南アジア研究関連新着情報　2015/11/30

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  このたび、AA研で実施しておりました「シングル」の共同研究プロジェクトを土台に、IUAEマンチェスターでのパネルにつづき、日本でも国際シンポジウムを開催することになりました。12月12日はインドからデリー大学のMeenakshi THAPAN教授やAnurita JALAN准教授、アイルランドからAttracta BROWNLEEさんを迎え、13日はウガンダからマケレレ大学から気鋭・若手の研究者Dr. Christine MBABAZIMPYANGUやMr. Gordon Ainebyonaをむかえ、シンポジウムを開催します。ご関心のある方はぜひ足をお運びくださいませ。

Diversity of the Meaning of Being ‘Single’ in the Global Societies: Drastic Changes of the Way of Life, Human Relations, and Kinship

With the rapid globalization and urbanization, patterns of our lifestyles, social customs and relationships are changing drastically. In this symposium, we will focus on our experiences of social and physical interruptions in different situations and places in order to examine the contexts of being single or becoming single. Moreover, we will reflect on the current situations of our livings through the lens of various singles of this globe.

Date: 12th, 13th December 2015
Venue: Room 304, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
Language: English
Admission: Free
Contact: wakana@aa.tufs.ac.jp

Program
<1st day> Saturday, 12 December 2015

10:30~10:45
Wakana SHIINO (ILCAA, TUFS)
Opening Remarks and Introduction

10:45~11:35
Kiyoshi TADOKORO (Akita University)
Men of “mote-nai” in Papua New Guinea: A case study of applying a Japanese concept relating to “single” into Melanesian ethnography.

11:35~12:25
Anurita JALAN (University of Delhi)
Being Single In Urban India: Living against norms.

12:25~13:30  Lunch

13:30~14:20
Meenakshi THAPAN (University of Delhi)
Being ‘single’ and ‘alone’ : Tibetan Youth in Exile in India.

14:20~15:10
Akiko KUNIHIRO (Gunma Prefectural Women’s University)
The Plural Form of Lives of Hijras, Unmarried Hindu Goddess Devotees.

15:10~15:25  Coffee Break

15:25~16:15
Attracta BROWNLEE (National University of Ireland)
Being Single in Ireland: Changing Historical, Social and Moral Perceptions.

16:15~17:05
Taeko UESUGI (Senshu University)
Masculinity of Single/Married Soldiers: The Cases of British Soldiers in Colonial India in the 19th Century.

<2nd day> Sunday, 13 December 2015

10:30~11:20
Namie TSUJIGAMI (University of Tokyo)
Being Single in Saudi Arabia.

11:20~12:10
Wakana SHIINO (ILCAA, TUFS)
‘Single’ people’s life and Strategy in Both Village and City in Kenya: A Mutually Complementary Relationship?

Lunch  12:10~13:20

13:20~14:10
Christine MBABAZI MPYANGU (Makerere University)
Living Positively Single in an African Cultural Context: the Story of Formerly Abducted Young Women in Northern Uganda.

14:10~15:00
Gordon AINEBYONA (Makerere University)
Never Easy: the Dilemma of a Single Father Parenting Alone in Contemporary Uganda.

15:00~15:45
Discussion

Funded by
-Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
-Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research: Research Project Number: 25284176 (Principal Investigator :
Prof. Masakazu TANAKA, Kyoto Univ.)