KAWASE ItsushiKAWASE Itsushi
Department of Advanced Human Sciences・Associate Professor

Research Specialization

• Visual anthropology

Individual Research Projects

• Exploring Anthropological Films that Mediate and Promote Communication

Personal website http://www.itsushikawase.com/japanese/index.html

Academic Qualifications

• BA, Literature, Faculty of Letters, Ritsumeikan University 2001
• MA. Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University 2007
• Ph.D. Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University 2010

Research Interests

• Anthropological Filmmaking
• Ethiopian Music

Current Research Topics

• Creating the Audio-visual Narrative in Conjunction with Anthropology, Cinema and Contemporary Art
• Intangible Cultural Heritage and Filmmaking:　the investigation of knowledge, method and politics based on case studies from Africa

Research Keywords

Visual Anthropology, Film, Africa, Ethiopia, Intangible Cultural Heritage

Selected Publications

2017

ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKING IN ETHIOPIA, the Approach and the Film Reception, In S. Dinslage and S. Thubauville (eds.), Seeking out wise old men. Six decades of Ethiopian Studies at the Frobenius Institute revisited,Studien zur Kulturkunde 131, pp. 75-86,Berlin:Reimer-Verlag.

2016

Exploring the Old Town Lijiang or Re-visualising Myself?, Visual Anthropology Forum Vol.11 影视人类学论坛 总第十一期, pp.166-197.

2015

An Analysis of Lawaği Oral Poetry in Ethiopia, CULTURES SONORES D'AFRIQUE Ⅵ, publié sous la direction de Junzo Kawada, Universite Kanagawa, Yokohama, pp. 55-76.

2014

The Amharic Oral Poetry by Lalibäločč, Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology Vol15. pp. 185-198.

2014

Prospects and Challenges of Ethnographic Filmmaking in Ethiopia. In H. Kim and Y. Park (eds.) Audiovisual augmentation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Jeonju: Kim Geon, pp. 74-85.

2014

Visual Anthropology and Ethiopia, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.5, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig, pp 326-327.

2014

Documentary Films in Japan -Critically Engaging with the Society, The 8th IRAN International Documentary Film Festival "CINEMA VERITE" Catalogue, Tehran: Documentary and Experimental Film Center, pp. 112.

2012

The Azmari Performance During Zar Ceremonies in Northern Gondar, Ethiopia -Challenges and Prospects for the Documentation-, CULTURES SONORES D'AFRIQUE V publie sous la direction de Junzo Kawada, Institut de Recherches sur les Cultures Populaires du Japon, 65-80.

2010

Intercultural Dialogue on the Visualization of Local Knowledge: Films on Hereditary Singers in Ethiopia. African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue 41, 101-109.

2010

Area Studies on the Interactive Visual-representation in Africa, 1-184, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. (Ph.D. thesis with 3 ethnographic films, in Japanese)

2009

The Challenge of Ethnographic Filmmaking in 21^st Century, Visual Folklore Vol.7, 71-77. (Article in Japanese)

2008

The Transformation of Musical Activities and Self-imposed Group Markers of Azmari in Ethiopia, CULTURES SONORES D'AFRIQUE 4, Institut de Recherches sur les Cultures Populaires du Japon, 11-31.

2007

Filming Itinerant Musicians in Ethiopia: Azmari and Lalibalocc: Camera as Evidence of Communication, Nilo-Ethiopian Studies Vol. 11, 39-49.

2007

Lalibalocc, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.3, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig, 492-493.

2006

The New Horizon of Visual Anthropology Shinjyuku-Shobo. (Jointly edited book with M.Kitamura and K. Arai, in Japanese)

2005

Musical Performance and Self-designation of Ethiopian Minstrels: Azmari, African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue 29, 137-142.

2005

Enzata, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.2, Wiesbaden: Harrassiwitz Verlag, ed. Siegbelt Uhlig, 325-326.

Selected Conference Papers (in English only)

2007

"Filmmaking Project for Inventorying Intangible Cultural Heritage Program: The Case from Ethiopian Traditional Music/Dance Scene in Addis Ababa" RAI Film Festival Conference 'BEYOND TEXT: SYNAESTHETIC & SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY' (Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology,Manchester University)

2006

"The Creative Aspect of the Code of Communication Shared by Ethiopian Minorities" Positive Relationships between Culture and Development in East Africa: Analysis of Multi-Ethnic Context, International Workshop of 21^st Century COE Program (Addis Ababa)

2005

"Rhetoric of the Ethiopian Minstrel: The Interaction of Lalibalocc with the Audience" The Society for Ethnomusicology, 50^th Annual Conference (Emory University, Atlanta)

2005

"Sociolinguistic Aspect of Azmari and Lalibalocc: the Argot as a Self-imposed Group Marker", International Conference on Endangered Language of Ethiopia, (Addis Ababa University)

2003

"Musical Performance and Self-designation of Ethiopian Minstrels: Azmari", International Workshop of 21^st Century COE Program, (Addis Ababa University)

2003

"Some Aspects of Azmari Performance in Several Social Occasions in North Gondar", 15^th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, (Hamburg University)

Films and Screenings (Selected)