This study aims to identify how school teachers recognize the problem of positioning minority languages and cultures in school education in Bhutan, a multilingual country.

In the sixty years since general education was introduced in Bhutan, the government has totally rejected incorporation of the languages and cultures of the 19 ethnic minorities in Bhutan into school education. The government has strengthened the policy of “One People, One Nation” by providing education that teaches only the Bhutanese national language Dzongkha, the teaching language English and the mainstream ethnic culture Tibetan culture, with the purpose of making the national language a pillar of national identity.

In this study, three types of survey were conducted: (1) a questionnaire survey of 115 active teachers, (2) an interview with a teacher and his family who were transferred to a minority ethnic district, and (3) discussion with four university students who aimed to become teachers. By integrating the results of the surveys, the research aims to clarify what present and prospective teachers think about the current education system.

This paper aims to reconsider the kinship organization of ethnic groups in China with a case study of the Dong people, a Tai-speaking ethnic group that inhabits Southern China. It questions the uncritical application in earlier research of the research pattern of the Han Chinese to the analysis of the kinship of non-Han minorities in China, which leads to ignorance of ethnic characteristics and identity. Specifically, this paper rethinks the view of Dong society through reexamination of the customs and practices of the model of kinship and marriage among Dong people, namely, apl weex bux lagx (combination between different descent groups) and pak singv kkeip (intermarriage ignoring the surname system). It is pointed out that the Dong people’s kinship organization is similar to that of the Han Chinese. However, according to field research, Dong people continue to practice their own model of kinship with the Dong language, though as an ethnic group that lacks a writing system, the Dong have also been strongly influenced by the customs of the Han Chinese. These two aspects are characteristic of the Dong people’s kinship organization. In this case, the use of the Chinese language as a written language to express and practice their kinship organization make it appear to have similar characteristics to that of the Han Chinese. It is found that a series of unique social cultural systems have been produced within Dong society as a result of the fact that the Dong people’s kinship organization has both similarities and differences in comparison with that of the Han Chinese and because of the pressure from the tense relationship between using the ethnic language and Chinese language.

The Sama-Bajau peoples are maritime populations living on various islands in several Southeast Asia nations who are known for their traditional sea-nomadic lifestyle and coral reef fishing. However, some Sama-Bajau people have settled on islands in “non-coral-reef” zones. This study aims to examine the open ocean fishing practices and spatial cognition of these non-nomadic Sama-Bajau people in the Banggai Islands, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. After intensive participatory observation and interviews, it was found that the main fishing method of the study population was angling in the open ocean and not net fishing in coral reefs, in contrast to the results reported in previous studies on the Sama-Bajau people. The sample in this study classified sea space into 12 categories based on submarine topography; however, fishing sites were chosen depending on specific characteristics of each point regardless of these space categories. When identifying fishing spots, fishers considered not only submarine topography, but also the shape of islands as observed from the spot, stars visible at the time of identification, and other related details. By comparing these findings with those of previous studies, it was concluded that the populations in the non-coral-reef zones have developed a “spot-based understanding,” while those in the coral reef zones have developed “surface-based understanding.” This difference can be understood as a result of adaptation of the Sama-Bajau peoples to varying geographic conditions.

小山田英治．『開発と汚職―開発途上国の汚職・腐敗との闘いにおける新たな挑戦』明石書店，2019年，344 p．

石川雄介

小川道大．『帝国後のインド―近世的発展のなかの植民地化』名古屋大学出版会，2019年，448 p．

長尾明日香

Matthew J. Walton. Buddhism, Politics, and Political Thought in Myanmar. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2017, 226 p.

小畑徳光

中谷哲弥．『インド・パキスタン分離独立と難民―移動と再定住の民族誌』明石書店，2019年，503 p．

井上登紀子

古澤拓郎．『ホモ・サピエンスの15万年―連続体の人類生態史』（叢書・知を究める　15）ミネルヴァ書房，2019年，274 p．

寺嶋秀明

河野正治．『権威と礼節―現代ミクロネシアにおける位階称号と身分階層秩序の民族誌』風響社，2019年，358 p．

紺屋あかり

永井史男・岡本正明・小林　盾編．『東南アジアにおける地方ガバナンスの計量分析―タイ，フィリピン，インドネシアの地方エリートサーベイから』晃洋書房，2019年，235 p．

松並　潤

太田　至・曽我　亨編．『遊牧の思想―人類学がみる激動のアフリカ』昭和堂，2019年，376 p．

橋本栄莉

細田尚美．『幸運を探すフィリピンの移民たち―冒険・犠牲・祝福の民族誌』明石書店，2019年，395 p．

長坂　格

騙し合う人たち

―ナミビア，ナマのお金を巡る人間関係―

藤田　翔

炭を食べるサル

―ザンジバルアカコロブスの採食行動―

野田　健太郎

学生運動とインド民主主義

向田　公輝

美人コンテストの舞台裏と「ミス」たちのその後

依田　ひかり

大雨によって引き起こされた直接交渉

工藤　太地

北タイ，山地の生活とグローバル化のダイナミクス

―少数民族アカとコーヒーとの出会いを経て―

奥野　衣莉香

同じ釜の飯を食う

髙村（井上）　満衣

タイにおける大学での仏教教育

泉　向日葵

A Tale of Three Feral Dogs in the Annapurna Base Camp Trail, Nepal

Sese Ma

宝石と洪水の街で生きる

土田　亮