RYOKO NISHII

INSTITUTION

Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

Anthropology of the Southeast Asian continent

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

Thailand

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

• Nishii R. “The ‘face’ and the other: Muslim women behind the veil” Others: The Evolution of Human Sociality Kawai K. (Ed.) Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press, pp. 283-301, 2019.
• Nishii R. “The Da’wa movement and the diversity of Muslim communities in Thailand” Islam and Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia (Vol. 2): Perspectives from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa(ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), pp. 285-294, 2018.
• Nishii R. “Was the old woman’s death a suicide? A discussion on the basis of institutions” Institutions: The Evolution of Human Sociality. Kawai K. (Ed.) Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press, 2017.
• Nishii R. “Dying at home: Consideration on the process of death from the field in Southern Thailand” Connecting Science and Culture: The Analogical Way of Thinking. Kasuga N. (Ed.) University of Tokyo Press, pp. 158-176, 2016. (Japanese)
• Nishii R. An Ethnography of Affect: Feeling, Connecting & Living in a village in Southern Thailand. Kyoto University Press, 2013. (Japanese)
• Tokoro I., Nishii R., Fukushima Y. (Eds.) Islam in Southeast Asia. TUFS Press, 2012. (Japanese)
• Nishii R. (Ed.) The Anthropology of Time: Affect, Nature, Social Space. Sekaishisosha, 2011. (Japanese)

COMMENTS

My desire is to think about humans as part of nature.

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