The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Department of Modern Society and Civilization

 

Staff

Director
IIDA Taku[Ecological anthropology, fisher studies; Madagascar, Japan]
 
Professor
IKEYA Kazunobu[Environmental anthropology, cultural geography; Southern Africa, Japan]
SAITO Akira[Ethnohistory; Latin America]
SUZUKI Motoi[Anthropological perspectives on development assistance evaluations]
SEKI Yuji[South American archaeology, cultural anthropology]
 
Associate Professor
UEBA Yoko[Textile and handcraft; South Asia, Middle East]
UDA Shuhei[A comparative study of cormorant fishing culture]
ONO Rintarou[Marine Archeology, Southeast Asian Study, Pacific Archeology]
TERAMURA Hirofumi[Culture and information science, Archaeological information]
FUJIMOTO Toko[Cultural anthropology, Central Asian studies]