2023 年 23 巻 2 号 p. 47-87
The material culture of displacement among East African pastoral internally displaced persons (IDPs) is a subject that has not been addressed by the literature. In a survey of household possessions across three ethnic groups in Northern Kenya (Samburu, Tugen, and Ilchamus), the findings revealed that the natives from each group attempted to save a minimum set of possessions even in times of displacement, which are strongly linked to their owners’ bodies when fleeing. Using an ontological perspective and post-plural comparison, the results of East African pastoralists were compared with South American natives. Consequently, the perspective of savanna nomadic pastoralists can be described as a remarkable merger of their views of humans, things, and animals. In South American natives, however, the three categories are isolated and rendered spatially invisible from each other. From the viewpoint of humanitarian aid, the material culture of displacement can be seen as an important means of survival that is nurtured by the victims themselves.
