cultures”, School of Science & Technology, Middlesex University London, London, UK, 18th October 2018. Takada, A. (2018). Musicality of infant directed communication among the San of southern Africa. Paper presented at the Research Workshop “Musilanguage in the cradle of different cultures”, School of Science & Technology, Middlesex University London, London, UK, 18th October 2018.
The following talk was given at London, UK Takada, A. (2018). Environmental perception and wayfinding practices among the San of the Central Kalahari. Paper presented at the Social Anthropology Seminar Series, UCL Anthropology, University College London, London, UK, 17th October 2018.
The following symposium was held at Keio University, Japan Biological foundation of education: Evolution or culture, at 60th Annual meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology, Hiyoshi campus, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan, 17th September 2018. Facilitator: Ando, Juko (Keio University) Presentation: Myowa, Masako (Kyoto University) Presentation: Hashiya, Kazuhide (Kyushu University) Presentation: Kamei, Nobutaka (Aichi Prefectural University) Presentation: Nakao, Hisashi (Nanzan University) Discussant: Hasegawa, Mariko (Graduate University for Advanced Studies) Discussant: Takada, Akira (Kyoto University)
The following book was published. CCI member, A. Takada contributed an article (Ch.9) to it. Nyamnjoh, F. B. (ed.)(2018) Eating and being eaten: Cannibalism as food for thought. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG
The 8th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation will be held at #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University on 17th (Tuesday) July 2018. This time Prof. Maitseo Bolaane from Department of History, University of Botswana and Ms. Dineo Peke, a PhD candidate will give us a talk. This is an admission-free seminar. Researvation is not required for participating in it. We are looking forward to seeing you there! 8th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation 【Date】 17th July 2018 (Tuesday) 15:00-17:00 (Reception will open on 14:30) 【Venue】 #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/access 【Schedule】 15:00-15:10 […]
I am pleased to inform you that the 7th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation will be held at #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University on 29th (Friday) June 2018. This time Dr. Mattia Fumanti from Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews will give us a talk. This is an admission-free seminar. Researvation is not required for participating in it. We are looking forward to seeing you there! 7th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation 【Date】 29th June 2018 (Friday) 15:00-17:00 (Reception will open on 14:30) 【Venue】 #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/access 【Schedule】 15:00-15:10 Introduction Akira Takada […]
The following book got the 2018 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award of American Psychological Association. M. Myowa, co-representative of Child Development Research Group, Kyoto University and A. Takada, the PI of CCI co-authored Chapters 3 and 4, and Chapters 6 and 14, respectively. Keller, H. & Bard, K. A. (eds.)(2017) The cultural nature of attachment: Contextualizing relationships and development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Talks Nyambe, S., Yamauchi, T.(2021). Factors impacting the peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene ecosystem in Lusaka, Zambia. Online Workshop Discourse on Cultural Diversity: Beyond Archaeology and Anthropology. Sai, A., Furqan A., R., Ushijima, K., Hamidah, U., Ikemi, M., H., Sintawardani, W. N., & Yamauchi, T. (2020). Physical and mental health of sanitation workers in an urban slum of Indonesia: Personal hygiene and the construction of self-esteem in waste-handling. . Li, C. M., Harada, H., Tsurumi, M., Fujii, S., Nyambe, I., Chirwa., Yamauchi, T. (2020). Association of fecal contamination and WASH conditions in a Zambian peri urban community. Dinala, H., Nyambe, S., Yamauchi, T. (2020). Assessment of Sanitation, Hygiene and Health […]
Academic Articles Burdelski, M. & Cekaite, A. (2021). Control touch in caregiver-child interaction: Embodied organization in triadic mediation of peer conflict. In A. Cekaite & L. Mondada (Eds.), Touch in social interaction: Touch, language, and body. Routledge (pp.103-123). Toda, M. (2021). No longer oppose or coexist: 40 years of trans-border business and the state in the Republic of the Congo. In T. Ochiai, & M. Hirano-Nomoto (Eds.), People, predicaments and potentials in Africa. Langaa RPCID (pp.35-54). Yamada, S., Takada, A., & Kessi, S. (Eds.). (2021). Knowledge, education, and social structure in Africa. Langaa RPCIG. Burdelski, M. J. & Howard K. M. (Eds.) (2020). Language socialization in classrooms: Culture, interaction and […]
Journal Articles Leepile, T. T., Mokomo, K., Bolaane, M. M. M., Andrew, J. D., Takada, A., Black, J. L., Jovel, E., and Karakochuk, C. D. (2021). Anemia prevalence and anthropometric status of indigenous women and young children in rural Botswana: The San people. Nutrients 2021: 13(4), 1105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041105. Takada, A. (2020). Deepening the engagement with the environment: A case study of wayfinding practices among the G|ui/G||ana. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology: 20(2), 299-305. Miki, T., Nishigami, T., Takebayashi, T., & Yamauchi, T. (2020). Association between central sensitization syndrome and psychological factors in people with presurgical low back pain: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2020.03.017. Mitsunaga, A., […]
The 3rd Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition will be held at room 318, third floor, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building, Kyoto University on 27th (Friday) April 2018. This time we invite Dr. BLIN Raoul from CNRS and CRLAO (Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l’Asie Orientale), Dr. Hiroko Norimatsu from Toulouse Jean Jaurès Universite and CLLE-LTC (Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie) as the speakers. This is an admission-free seminar. Reservation is not required for participating in it. We are looking forward to seeing you there! The Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition is set up for exploring into the process that children develop intersubjectivity through the recognition from caregivers. We […]
The joint seminar of “Seminar on Developmental Science, Kyoto University” and “2nd Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition” 【Date】 2nd April 2018 (Monday) 13:30-15:30 (The reception will open on 13:00) 【Venue】 #4 lecture room, 2nd Floor, New Building of Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University (Between No.5 and No.8 in the map) https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/documents/main_j.pdf 13:30-13:40 Introduction 13:40-15:00 Musilanguage in the cradle: Musical interactions across cultures and language development in infancy Fabia Franco (PhD), Middlesex University, London UK Abstract: The contribution of music to the development of communication and language has only recently come to the attention of scientific investigation. In this talk I will argue that in an […]
The following book was published. CCI members Ch.3(Burdelski), Ch.4(Cekaite), Ch.33(Morita), and Ch.42(Takada) contributed articles to it. Favareau, D. (ed.)(2018) Co-operative Engagements in Intertwined Semiosis: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodwin. Tartu: The University of Tartu Press.
The following book translation was published. CCI members (Ch.4[Takada], and Ch.14[Shimada]) participated in the translation too. S. Malloch and C. Trevarthen(eds.), K. Negayama, K. Imagawa, S. Kabaya, Y. Shimura, E. Haneishi, & S. Maruyama (Supervisor of translation), Communicative musicality: Exploring the basis of human companionship. Tokyo: Ongaku No Tomo Sha Corp (pp.43-58).
Announcement of the joint seminar of “Seminar on Developmental Science, Kyoto University” and “2nd Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition” It is a pleasure to inform you that we will organize the following joint seminar of “Seminar on Developmental Science, Kyoto University”and “2nd Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition”.This time, we will have Dr. Fabia Franco from Middlesex University, London UK as the guest speaker. She will give us a talk about musical interactions and language development in infancy across cultures. The Seminar is admission-free and no reservation is required to participate in it. Please join in us. (*The talk is given in English, and no translation […]
1st Seminar on the Development of Intersubjective Recognition 【Date】 14th (Wednesday) March 2018 【Venue】 Middle Size Conference room, third floor, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building, Kyoto University 【Schedule】 13:00-13:10 Introduction Akira Takada (Kyoto University) 13:10-14:10 Linguistic devices for indexing gestures in Arta (Philippines): “(u)wa” ‘what-cha-ma-call-it’ as a placeholder and beyond Yukinori Kimoto（Nagoya University, PD） 14:10-15:10 The progression from teacher-led to co-created activities for preschoolers Chie Fukada（Kyoto Institute of Technology） 15:10-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-16:30 Infant’s pointing and participation framework（tentative） Tomoko Endo（Seikei University） 16:30-17:30 Caregiver’s strategies for eliciting young children’s storytelling Akira Takada (Kyoto University) & Michie Kawashima（Kansai Gaidai University） 17:30-18:00 General discussion […]
Takada, A. (ed.). (2018). Special Issue: Reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world. African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, 54, 1-189.
Takada, A. (2018). On the “Interaction Engine Hypothesis”:Commentaries from Linguistic Anthropological Perspective. Paper presented at the panel discussion for 20th anniversary, the 41st meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 10th-11th March 2018 (10th March). Abstracts, pp.264-268. (Invited Speaker) (in Japanese)
11th Seminar of Reconstructing the Paradigm of African Area Studies (Co-organized by 6th Colloquium of Natural History of Landscape Formation) <Date> 5th March 2018 (Monday) 15:00-17:00 (Reception will open on 14:30) <Venue> Middle conference room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University https://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/access <Schedule> 15:00-15:10 Introduction Akira Takada (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University) 15:10-16:30 Framing Future Africa: A report on new collaborative research in the programme “Future rural Africa: future-making and social-ecological transformation” Thomas Widlok（University of Cologne） Abstract: This presentation provides a short summary of a new collaborative research center (CRC) that has recently been launched at the University of Cologne (https://www.crc228.de/) and it […]
10th Seminar of Reconstructing the Paradigm of African Area Studies <Date> 19th February 2018 (Monday) 17:00-19:00 (Reception will open on 16:30) <Venue> #318, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University https://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/access <Schedule> 17:00-17:10 Introduction Akira Takada (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University) 17:10-18:30 Violence and Governance in Guerrilla War Zoe Marks（University of Edinburgh） Abstract: Guerrilla war requires careful coordination between rebels and thelocal population. Yet, many groups fighting for liberation and ‘power to the people’ also attack and oppress the people. This paper examineswhy insurgents use violence against those whose support they seek. Ibegin by explaining how violence and governance are intimately connected […]
The following lecture was given at Osaka University, Japan Takada, A. (2018). An anthropological approach to the study of caregiver-child interactions: Analysis of sleep, breastfeeding, and gymnastic exercise among the !Xun of north-central Namibia. A paper presented at the 4th round of the serial seminar in AY2017 at the Center for Research on the Mechanism of Molecular Control System of Child Mind, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 9th January 2018. (in Japanese)
The following paper was published from Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Morelli, G. A., Quinn, N., Chaudhary, N., Vicedo, M., Rosabal-Coto, M., Keller, H., Murray, M., Gottlieb, A., Scheidecker, G., & Takada, A. (2018). Ethical Challenges of Parenting Interventions in Low- to Middle-income Countries. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(1), 5-24. DOI: 10.1177/0022022117746241
International Symposium France-Japan Area Studies Forum , 1st-3rd December 2017 >Details (Official Web Site)
The following book was published from the MIT Press. Keller, H. & Bard, K. A. (eds.)(2017). The cultural nature of attachment: Contextualizing relationships and development. Struengmann Forum Reports, vol. 22, J. R. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cultural-nature-attachment> The following chapter is contributed to this book by a CCI member. Morelli, G. A., Chaudhary, N., Gottlieb, A., Keller, H., Murray, M., Quinn, N., Rosabal-Coto, M., Scheidecker, G., Takada, A., & Vicedo, M. (2017). Taking culture seriously: A pluralistic approach to attachment. In H. Keller and K. A. Bard (Eds.), The cultural nature of attachment: Contextualizing relationships and development. Struengmann Forum Reports, vol. 22, J. R. Lupp, series editor. […]
The following lecture was given at Yamagata, Japan Takada, A. (2017). Natural history of childrearing: A study of caregiver-child interactions among the !Xun of north-central Namibia. A special lecture presented at the 106th regional meeting of the Japan Pediatric Society in Yamagata prefecture, Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan, 26th August 2017. Program and abstracts, p.5. <http://minfo2.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp/Ped/congress.html>
The following article is found to be among the top 25% most cited PLOS ONE articles published in 2016. Senzaki, S., Masuda, T., Takada, A., and Okada, H. (2016). The communication of culturally dominant modes of attention from parents to children: A comparison of Canadian and Japanese parent child conversations during a joint scene description task. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147199.
【2017/07/28】The following paper was published. Lee, H., Nand, K., Shimizu, Y., Takada, A., Kodama, M., & Masuda, T. (2017). Culture and emotion perception: Comparing Canadian and Japanese children’s and parents’ context sensitivity. Culture and Brain. DOI: 10.1007/s40167-017-0052-0
Dr. Akira Takada, the Principal Investigator of CCI research group got the Daido Life Foundation Incentive Award for Area Studies <http://www.daido-life-fd.or.jp/business/presentation/encouragementaward/4961>
The following panel discussion was held at the University of Cologne, Germany Takada, A. (2017). Panel discussant of Roundtable 1: De-centering Europe: Not only from the South but also from the East and from the North (together with F., Widlok, T., Krause, F., Ventsel, A., Gray, P., Drazkiewicz, & E., Wemheuer). The GSSC conference “The Global South on the Move: Transforming Capitalism, knowledge and ecologies”. The University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 7-9 June 2017(June 7th). The conference program, p.11.
The following talk was given at Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands Takada, A. (2017). Language Socialization among the San: Reconsidering Infant Directed Speech. Paper presented at “Language Socialisation in trilingual communities in Africa and beyond: Brainstorming Workshop”. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, 7-11 June 2017(June 10th).
The following book was published from University of Tokyo Press. Ikeya, K. (ed.), Environmental history of the earth from the perspective of hunter-gatherers: Co-existence with the nature and neighboring civilizations. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese) <http://www.utp.or.jp/bd/978-4-13-060317-1.html> The following chapter is contributed to this book by a CCI member. Takada, A. (2017). Sedentarization/Christianization of the San in South-West Africa (Namibia). In K. Ikeya (Ed.), Environmental history of the earth from the perspective of hunter-gatherers: Co-existence with the nature and neighboring civilizations. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, pp.203-216. (in Japanese)
The following presentation was made at Cederberg, South Africa Takada, A. (2017). Reconsidering regional structural comparison. Paper presented at the 6th Riezlern Symposium. Cederberg, South Africa, March 25-28 (27th March 2017).
The following lecture was given at EHESS, Marseille, France Takada, A. (2017). Environmental perception and wayfinding practices in the Central Kalahari. Paper presented at the “Evolutionnary Anthropology” seminar, EHESS, Marseille, France, 20th March 2017. <http://ffj.ehess.fr/upload/Actualites/Events/2017/TAKADA_2017.pdf>
The following lecture was given at Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès, France Takada, A. (2017). Participation in rhythm: !Xun socialization through singing and dancing activities. Paper presented at Séminaire spécial du CLLE-LTC, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France, 15th March 2017. <http://clle.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil/agenda/participation-in-rhythm-xun-socialization-through-singing-and-dancing-activities-490447.kjsp?RH=1463575316422>
The following lecture was given at EHESS, Paris, France Takada, A. (2017). Kyoto School of Ecological Anthropology. Paper presented at the course of Atelier ouvert des Cahiers d’Etudes Africaines, EHESS, Paris, France, 11th March 2017. <https://www.ehess.fr/fr/professeur-invit%C3%A9/takada>
being participated in the following panel discussion in New Orleans, USA Takada, A. (2017). Panelist of conversation hour, “Fieldwork and Family”, at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), Hampton Inn Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 1-4th (March 3rd). <http://mysccr.org/2017-program/>
The following lecture was given at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France Takada, A. (2017). Practices of early cultural learning: Responsibility formation in caregiver-infant interaction among the G|ui/G||ana of Botswana. Paper presented at Laboratoire Ethologie, Cognition, Développement, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France, 24th February 2017. <https://www.ehess.fr/fr/professeur-invit%C3%A9/takada>
The following lecture was given at EHESS, Paris, France Takada, A. (2017). The cultural and ecological foundations of ethnicity among the !Xun of North-central Namibia. Paper presented at Comprendre les relations Afrique-Asie: espace transversal de recherches et d’enseignement (CRAA-ETRE), EHESS, Paris, France, 21st February 2017. <https://www.ehess.fr/fr/professeur-invit%C3%A9/takada>
The following lecture was given at Linkoeping University, Sweden. Takada, A. (2017). Participation in rhythm: Peer group interactions among the !Xun San of Namibia. Paper presented at Paper presented at Tema Barn Higher seminar spring 2017. Linkoeping University, Sweden, 14th February 2017. <https://www.tema.liu.se/tema-b/seminarier/gaster-pa-tema-barn?l=en>
Takada, A. (2017). Re-enacting Birth: Resettlement policy and the ritualistic treatment of abnormal birth in Botswana. Anthropology of giving birth/making a family: An invitation to alternatives. Tokyo:Bensey Publishing Inc, pp.185-209. <http://bensei.jp/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=2&products_id=100698>
Terashima, H. & Hewlett, B. S. (Eds.), Social learning and innovation in contemporary hunter-gatherers: Evolutionary and ethnographic perspectives. Tokyo:Springer<http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-4-431-55997-9> This book includes the following papers written by CCI members. “Transmission of Body Decoration Among the Baka Hunter-Gatherers” by Yujie Peng (pp.83-93). “Education and learning during social situations among the Central Kalahari San” by Akira Takada (pp.97-111). “High Motivation and Low Gain: Food Procurement from Rainforest Foraging by Baka Hunter-Gatherer Children” by Izumi Hagino & Taro Yamauchi (pp.135-144). “Play, Music, and Taboo in the Reproduction of an Egalitarian Society” by Jerome Lewis (pp.147-158). “Variations in Shape, Local Classification, and the Establishment of a Chaîne Opératoire for Pot Making Among Female Potters […]
Bateman, A. & Church, A. (Eds.), Children’s knowledge-in-interaction: Studies in conversation analysis. Springer.<http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-1703-2> This book includes the following papers written by CCI members. “Relating with an Unborn Baby: Expectant Mothers Socializing Their Toddlers in Japanese Families” by Akira Takada & Michie Kawashima (pp.211-229). “Young Children’s Initial Assessments in Japanese” by Matthew Burdelski & Emi Morita (pp.231-255).
Lovis, W. & Whallon, R. (eds.) (2016). Marking the Land: Hunter-gatherer creation of meaning in their environment. New York: Routledge. More information: Amazon.com. This book includes the following paper written by CCI member. Takada, A. (2016). Unfolding cultural meanings: Wayfinding practices among the San of the Central Kalahari. In W. Lovis & R. Whallon(Eds.), Marking the Land: Hunter-gatherer creation of meaning in their environment. New York: Routledge, pp.180-200.
Takada, A. (ed.) (2016). Natural History of Communication among the Central Kalahari San. African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue, 52, 1-187. <http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/207684.>
Senzaki, S., Masuda, T., Takada, A., and Okada, H. (2016). The communication of culturally dominant modes of attention from parentsto children: A comparison of Canadian and Japanese parent child conversations during a joint scene description task. PLoS ONE 11(1):e0147199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147199.
13th Seminar of Anthropology of Education and Learning was held in Kyoto University on 9th (Friday) October 2015. This time we invited Dr. Sheena Shah <http://www.caldi.uct.ac.za/people/sheena-shah/> from the Centre for African Language Diversity (CALDi), University of Cape Town.
Takada, A. (2015). Comment on “Children as a Reserve Labor Force”, by David F. Lancy. Current Anthropology, 56(4), 562-563. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/679361>
Takada, A., Nyamongo, I., & Teshirogi, K. (eds.)(2014), Special Issue: Exploring African potentials: The dynamics of action, living strategy, and social order in Southern Africa. MILA – A Journal of the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies 12: iii-iv,1-75. <http://www.africapotential.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/exploring-african-potentials-the-dynamics-of-action-living-strategy-and-social-order-in-southern-africa-2.html>
Takada, A. & Endo, T. (2015). Object transfer in request-accept sequence in Japanese caregiver-child interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 82, 52-66. <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pragmatics/> DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2015.03.011
Nakagawa, N. & Watanabe, K. (eds.) (2015). Stimulating Goffman: The sociology of interaction order. Tokyo: Shinyosha. (in Japanese) This book includes the following paper written by CCI member. Takada, A. (2015). Goffman’s craftwork: The legacy in linguistic anthropology. In N. Nakagawa, & K. Watanabe (Eds.), Stimulating Goffman: The sociology of interaction order. Tokyo: Shinyosha, pp.229-255. (in Japanese) More information: Amazon.co.jp
Michinobu, R. (ed.) (2015). Life and nurturing: The influence of contemporary medicine, social welfare and culture on today’s children. Iwanami paperback pocket edition series. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. (in Japanese). This book includes the following paper written by CCI member. Takada, A. (2015). Child rearing in everyday life. In R. Michinobu (Ed.), Life and nurturing: The influence of contemporary medicine, social welfare and culture on today’s children. Iwanami paperback pocket edition series. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, pp.107-119. (in Japanese). More information: Amazon.co.jp
Takada, A. (2014). Features and functions of breastfeeding inhunter-gatherer societies. Newsletter of the Subcommittee ofEvolutionary Anthropology, the Anthropological Society of Nippon, Japan, 23-27 October. (in Japanese) Takada, A. (2014). Comment on “Allomaternal Nursing in Humans”, by Barry S. Hewlett and Steve Winn. Current Anthropology, 55(2), 222.
