Division：Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor
Main Research: Studies in the Potentialities of Local Culture, Institution and Technology
Project Title： Re-evaluating and utilizing local practices for development among African pastoral societies
Research Theme：
- Local practices related to the access to resources
- Local practices concerned with the social allocation of resources
- Local practices regarding risk management
References：
- Ohta, I. and Y. D. Gebre (eds.) 2005. Displacement Risks in Africa: Refugees, Resettlers and Their Host Population. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press. 394pp.
2007 G-COE Research Outcome：
- Ohta, I. 2007 "Marriage and bridewealth negotiations among the Turkana in northwestern Kenya." African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: 3-26.
- Ohta, I. 2007 "English-Turkana texts of a case of bridewealth negotiations in northwestern Kenya." African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: 29-152.
- Ohta, I. 2007 "Bridewealth negotiations among the Turkana in northwestern Kenya." (DVD documentary work) African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: DVD Attachment.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
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2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Ohta, I., 2009. “Pastoralists are proficient in cultivating positive social relationships: Case of the Turkana in northwestern Kenya.” Mila (NS) , 10: 24-38.
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2010 Research Outcome:
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2011 G-COE Research Outcome:
List of Academic Presentations during 2011:
- Ohta, I., 2011. Individual Amity and Collective Enmity: Social
Relationships between the Turkana and Refugees in Kakuma Area,
Northwestern Kenya. A paper presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the
American Anthropological Association, November 16-20, 2011, Montreal,
Canada