3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
Research Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology
Research Topic: Plantation Development and People’s Livelihood Stability in Tropical Areas
Yumi was born and raised in the countryside of Saitama prefecture. Growing up in a rich natural environment, she became interested in the relation between humans and nature. While majoring in cultural anthropology for her bachelor studies, she developed a special interest in indigenous peoples and minorities. For her Ph.D. degree, she studied the social transformation of hunter-gatherers in Malaysian Borneo. Currently, natural forests in tropical Asia are drastically decreasing due to plantation development. In the Hakubi project, she will examine how people can maintain a stable livelihood in areas where plantation development is in progress by comparing situations in several regions of Southeast Asia. In addition, she will clarify the possibility for coexistence between naturalresource development and the integrity of people’s livelihood which relies on these resources.