OHTA, Itaru

Division：Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor
Main Research: Studies in the Potentialities of Local Culture, Institution and Technology
Project Title： Re-evaluating and utilizing local practices for development among African pastoral societies

Research Theme：　
 

1. Local practices related to the access to resources
2. Local practices concerned with the social allocation of resources
3. Local practices regarding risk management

References：　
 

• Ohta, I. and Y. D. Gebre (eds.) 2005. Displacement Risks in Africa: Refugees, Resettlers and Their Host Population. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press. 394pp.

2007 G-COE Research Outcome：
 

• Ohta, I. 2007 "Marriage and bridewealth negotiations among the Turkana in northwestern Kenya." African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: 3-26.
• Ohta, I. 2007 "English-Turkana texts of a case of bridewealth negotiations in northwestern Kenya." African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: 29-152.
• Ohta, I. 2007 "Bridewealth negotiations among the Turkana in northwestern Kenya." (DVD documentary work) African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, No. 37: DVD Attachment.

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2008 G-COE Research Outcome:

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2009 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Ohta, I., 2009. “Pastoralists are proficient in cultivating positive social relationships: Case of the Turkana in northwestern Kenya.” Mila (NS) , 10: 24-38.

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2010  Research Outcome:

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2011 G-COE Research Outcome:

List of Academic Presentations during 2011:

• Ohta, I., 2011. Individual Amity and Collective Enmity: Social Relationships between the Turkana and Refugees in Kakuma Area, Northwestern Kenya. A paper presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 16-20, 2011, Montreal, Canada