Division of Intangible Cultural Resources
Yoichi Nishimoto, Division Leader

This division conducts survey, research, protection, and utilization regarding intangible cultural resources, things which don’t exist in a material form, like language, lore, myth, view of the world, performing art, knowledge, skill, etc. Since they are objects with no physical forms, the first step to research is to record them, but the sector also puts its effort into discussion about their utilization, focusing on panhuman value of them, form a standpoint of seeing them as resources. Basing its research area on linguistics, cultural anthropology, ethnology, geography, religious studies, art, etc., it places emphasis on diversified, cross-disciplinary approach according to research object’s features. The research fields of staff members cover from East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, and China to Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Indonesia.

 

STAFF

NAME	OFFICIAL TITLES	MAJOR
Satoshi Nishimura	Professor, School of Humanities	Japanese literature, Performing art history
Tetsuo Nitta	Professor, School of Humanities	Linguistics
Haruya Kagami	Professor, School of Humanities	Cultural anthropology
Hiroo Kamiya	Professor, School of Regional Development Studies	Human geography
Yoichi Nishimoto	Professor, School of Humanities	Cultural anthropology
Akiko Asai	Associate professor, School of Teacher Education	Composition
John J. Ertl*	Associate professor, Foreign Language Institute	Cultural anthropology
Rujie Shi**	Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Kumamoto Gakuen	Chinese dialectology
Kawara Kiyoshi**	The chief of History and Culture Div., Kanazawa City Hall

*supporting professor　 **visiting professor