Embodiment of language and restructuring of language environment
Children embody historically and culturally constructed language using a variety of semiotic resources (Goodwin 2000), and as they become familiar with the various levels of language structure, they generate new knowledge and modify that structure.
Research Areas and Issues / Contents
Botswana: Reorganization of “Health” in the context of settlement and agglomeration (Resettlement) / Effectiveness of health education using storytelling
Namibia: Restructuring of “Inter-ethnic Relations” with the revival of traditional authority (Inter-ethnic negotiations) / Analysis of Multilingual Use in Early Childhood Education
Cameroon: Restructuring of “Ecological Knowledge” with the introduction of natural resource management policies (Division of tropical rainforest) / Class work of traditional knowledge and children’s EK acquisition
Core member
- Co-Investigator: Yutaka Nakagawa (Professor, Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
- Co-Investigator: Hirokazu Yasuoka (Associate Professor, ASAFAS, Kyoto University))
- Collaborating Researcher: Noriko Toyama (Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University)
- Collaborating Researcher: Tomoko Endo (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
- Collaborating Researcher: Tomoyo Takagi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)