HAYAMI Yoko
yhayami cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Research Departments・Position
Cross-regional Studies・Professor
Area
Cultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies
Research Interests / Keywords
・Aging and care in Southeast Asia (esp. Thailand)
・Minority ethnic groups and Buddhist saints in the Thai-Myanmar border area
・Christian mission and ethnic minorities in Burma
Overview
| Aging and care in Southeast Asia (esp. Thailand) |
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Looking at aging and care in Thailand, with focus especially on re-organization of local society as well as narratives of the elderly. |
| Minority ethnic groups and Buddhist saints in the Thai-Myanmar border area |
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Pursuing the relationship between Buddhist saint worship among minority ethnic groups on the Thai-Myanmar border to reconsider the inter-relationship between religious practices, border region, and ethnic minority. |
| Christian mission and ethnic minorities in Burma |
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Examining the role of ethnic minority (Karen) evangelists in the Christian missionary work in colonial Burma, and how this affected the process of ethnic formation. |
Research funds
| Type | Theme | Period |
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| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Developing community-based programs for frailty in elderly people: an action research on primary care interventions in Thailand and Japan | 2019 – 2023 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Shifts in Narratives of Aging: Dynamics of Social Relations Surrounding Elderly Care in Northern Thailand | 2017 – 2019 |
| Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows | Suffering, Stigma and the System of Care Regarding Patients of Hansen’s Disease in Vietnam | 2017 – 2018 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Toward a New Paradigm of Studies on Religions of Mainland Southeast Asia | 2016 – 2019 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | The Social Bases of Care in Southeast Asia: Study of the Dynamism of Practice Based on Relatedness | 2013 – 2015 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Comparative Study on Mainland Southeast Asian Religions in Border-crossing | 2010 – 2012 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) | Life Practices among Mobile Population in the Thai-Burma Borderlands : Social Network and Cultural Reproduction among Minorities | 2009 – 2011 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Ecological Resource Use and Household Strategies in Minority Areas of Myanmar : Towards Wider Regional Comparison | 2004 – 2006 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | Religions and Social Change in Mainland Southeast Asia and Southwestern China : Institutions, Corridors and Practices. | 2003 – 2005 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Utilization of Bio-resources and its Transformation in Border Area of Northern and Eastern Myanmar | 2001 – 2003 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | Inter-Regional Comparative Studies on Frontier Societies | 1999 – 2001 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) | The Dynamics of Processes of Social Change in Southeast Asia : Inter-Ethnic Relationship, Mobility, and Cultural Reconfiguration. | 1999 – 2001 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) | A Basic Project to Establish Micro-Anthropology | 1998 – 2000 |