Toshiaki Inoue

Main subjects

Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Heritage, Japanese Cultural Studies, Museum Materials, Museum and Material Preservation, Museum Practice II, Academic Skills (for HK students), Basic Seminar A, Basic Seminar B, International Exchange Seminar I, II, III, IV

Research Themes and Keywords

Arctic regions, minorities, food culture, gift theory, development and environmental conservation

Final academic background/degree

University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of History and Research, PhD course, Master of Arts (Arts)

licence · Qualification

Curator Qualification, High School Teacher Level 2 Ordinary License (Social Studies), Junior High School Teacher Level 1 Ordinary License (Social Studies)

Affiliated academic society

Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, Society of Historical Anthropology, Tokyo Metropolitan University Society of Social Anthropology, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, International Society for Hunter-Gatherer Research

Major achievements

Inoue, Toshiaki (2024) "The History and Present of Northern Athabascan-Guittin Society: The History of Relations with External Societies and the Meaning of 'Tradition'," Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.), Indigenous Cultures of the North Pacific: History, Language, and Society (pp. 148-163), Rinkawa Shoten.
Toshiaki Inoue (2022) "The Tradition of Mentoring Education in Alaska Native Community and Its Application to Youth Support Activities," Josai International University Bulletin, No. 28-3, pp. 1-19.
Inoue, Toshiaki (2016) "Traditional Food Distribution and the Social Significance of Potlatch in Alaska Native Societies," Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.), Rethinking the Theory of Gifts: Why Do Humans Give to Others, pp. 92-117, Rinkawa Shoten.
Inoue, Toshiaki (2011) "Transnational Indigenous Societies: Intergovernmental Council of Indigenous Peoples Working to Improve the Yukon River Basin Environment," Hiroyuki Matsumoto (ed.), Anthropology of Marine Environmental Conservation (National Museum of Ethnology 97) (pp. 141-167), National Museum of Ethnology.
Inoue, Toshiaki (2009) "Alaska's Indigenous Peoples and Oil Development," Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.), Development and Indigenous Peoples (Minpaku Practical Anthropology Series 7) (pp. 305-330), Akashi Shoten.

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extracurricular activities

Principal Investigator of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) "Reunion between Northern Athabaskan Material Cultural Materials in Japan and Their Source Communities"; Principal Investigator of the National Museum of Ethnology Research Research Research on the Use of Northern Dene (Northern Athabaskan) Related Materials Held by the National Museum of Ethnology"; Special Visiting Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology; Research Associate at the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Social contribution activities

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