Toshiaki Inoue

INOUE Toshiaki

Professor (Department of International Culture)

area of expertise: Cultural Anthropology, Northern Indigenous Studies (Gift Theory, Development/Resource Management/Relationship between Environmental Conservation and Indigenous Lives)

job title

Student Support Committee Chair

Main subjects

Comparative Cultural Seminar I, Comparative Cultural Seminar II

Research theme/keyword

Minority, food culture, gift theory, development and environment

Final academic background/degree

Graduate School of History and Anthropology, University of Tsukuba

licence · Qualification

curator qualification

Affiliated academic society

The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, The Society of Historical Anthropology, The Society of Social Anthropology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science

Major achievements

“Traditional Food Distribution and Potlatch Social Significance in Alaska Native Communities” (Nobuhiro Kishigami, ed.) Reconsidering Gift Theory, Why Do Humans Give to Others? Rinsen Shoten 2016 Application to Youth Support Activities, Josai International University Bulletin, 28(3), 2020

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extracurricular activities

Joint Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Research Associate, Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Social contribution activities

Yachimata Local Self-Reliance Support Council Advisor/Executive Committee Member

message

At university, try to actively interact with a variety of people and not only understand them, but also try to make them understand you. What I learned from that experience should be a treasure for the rest of my life.