SHIAKI KONDOU

INSTITUTION

Kobe University

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

I specialize in cultural anthropology and have been interested in the relationship between people and animals. I conducted ethnographic fieldwork among people who call themselves Dichinanek Hwt’ana (Upper Kuskokwim Athabascans) in the village of Nikolai, Alaska. I have engaged in a wide range of research from an analysis of the Raven myths, salmon resource management, outdoor education programs for local children to the rituals of the Russian Orthodox church followed by those in the village. Simply put, my research interest lies in subsistence activities and related religious practices.

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

・Interior Alaska
・Japan (Miyazaki Prefecture)

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

Oishi T., Kondou S., Ikeda M. (Eds.) A Human History through Dog’s Perspective. Bensei Publishing, 2019. (Japanese)
Kondou S. A History of salmon fishing and contemporary issues in the upper Kuskokwim region, Alaska, U.S.A. Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, 28: 7-31, 2019. (Japanese)
Kondou S. “Hunting & fishing education and past regression” An Ethnography on Killing Animals. Okuno K., Shinjilt (Eds.) Showado, pp. 293-326, 2016. (Japanese)
Kondou S. Bird lovers in the boreal forest: Taking and saving the lives of animals in Interior Alaska. Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 79: 48-60, 2014. (Japanese)

COMMENTS

I’m looking forward to learning from people researching in all these different regions and disciplines! Thanks.

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