Japanese ethnographies of the Pacific: Language, politics and perspective

Q2 Arts and Humanities
R. Maggio
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Abstract An increasing number of Japanese ethnographers have conducted fieldwork research in Pacific Islands in the last few decades, which has resulted in a growing corpus of ethnographic literature. This is partly related to the historical role that Japan has played in the Pacific and partly to its geographical proximity to the area. While this geo-historical advantage combines with the availability of ethnographic works produced by non-Japanese scholars, the latter remain largely unable to access anthropological literature only available in Japanese. This not only limits the international circulation of ethnographies produced by Japanese anthropologists of the Pacific, but also the possibility of engaging with a larger body of anthropological traditions and, thus, with the overall project of 'World Anthropologies'. This article discusses the reasons why Japanese ethnographies of the Pacific provide not only a technical advantage for non-Japanese scholars of Pacific Islands but also a qualitative difference in terms of anthropological perspectives. In particular, it examines the differential impact of different colonial and postcolonial debates on Japanese and anglophone anthropology in relation to ethnographies of urban Melanesia.
日本太平洋民族志:语言、政治和视角
摘要在过去的几十年里,越来越多的日本民族志学者在太平洋岛屿进行了实地调查研究,这导致了越来越多的民族志文献。这在一定程度上与日本在太平洋地区所扮演的历史角色有关,也在某种程度上与该地区的地理位置接近有关。虽然这种地缘历史优势与非日本学者创作的民族志作品相结合,但后者在很大程度上仍然无法获得只有日语版本的人类学文献。这不仅限制了太平洋地区日本人类学家创作的民族志在国际上的传播,也限制了与更广泛的人类学传统接触的可能性,从而也限制了“世界人类学”的整体项目。本文论述了日本太平洋民族志不仅为非日本太平洋岛屿学者提供了技术优势,而且在人类学角度上也存在质的差异的原因。特别是,它考察了不同的殖民和后殖民辩论对日本和英语人类学与美拉尼西亚城市民族志的不同影响。
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Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies
Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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期刊介绍: The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies covers disciplines including the humanities and social sciences, and subjects such as cultural studies, history, literature, film, anthropology, politics and sociology. Each issue of this publication aims to establish a balance between papers on New Zealand and papers on the South Pacific, with a reports and book reviews section included. The journal is sponsored by the New Zealand Studies Association and hosted by the University of Vienna. It has replaced the key publication NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies.
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