Morie Kaneko, Ph.D.
She works at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies and the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. She started her first field work in Aomori, Japan in 1996. Since 1998, she has been conducting research on the cultural transmission among women potters in Ethiopia. Since 2006, she has been working on her research on local knowledge in Africa, expanding her research focus to include the processing and distribution of agricultural products and the production of souvenirs using local materials. Since 2008, she has also engaged with local people to start handy craft association, such as creating hand-made paper made from the fiber of local plant in the study area with her colleagues. Since 2017, she has been working with graduate students and research fellows to further broaden the scope of her research, including the possibility of health care by locals in communities, the penetration of modern schooling and the creating livelihood opportunities, in the activities of the es-project.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
From 2016 April 1 To present
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.
From 2011 April 1
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto Univ.
From 2008 December 1
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies. Kyoto Univ.
From 2006 April 1
Research Fellow [PD], Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
From 2005 October 1
Research Fellow, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies. Kyoto Univ.
EDUCATION
From 1998 April 1 to 2005 March 31
Graduate School of Asia and African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ.
From 1995 October 1 to 1996 September 30
Student Exchange program, Tennessee Univ.
From 1994 April 1 to 1998 March 31
Department of Humanities, Hirosaki University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Ecological Anthropology Association (from 1998 March to present)
- Japan African Studies Association (from 1998 April to present)
- Japan Nilo-Ethiopian Studies Association (from 1999 May to present)
- Japan Ethno-Art Association (from 2003 April to present)
- Japan Cultural Anthropology Association (from 2004 January to present)