Anthropology of Japan in Japan
Minnesota State University – Akita
May 20 – 21, 2000
Saturday Afternoon, May 20, starting at 1:30 pm
- Alyne Delaney (University of Pittsburgh)
How Do Japanese Fishermen Cope with Economic Recession and Environmental Pollution
- Gregory Miller (University of Pittsburgh)
Anthropology of Pottery
- Andreas Reissland (Keio University)
People and Cars in Modern Japan
- Mark Hudson (Tsukuba University)
The Tokugawa Economy and the Biology of Poverty
- Greg Poole (Takachiho Univeristy)
English Language Education at a Japanese College: kabe no sekai
Dinner at Crypton Plaza, 7 – 9
Sunday Morning, starting at 9:00 – 12:00
- Guveen Witteveen (Minpaku)
“Up the Anthropologist” Revisited in a Japanese City Hall: Methods and Restrictions - Brian McVeigh (Toyo Gakuen University)
How Hello Kitty Commodifies the Cute, Cool and Camp: “Consumutopia” and “Control” in Japan - Arnar Arnason (Ibaraki University)
Pulled Apart: The Experience and Management of Grief in Contemporary Japan - Wakizo Takata (Kushiro Public University)
A Case Study of the Migration of Fishermen from Toyama Prefecture to Rausu Town - John Mock (Minnesota State University – Akita)
Preliminary Report: Sociological Impact of Depopulation in Four Akita Townships