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

Senri Ethnological Studies (SES)

Senri Ethnological Studies presents individual works, article collections, and annotated bibliographies regarding specific peoples, regions, or themes, with the goal of publicizing in Japan and overseas the results of research conducted by the Museum. An occasional publication.
No. 103 Environmental Teachings for the Anthropocene: Indigenous Peoples and Museums in the Western Pacific National Museum of Ethnology Osaka

[Latest Edition]November 24, 2020 Publication
Edited by Atsushi Nobayashi and Scott Simon

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CONTENTS

Introduction
………………Atsushi Nobayashi and Scott Simon
 
Part I: Indigenous Insights
The Route to Ramie Cultural Ecology
………………Yuma Taru and Baunay Watan
The Social and Cultural Implications of Ramie Restoration for the Siraya
………………Alak Akatuang (Hongkun Duan)
A Preliminary Study on the Ethnic Plants of the Sediq People
………………Kumu Tapas
Part II: Austronesian Perspectives
The Diversity of Taiwanese Indigenous Culture Seen in Bead Products
………………Atsushi Nobayashi
Flying the Pacific, Culturing Oceania:
Human-Bird Entanglements and Austronesian Worlds
………………Scott Simon
Ecology as a Trope and the Virtue of Cosmology:
Birds among the Alangan Mangyans and the Blaan Koronadals
of Mindanao (Philippines)
………………Frédéric Laugrand and Antoine Laugrand
Part III: Museum Experiences
The Museum and Environmental Education:
A Case Study of the National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan
………………Agilasay Pakawyan (Chih-Hsing Lin)
Trees as Museum Objects:
A Case Study of Trees at the National Museum of Taiwan History Park
………………Shih-yuan Hsieh
Museum Management from an Environmental Perspective:
Undertakings at the National Museum of Ethnology
………………Shingo Hidaka
Part IV: Landscape in Taiwan and Cross-Scape Technology
Ritual Landscapes, Human-Species Networks, and Environmental Shift:
Contemporary Amis’ Ritual Practices as Cultural Heritage
………………Yi-tze Lee
Taiwanese Love Nature, Yet Struggle to Embrace Their Heritage:
Let’s Try Local/Indigenous Knowledge and Value
………………David Blundell
Ecological Approach to Cultural Elements Using GIS-based Spatial Analysis
………………Hirofumi Teramura
INDEX
List of Contributors
 
 
 

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