Mita Philosophical Society Lecture: "The People Who Inherit Ainu Culture: On the Principles of Stratified Community"
Event Date
Event Venue
2017/07/06
We are pleased to announce that the Mita Philosophical Society will be holding a lecture as detailed below. We hope you will be able to join us.
This event is co-hosted with the Keio University Anthropology Society.
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Title | The People Who Inherit Ainu Culture: On the Principles of Stratified Community |
Lecturer | Yoshihiko Sekiguchi (Researcher, Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University) |
Moderator | Yuko Mio (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University; Cultural Anthropology) |
Date and Time | Thursday, July 27, 2017, 18:00–20:00 |
Venue | Room 313, 1st Floor, Graduate School Building, Keio University Mita Campus |
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Lecture Abstract
In recent years, the question of "who is Ainu" has led to the solidification of affiliation groups based on origin and bloodline. However, might there also be different forms of self and other recognition latent within local societies, where criteria for distinction such as "blood," "lineage," "region," and "community" are intricately intertwined? By examining in detail the contemporary movements surrounding the cultural succession of the Ainu people, this lecture will consider the communality based on direct person-to-person connections that share a common "place" for life and activities. It will also explore the possibilities for coexistence through trans-ethnic connections that transcend ethnic boundaries.
Lecturer Profile
Researcher, Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University. He completed the Japanese Folklore Studies Program at the Graduate School of Letters, Seijo University, and holds a Ph.D. in Literature [Ph.D. (Literature)]. He specializes in Cultural Anthropology. Major publications include *"Shutoken ni Ikiru Ainu Minzoku: 'Taiwa' no Chihei kara"* (The Ainu People Living in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: From the Horizon of "Dialogue") (Sofukan, 2007); " Modern Japanese Anthropology and Ainu/Koropokkuru Racial Representation: An Examination of Shogoro Tsuboi's Concept of Race," in *"Nihon no Jinruigaku: Shokuminchishugi, Ibunka Kenkyū, Gakujutsu Chōsa no Rekishi"* (Japanese Anthropology: A History of Colonialism, Cross-Cultural Research, and Academic Surveys), ed. Katsuhiko Yamaji, 211–52 (Kwansei Gakuin University Press, 2011); and "A Study on Ainu Cultural Transmission Activities and Mobility in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: The Shifting Daily Lives of an Indigenous People" (A Folkloristic Study on Human Migration and Its Dynamics), *"Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan Kenkyū Hōkoku"* (*Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History*) 199 (2015): 87–113, among others.