SHUNKICHI HANAMURA

INSTITUTION

The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

I study primate societies and interactions as a way of finding opportunities to reconsider human (i.e., our own) views of society and behavior.

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

The wild chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania
A provisioned group of Japanese macaques (Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama, Kyoto)
People met during travel

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

Hanamura S. “When pricking up one’s ears for the voices of strangers: Others in chimpanzee society” Others: The Evolution of Human Sociality. Kawai K. (Ed.) Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press, pp. 177-216, 2019.
Hanamura S. “When keeping one’s ears open for the distant voices of others: The process-oriented convention in chimpanzees and institution” Institutions: The Evolution of Human Sociality. Kawai K. (Ed.) Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press, pp. 165-195, 2017.
Hanamura S. “Encountering monkeys and getting involved in their society: A note on the practice of observation” Encountering Animals I: Analysing Encounters. Kimura D. (Ed.) Nakanishiya Shuppan, pp. 87-104, 2015. (Japanese)
Hanamura S. Long-distance calls by chimpanzees: How they connect actions and organize their social field beyond visual contact. Primate Research, 26: 159-176, 2010. (Japanese)
Hanamura S. “Interactions through long-distance call and auditory co-presence in chimpanzeess: The contexts and contingency of hearers’ actions” Border and Connection of Interaction: From Studies on Nonhuman Primates, Humans and Conversation. Kimura D., Nakamura M., Takanashi K. (Eds.) Showado, pp. 185-204, 2010. (Japanese)

COMMENTS

Against the various power and ideologies that restrict the diversity and movement of people (though we may need the request for a certain degree of voluntary activity restraint to prevent the spread of lethal infectious diseases).

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