FUJITA, Mamoru

フジタ　マモル

FUJITA, Mamoru

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies/Assistant Professor

Basic Information

Specialty

Latin American Studies (esp. Andean societies), Linguistic Anthropology of the Andes, Aynu Language and Aynu Oral Literature, Anthropology of Development, Modern Japanese Literature (esp. Oe Kenzaburo and Tsushima Yuko)

Researcher Number

50726346

Laboratory Information

Shonan Fujisawa Campus λ403 (personal office), λ401 (Department of Spanish and Spanish-Speaking Societies)

Message from Faculty

もっと広く深い多言語・多文化の世界へ Let us always maintain a sense of deep crisis and a stance of critical commitment.

Biography

Researcher profile

In my research, I go back and forth between the Andean Societies of Abya Yala (Latin America) and Yaun mosir (Hokkaido) to follow the contemporary lived dynamics of the indigenous languages (Aymara, Quechua, and Aynu), and also to delve into the rich and complex world of their oral literature. My other research themes include how the indigenous peoples of Qullasuyu (Bolivia) and Peru resisted and adapted to the political and development processes, as well as how written literature has interacted with and responded to the oral literature in these societies. We organize with students study groups on Quechua and Euskera(Basque) language at SFC, and I collaborate in a citizen college with a course on reading the Huarochiri Manuscript, a Quechua registry of myths and practices dating from the Spanish colonial period.