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Nobuhiro Kishigami is a cultural anthropologist working at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Since the mid-1980s, he has been conducting research on Indigenous cultures and societies in Arctic North America as well as urban centers of Canada, with a focus upon the Inuit of Canada. In recent years, his studies have extended to Indigenous bowhead hunting in northwestern Alaska and Arctic Canada. Having an interest in indigenous cultures along the North Pacific Rim, he plans to organize and carry out his research of the history and socio-cultural changes among the indigenous peoples along the North Pacific Rim. He has approximately 10 journal articles and book chapters, 5 single authored books, and 15 edited books in Japanese. See the following web-page. http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/research/activity/organization/staff/kishigami/index

Education

 * B.A. （Sociology） Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1981(March)
 * M.A. (Sociology)  Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1983(September)
 * Ph.D. Candidate (Anthropology) McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1986 (enrolled 1983-1989)
 * Ph.D. (Anthropology) Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Kanagawa, Japan 2006 (March).

Primary Job Career

 * 1989.4 - 1990.9 Research Fellow (Assistant Professor), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
 * 1990.10 – 1992.3 Full-time Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan
 * 1992.4 – 1995.12 Associate Professor, Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan
 * 1996.1 – 2005.10 Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
 * 1997.1 – 2005.10 Associate Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
 * 2005.10 – up to now, Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan and Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Osaka, Japan
 * 2009.4 – 2012.3 Director, Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
 * 2012.4 – 2013.3 Director, Center for Research Development, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
 * 2013.4 – 2016.3 Deputy Director General, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
 * 2017.4 －2018.3 Director, Center for Cultural Resource Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
 * 2018.4 – up to now Executive Director, National Institutes for the Humanities, Tokyo, Japan and Professor, Center for Cultural Resource Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

Academic Membership
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JACA), Japanese Association of Canadian Studies (JACS), International Association for Arctic Social Sciences (IAASS)

Committee and Board Members

 * 2018 April – Up to Now Vice-President, Japanese Association of Canadian Studies
 * 2016 - Up to Now Associate Editor, Journal of Anthropological Research
 * 2012 April - Up to now: Board Member, Japanese Association of Canadian Studies
 * 2012 April – Up to now: Board Member, Japanese Association of Ethnic Art Studies
 * 2012 April – 2016 March: Editorial Board Member, Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology
 * 2011 October – Up to now: Associate Member (Area Studies), Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
 * 2008 April – 2008 March and 2012 April – 2016 March: Board Member, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
 * 2006 April – 2008 March: Council Member, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Edited Books in English

 * 2013 Anthropological Studies of Whaling (SES No.84) Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. Edited with Hisashi Hamaguchi and James M. Savelle
 * 2005 Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (SES No.67) Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. Edited with James M. Savelle
 * 2000 The Social Economy of Sharing: Resource Allocation and Modern Hunter-Gatherers (SES No.53) Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. Edited with George W. Wenzel and Grete Hovelsrud-Broda

Journal articles and book chapters in English

 * 2016 An Info-Forum Museum for Cultural Resources of the World: A New Development at the National Museum of Ethnology. In Ito, Atsunori (ed.) Re-Collection and Sharing Traditional Knowledge, Memories, Information, and Images: Challenges and the Prospects on Creating Collaborative Catalog (Senri Ethnological Reports 137), pp.25-33. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2016 Revival of Inuit Bowhead Hunts in Arctic Canada. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 16:43-58.
 * 2015 Low-income and Homeless Inuit in Montreal, Canada: Report of a 2012 Research. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 39(4): 575-624.
 * 2013 Anthropological Research on Whaling: Prehistoric, Historic and Current Contexts. (written with James M. Savelle), in N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi, and J. M. Savelle (eds.) Anthropological Studies of Whaling (Senri Ethnological Studies 84), pp.1-48. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2013 Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Barrow, Alaska. In N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi, and J. M. Savelle (eds.) Anthropological Studies of Whaling (Senri Ethnological Studies 84), pp.101-120. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2013 The Inuit's Migration Patterns and Drastic Population Increase in Urban Centers of Canada. In Klaus-Dieter Ertler and Patrick Imbert (eds.) Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada (Canadiana 12), pp.65-73. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
 * 2013 What Is a Subsistence Activity?: With a Special Focus on Beluga Whale Hunt by Inuit in Arctic Canada. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 82:79-90.
 * 2013 On Sharing of Bowhead Whale Meat and Maktak in an Inupiat Community of Barrow, Alaska, USA. Bulletin of the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 22: 1-19.
 * 2010 Climate Change, Oil and Gas Development, and Inupiat Whaling in Northwest Alaska. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 34 (1): 91–107.
 * 2008 Homeless Inuit in Montreal. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 73–90.
 * 2008 Trends in Japanese Cultural Anthropological Research on Whaling Cultures. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 9: 71–99.
 * 2008 Notes on Information and Food-resource Flow among the Urban Inuit in Montreal, Canada. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 77: 235–246.
 * 2007 Indigenous Trade and Social Change of the Siberian Yupik Eskimos in the Bering Strait Region during the 18-20th Centuries. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 76: 39–57.
 * 2006 Inuit Social Networks in an Urban Setting. In P. Stern and L. Stevenson (eds.) Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography. pp.206–216. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
 * 2005 Co-Management of Beluga Whales in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Canada. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.121–144. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2004 Trends in Native North American Studies in Japan since the 1990s. Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 5: 91–121.
 * 2004 A New Typology of Food-sharing Practices among Hunter-gatherers, with a Special Focus on Inuit Examples. Journal of Anthropological Research 60: 341–358.
 * 2004 Cultural and Ethnic Identities of Inuit in Canada. In T. Irimoto and T. Yamada (eds.) Circumpolar Ethnicity and Identity (Senri Ethnological Studies 66), pp.81–93. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2002 Urban Inuit in Canada: A Case from Montreal. Indigenous Affairs 3–4/2002, pp. 54–59.
 * 2002 Inuit Identities in Montreal, Canada. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 26 (1): 183–191.
 * 2002 Living as an Inuk in Montreal: Social Networks and Resource Sharing. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 71: 73–84.
 * 2000 Contemporary Inuit Food Sharing and Hunter Support Program of Nunavik, Canada. In G.W. Wenzel, G. Hovelsrud-Broda and N. Kishigami (eds.) The Social Economy of Sharing: Resource Allocation and Modern Hunter-Gatherers (Senri Ethnological Studies 53). pp.171–192. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 1999 Why Do Inuit Move to Montreal?: A Research Note on Urban Inuit. Études/Inuit/Studies 23 (1-2): 221–227.
 * 1999 Life and Problems of Urban Inuit in Montreal: Report of 1997 Research. Jinbun-Ronkyu (Journal of the Society for Liberal Arts at Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate, Japan) 68: 81–109.
 * 1998 Names and Naming of the Reindeer Koryak and Even: Research from Esso District on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. In M. Oshima (ed.) Subsistence, Society and Folk Art of Indigenous Peoples in Kamuchatka Region, pp.73–81, Otaru, Japan: Center for Language Studies, Otaru University of Commerce.
 * 1997 Personal Names, Name Souls and Social Change Among Canadian Inuit: A Case Study of Akulivik Inuit, Nunavik, Canada. In T. Yamada and T. Irimoto (eds.) Circumpolar Animism and Shamanism, pp.151–166. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press.
 * 1995 Extended Family and Food Sharing Practices among the Contemporary Netsilik Inuit: A Case Study of Pelly Bay. Journal of Hokkaido University of Education Section I. B 45 (2): 1–9.
 * 1994 Why Become Christians?: Hypotheses on the Christianization of the Canadian Inuit. In T. Irimoto and T. Yamada (eds.) Circumpolar Religion and Ecology: Anthropology of the North, pp.221–235. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.
 * 1993 Dogs in the Spiritual World of Traditional Inuit Society of Canada–With Special Reference to Dogs in the Traditional Netsilik Inuit Society. Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (ed.) Animals in the Spiritual World of Northern Peoples: The 7th International Abashiri Symposium, pp.15–26, Abashiri, Japan: Association for Northern Cultural Promotion.
 * === Book Review and Other Publication ===
 * 2018 "Inupiat Dance and Embodied Memories." JSPS Washington Office ed. The Twenty-Third "Science in Japan" JSPS Forum: Memory and the Museum. pp.12, Washington D.C.: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Washington Office (June 15, 2018).
 * 2018 "Historical Ecology of Bowhead Whales and Humans in Alaska" Abstracts of International Symposium of the Special Research Project of the National Museum of Ethnology “Human Relationships with Animals and Plants: Perspectives of Historical Ecology”, pp.32. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology (2018.3.14).
 * 2018 Comments on “Why Wage Earners Hunt Food Sharing, Social Structure, and Influence in an Arctic Mixed Economy” Current Anthropology 59(1): 89-90.
 * 2017 “History and Current Status of Indigenous People in Canada, International Symposium September 9, 2017” Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 45: 14-15.
 * 2017 “Minpaku Info-forum Museum Project: Progress Report” Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 45: 4-5.
 * 2016 Comments on “Relocation Redux: Labrador Inuit Population Movements and Inequalities in the Land Claims Era” Current Anthropology 57(6): 798.
 * 2016 Book review: A Tale of Three Villages: Indigenous-Colonial Interactions in Southwestern Alaska, 1740-1950. Liam Frink. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2016, 184PP. $55.00, Cloth. ISBN 978-0-8165-3109-7. Journal of Anthropological Research 72(4): 566-567.
 * 2014 "Unknown Land, Greenland: Its Nature and Culture, Thematic Exhibition September 4 - November 18, 2014" MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 39: 14.
 * 2014 Comment on 'The Rotten Renaissance in the Bering Strait'. Current Anthropology 55(5): 638-639.
 * 2014 Comparative Studies of Indigenous Cultures around the North Pacific Rim: Focusing on Indigenous Rights and Marine Resource Utilization. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 38: 10-11.
 * 2013 Preface. (written with J. M. Savelle and H. Hamaguchi) In N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi, and J. M. Savelle (eds.) Anthropological Studies of Whaling (Senri Ethnological Studies 84), pp. i-ii. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2013 Concluding Remarks. (written with J. M. Savelle and H. Hamaguchi) In N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi, and J. M. Savelle (eds.) Anthropological Studies of Whaling (Senri Ethnological Studies 84), pp. 355-357. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2013 (Research Report) Sharing and Distribution of Whale Meat and Other Edible Whale Parts by the Inupiat Whalers in Barrow, Alaska, USA. Osaka: Kishigami's Office, National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2011 Exhibition: Devotion of the Arts of Living: Daily Life among the Aynu of the Kurile, Sakhalin and Hokkaido Islands–Objects from the Late 19th–Early 20th Century Collections of Ethnological Museums in Germany and Japan (Special Exhibition October 6–December 6, 2011) MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 33: 12.
 * 2011 Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present, and Future. MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 32: 17.
 * 2011 Comment on James Cliford's Lecture “Repatriation and the Second Life Heritage: Return of the Masks in Kodiak, Alaska” Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 35(4): 739-741.
 * 2010 Book Review: Furs and Frontiers in the Far North: The Contest among Native and Foreign Nations for the Bering StraitFur Trade.(The Lamar Series in Western History.) by John R. Bockstoce. New Haven: Yale University Press. The American Historical Review 115: 814–815.
 * 2009 Voices from the Land, Visions of Life: Beauty Created by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada–Special Exhibition–September 10–December 8, 2009. MINPAKU Anthropology Newsletter 29: 10–11.
 * 2009 Book Review: Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs, by R. Willerslev. Journal of Anthropological Research 65: 169–171.
 * 2008 (With M. Lee) Les Inuit urbains. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 5–7.
 * 2008 (With M. Lee) Urban Inuit. Etudes/Inuit/Studies 32 (1): 9–11.
 * 2007 Book Review: Social Life in Northwest Alaska: The Structure of Inupiaq Eskimo Nations, by E. S. Burch, Jr. Journal of Anthropological Research 63: 434–436.
 * 2006 Anthropological Research and Inuit Community Development in Montreal, Canada. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 23: 3–4.
 * 2006 Development Cooperation of Norway: University of Bergen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, and NGOs. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 23: 14.
 * 2006 Book Review: The Whales, they Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr. (2004). Journal of Anthropological Research 62: 128–129.
 * 2005 General Introduction: Marine Resources and Anthropology. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.1–9. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2005 Concluding Remarks. In N. Kishigami and J. Savelle (eds.) Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies 67), pp.445–448. Osaka, National Museum of Ethnology.
 * 2004 Role of Social Sciences in Development Projects: International Workshop 6–7, 2004. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 19: 14.
 * 2004 Role of Social Sciences in Development Projects: International Workshop 6–7, 2004. Minpaku Anthropology Newsletter 19: 14.