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ArchivesAbout Staff: FY2008SHIMIZU, Hiromu
Current Research Interests
Mr. Nauyac talks with a JICA inspec-tion team at a reforesta-tion site, August 13 ,2005. One of my research topics is the resiliency of indigenous communities in
a remote area against globalization. Almost every year since 1997 I have
visited Hapao village and surrounding areas in Ifugao province of northern
Luzon to study people-initiated projects of reforestation, cultural revitalization,
and socio-economic development. Anthropologically, the Ifugao are well
known not only for rice terraces, inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage
List as a living cultural heritage in 1995, but also for customary laws,
myths and rituals, woodcarving production, and so forth. Today more than
150 villagers have gone global, mainly women who have gone abroad to work
as domestic helpers.
Hapao is located at the center of a mountainous area where the main force
of the Japanese army led by General Yamashita entrenched itself in the
final phase of the Second World War. Mr. Lopez Nauyac, a native intellectual
and the president of a small NGO (Ifugao Global Forest City Movement) in
Hapao, insisted that world peace finally descended on Hapao at the cost
of villagers’ suffering and death, and he succeeded in obtaining funds
for his projects from several Japanese agencies including JICA. The total
amount exceeds 50 million yen. I am interested in the signifying practice
of Mr. Nauyac as well the global connections of villagers.
My other research topics are an investigation of the migration of Japanese
retirees to Southeast Asia and a socio-cultural history of Yokosuka City
under the shadow of the US Naval Base.
Research Activities in 2008 Fiscal YearPublications | Joint Research Projects | Field Research | Seminars/Symposia |
Database | Academic Associations | Outside Activities | Awards
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