Personnel Information

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NAKATANI Ayami

Organization
School of Sociology Professor
Research Fields, Keywords
Indonesia, The Netherlands, Gender Studies, Work Life Balance, Production and Consumption of Traditional Textiles, Anthropology, Care of Older People
Teaching and Research Fields
Cultural Anthropology, Gender Studies, Care, Work, Material Culture
Syllabus information URL
https://syllabus.kwansei.ac.jp/uniasv2/UnSSOLoginControlFree?REQ_ACTION_DO=/AGA030PLS01Action.do?REQ_FUNCTION_JUMP_START_FLG=1&SLB_LINK_DISP_FLG=689&TCH_NO=240020&REQ_PRFR_FUNC_ID=AGA030
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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Graduating School:Sophia University
    Faculty:外国語学部
    Course / Major:フランス語学科

    Kind of school:University
    Date of graduation:1985.03
    Completion status:Graduated
    Country location code:Japan

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Graduate school:University of Oxford
    Department:School of Anthropology and Geography

    Course completed:Doctor's Course
    Date of completion:1995.09
    Completion status:Completed
    Country:United Kingdom

  • Graduate school:University of Oxford
    Department:School of Anthropology and Geography

    Course completed:Master's Course
    Date of completion:1990.09
    Completion status:Completed
    Country:United Kingdom

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Studying abroad experiences 【 display / non-display 】

  • Name of institution: University of Oxford
    Name of job or career: 修士課程・博士課程在籍
    Date: 1988.10 - 1995.09

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • Degree name:D.Phil. in Social Anthropology
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
    Conferring institution:University of Oxford
    Acquisition way:Thesis
    Date of acquisition:1996.03

  • Degree name:M. Phil. in Social Anthropology
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
    Conferring institution:University of Oxford
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:1991.11

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Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Affiliation:Okayama University
    Department:Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations
    Title:Professor
    Date:2022.04 - 2024.04

  • Affiliation:Okayama University
    Department:Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations
    Title:Deputy Director, Professor
    Date:2021.04 -

  • Affiliation:Discovery Program for Global Learners
    Title:Director
    Date:2017.10 - 2021.03

  • Affiliation:Okayama University
    Title:Vice President
    Date:2016.04 - 2018.03

  • Affiliation:International Institute of Asian Studies
    Title:Affiliated Fellow
    Date:2011.04 - 2011.08

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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Academic society name:日本文化人類学会
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:アメリカ人類学会 (Association of American Anthropologists)
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:日本学術会議
    Academic country located:Japan

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research field:Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
    Research keywords：Gender and Work

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language: Japanese
    Title: Handwork: Authenticity of Hand-woven and Hand-embroidered Textiles in Print
    Journal name: 文化人類学  vol.88  (3)
    Date of publication: 2023.12
    Author(s): NAKATANI, Ayami

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14890/jjcanth.88.3_473
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Title: 手仕事とジェンダー―「女の手」が意味するもの
    Journal name: arts/  (39)  (p.36 - 47)
    Date of publication: 2023.03
    Author(s): 中谷文美

    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

  • Title: 伝統染織の「遺産化」と境界のポリティクス―インドネシアの事例から―
    Journal name: 文明動態学  (2)  (p.1 - 17)
    Date of publication: 2023.03
    Author(s): 中谷文美

    DOI: 10.18926/64198
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Language: Japanese
    Title: "Bamboo Hypothesis” Revisited : Functions of Prehistoric Stone Tools and Plant Use in Wallacea
    Journal name: 国立民族学博物館研究報告  vol.46  (3)  (p.379 - 499)
    Date of publication: 2022.03
    Author(s): Rintaro Ono, Riczar Fuentes, Ayami Nakatani, Miwa Kanetani, Yoko Ueba

    DOI: 10.15021/00009890
    Type of publication: Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

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  • Title: 『仕事』に見えない仕事からワークとライフを考える
    Journal name: 季刊民族学  vol.179  (p.4 - 13)
    Date of publication: 2022
    Author(s): 中谷 文美

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language: Japanese
    Title: PaleoAsia: The formation of modern human cultures
    Publisher: Shinsensha
    Date of publication: 2025.03
    Author(s): NAKATANI Ayami, UEBA Yoko, KANETANI Miwa

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Area of responsibility: Multifacted nature of plant use for daily utensils: A case from West Timor, Indonesia
    Authorship：Contributor

  • Title: Fashion Studies
    Publisher: フィルムアート社
    Date of publication: 2022.03
    Author(s): Ayami Nakatani

    Area of responsibility: 第３部文献で読みとくファッションスタディーズ「文化人類学」
    Authorship：Contributor

  • Language: English
    Title: Fashionable traditions : Asian handmade textiles in motion
    Publisher: Lexington Books
    Date of publication: 2020.01
    Author(s): Nakatani, Ayami

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Area of responsibility: Nakatani, Ayami "Introduction: Asian Handmade Textiles as Fashionable Traditions"
    Authorship：Contributor

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  • Language: English
    Title: Fashionable traditions : Asian handmade textiles in motion
    Publisher: Lexington Books
    Date of publication: 2020.01
    Author(s): Nakatani, Ayami

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Area of responsibility: Nakatani, Ayami "Listing cultures: Politics of boundaries and heritagization"
    Authorship：Contributor

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  • Language: English
    Title: Fashionable traditions : Asian handmade textiles in motion
    Publisher: Lexington Books
    Date of publication: 2020.01
    Author(s): Nakatani, Ayami

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Authorship：Edit

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MISC 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language：English
    Title:Comment on "We Are Not 'Ikumen', We Are Self-Reliant Househusbands" by Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni
    Publisher:University of Chicago Press
    Journal name:Current Anthropology  vol.63  (5)  (p.560 - 561)
    Date of publication:2022.10
    Author(s):Ayami Nakatani

    DOI:10.1086/721958
    Type of publication：Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)

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  • Language：Japanese
    Title:Recently Published: Yoko Ueba & Miwa Kanetani, The Vibancy of Indian Fabrics; Ayami Nakatani ed. Fashionable Traditions
    Journal name:文明動態学  vol.1
    Date of publication:2022.03
    Author(s):Ayami Nakatani

    DOI:10.18926/63033
    Type of publication：Rapid communication, short report, research note, etc. (bulletin of university, research institution)

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  • Title:世界の半分はアンペイドワークでできている
    Journal name:tattva  (3)  (p.90 - 95)
    Date of publication:2021.10
    Author(s):中谷文美

    Type of publication：Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)

  • Language：Japanese
    Title:書評：Henrik Groen, Pogingen iets van het leven te maken: Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen 他2冊
    Journal name:老年人文研究  (2)  (p.38 - 43)
    Date of publication:2021.03
    Author(s):中谷文美

    DOI:10.18926/JHG/61933
    Type of publication：Book review, literature introduction, etc.

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  • Language：English
    Title:Book Review: Elite Malay Polygamy: Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia. Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen. New York: Berghahn, 2018. 268 pp.
    Publisher:Wiley
    Journal name:American Ethnologist  vol.47  (3)  (p.343 - 344)
    Date of publication:2020.08
    Author(s):AYAMI NAKATANI

    DOI:10.1111/amet.12946
    Type of publication：Book review, literature introduction, etc.

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Works 【 display / non-display 】

  • Work title: インドネシア・バリ島における社会人類学調査

    Work type：Artistic work

  • Work title: Anthropological Field Research in Bali, Indonesia

    Work type：Artistic work

  • Work title: Anthropological Field Research in Bali, Indonesia

    Work type：Artistic work

  • Work title: インドネシア・バリ島における 社会人類学調査

    Work type：Artistic work

  • Work title: インドネシア・バリ島における 社会人類学調査

    Work type：Artistic work

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Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Prize: Prefectural Governor's Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality
    Date awarded:2015.11
    Awarding organization：Okayama Prefecture

  • Prize: The 32nd Shibusawa Prize
    Date awarded:2006
    Country:Japan
    Awarding organization：澁澤民族学振興基金

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language:English
    Conference name:Japan Anthropological Workshop/ Anthropology of Japan in Conference 2025 Japan
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2025.04
    Presentation date：2025.04.05
    Title:Reluctant to be a burden to others: A multidisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to the concept of "meiwaku" and its implications for the Japanese end of life
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore, Humanities & Social Sciences / History of thought

  • Language:Japanese
    Conference name:第36回日本生命倫理学会年次大会
    International/Domestic presentation:Domestic presentation
    Holding date：2024.11
    Presentation date：2024.11.17
    Title:オランダ社会で老いること・死ぬことの現代的課題〜「迷惑」意識と「自立・自律」概念をめぐる文化人類学的調査から〜
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)

  • Language:Japanese
    Conference name:民族藝術学会研究大会シンポジウム
    Holding date：2022.04
    Presentation date：2022.04.16
    Title:手仕事とジェンダー―『女の手』が意味するもの
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)

  • Conference name:インドネシア研究懇話会（KAPAL)第３回研究大会
    Holding date：2021.12
    Presentation date：2021.12.12
    Title:西ティモールにおける植物利用の多面性―ヤシ科植物の道具利用を中心に
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)

  • Language:English
    Conference name:Textile Society of America Symposium
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2018.09
    Presentation date：2018.09.21
    Title:“Un-weaving textiles, disentangling ropes: Exploration of “lineware” as an analytical tool”
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Organization name:国立民族学博物館
    Committee name:運営会議委員

  • Organization name:Japanese Society for Cultural Anthropology
    Committee name:Member of the Executive Board
    Date：2016.04 - 2020.03

  • Organization name:Science Council of Japan
    Committee name:Associate Member

  • Organization name:NPO法人 ウィメンズアクションネットワーク
    Committee name:副理事長

  • Organization name:インドネシア研究懇話会（KAPAL）
    Committee name:運営委員

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Media Coverage 【 display / non-display 】

  • Title:ジェンダー問題 文化人類学の視点から
    Period：2021.03

  • Title:オランダにおける多様な人生選択の鍵は、自己決定を尊重し、支える社会にある
    Period：2020.10

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  • Title:働き方の「ニューノーマル」へ 『オランダ流ワーク・ライフ・バランス』から考える
    Period：2020.07

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  • Title:今こそ「働き方」を考えたいあなたにオススメの本
    Period：2020

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  • Title:岡山大学の研究誌：文化人類学
    Period：2017.07

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