TAKADA, Akira

Division：Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Associate Professor
Main Research: Initiative 4 "Studies in the Potentialities of Local Culture, Institution and Technology"
Project Title：Studies in the Potentialities of Local Culture, Institution and Technology: Language Socialization Approach

Research Theme：　
 

1. Caregiver-child interaction
2. The system of caregiver-child interaction, subsistence activity, and the natural environment
3. Environmental cognition
4. The transformation of ethnicity among the San and their neighbors

References：　
 

• Takada, A. (2006). Explaining pathways in the Central Kalahari. In R. K. Hitchcock, K. Ikeya, M. Biesele, & R. B. Lee (Eds.), Senri Ethnological Studies, No.70, Updating the San: Image and reality of an African people in the 21st century. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology (pp.101-127).
• Takada, A. (2005). Early vocal communication and social institution: Appellation and infant verse addressing among the Central Kalahari San. Crossroads of Language, Interaction, and Culture, 6, 80-108.

2007 G-COE Research Outcome:
 

• Takada, Akira 2007 Changing locality and ethnic cohesion among the San in Ohangwena, Namibia. In Y. Fujioka, & M. Iida (Eds.), ASAFAS Special Paper, No.9, Globalisation and locality in Southern Africa: Views from local communities. Kyoto: Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, pp.75-90.（no referee）

List of Academic Presentations during 2007:

• Takada, Akira Shaping trees: Shared understanding of landmarks in the Kalahari, The 10th International Pragmatics Conference, Goteborg, Sweden, 8th - 13th July 2007.
• Takada, Akira A personal environment: Application of folk knowledge among the San of Central Kalahari, The UNESCO International Experts Meeting: Indigenous Knowledge and Changing Environments: Biological and cultural diversities in transition, Cairns, Australia, 19th-23rd August 2007.
• Takada, Akira Dancing in a circle: Communicative competence in imitation activity among San children, The 106th Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, 28th November - 2nd December 2007.
• Takada, Akira Shared folk knowledge: Story-telling as a form of information flow, The Symposium on the Role of Information in Hunter-Gatherer Band Adaptations, 73rd Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 26th-30th March 2008.
• Takada, Akira Underlining pragmatic constraints: Sequential organization of "imitation" activity among the San of the Central Kalahari, The Symposium on Microethnography of Child Care across Cultures, Kyoto, Japan, 24th March 2008. 　　

2008 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Takada, A. 2008. Kinship and naming among the Ekoka !Xun. In S. Ermisch (Ed.), Research in Khoisan studies, No.22, Khoisan languages and linguistics: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium, January 8-12, 2006, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal. Cologne, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag Köln, pp.303-322.
• Takada, A. 2008. Les pratiques de navigation dans le desert du Karahari (Botswana) chez les San: Exemple d'observation participante. In H. Norimatsu & N. Pigem (Eds.), Collection Cursus, psychologie: Les techniques d'observation en sciences humaines. Paris: Armand Colin, pp.132-141.
• Takada, A. (2008). Historical relationship between power and the San in Northern Namibia. In K. Ikeya, S. Takeuchi, & R. Sato (Eds.), Asakura world geography series: Stories between the earth and human, No.12, Africa II. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten, pp.601-614. (in Japanese)

List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
 

• Takada, A. (2008). Kinship terminology and naming practices among the !Xun. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics: Khoisan Languages - an Endangered World: in memory of Professor Anthony Traill. Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal, Austria, July 6-10.
• Takada, A. (2008). Symposium: Pragmatic constraints and resource diversity in caregiver-infant interactions across cultures, XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Edinburgh, 28 July-1 August 2008. Abstracts, pp.75-77. (Organizer)
• Takada, A. (2008). The developmental trajectory of give-and-take activity in caregiver-infant interactions. Paper presented at the Symposium on Pragmatic constraints and resource diversity in caregiver-infant interactions across cultures, XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Edinburgh, 28 July-1 August 2008. Abstracts, p.76.
• Takada, A. (2008). 3rd symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: Responsibility in Relationships: Linguistic Anthropological Approach, Kyoto, Japan, 25th-26th October 2008. (Organizer)
• Takada, A. (2008). Interactional conditions for the reciprocal give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the Symposium on 3rd symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: Responsibility in Relationships: Linguistic Anthropological Approach, Kyoto, Japan, 25th-26th October 2008. Abstracts, p.6.
• Takada, A. (2008). Re-enacting birth: The spread of the chebama ritual in the central Kalahari. Paper presented at the International Conference: Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual, Heidelberg, Germany, 29th September-2nd October 2008 (2nd October). Abstracts, p.88.
• Takada, A. (2008). Socializing to and through children's culture: the emergence of sibling-care among a San post-foraging society. Paper presented at the 107th Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 19 - 23. Abstracts, p.604.

2009 G-COE Research Outcome:

• Takada, A. (2008). Recapturing space: Production of inter-subjectivity among the Central Kalahari San. In A. Irving, A. Sen, & N. Rapport (Eds.), Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, 9(2), Senses of spatial equilibrium and the journey: Confounded, discomposed, recomposed. New York: Berghahn Journals (pp.114-137).
• Takada, A. (2009). Commentaries on "To see ourselves as we need to see us: Ethnography's premitive turn in the early cold war years," by Edwin N. Wilmsen. Critical African Studies, 1, 52-57.
• Takada, A. (2010). Changes in Developmental Trends of Caregiver-Child Interactions among the San: Evidence from the !Xun of Northern Namibia. African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, 40, 155-177.

List of Academic Presentations during 2009:

• Takada, A. (2009). Language contact and social change in North-Central Namibia: Their impact on child-group interaction among the !Xun. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Global COE Program “Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education”: A Geographical Typology of African Languages jointly with an International Workshop on Khoisan Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan, 12th-14th May 2009 (14th May). Abstracts, p.16. (Invited Speaker)
• Takada, A. (2009). Imagined pathways: Co-constructing ecological knowledge in navigation practices among the San of the central Kalahari Desert. Paper presented at the 11th International Pragmatics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 12-17(July 17). Abstracts, pp.173-174.
• Takada, A. (2010). Participation in rhythm: Socialization through singing and dancing activities among the !Xun San. Paper presented at the AAACIG symposium: Issues in parent-child, institutionalized, and free play settings, held in American Anthropological Association Childhood Interest Group (AAACIG) joint meeting with The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci) and The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), Albuquerque, NM, USA, February 17-20 (February 18). Abstracts, p.8.
• Liszkowski, U., Brown, P., Callaghan, T., Takada, A., & de Vos, C. (2010). Infant and caregiver pointing across 7 different cultures. Paper presented at the 2010 International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 10-14 (14th March). Abstracts .

2010  Research Outcome:

• Takada, A. (2011). Narratives of changes in life: Revisiting the “famil551-573y” in San studies. Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 75(4), 551-573. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). A perspective of cultural anthropology. In N. Tajima, & T. Minami (Eds.), The new handbook of developmental psychology Vol.1: Theories and methodologies of developmental psychology and the related studies. Tokyo: Shinyosha. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Pre-verbal infant-caregiver interaction. In A. Duranti, E. Ochs, & B. B. Schieffelin (Eds.), Handbook of language socialization. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Takada, A. (in press). A personal environment: The application of folk knowledge amongst the San of the central Kalahari Desert. In Handbook of indigenous knowledge and changing environments. Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme, UNESCO.
• Takada, A. (in press). Language contact and social change in North-Central Namibia: Socialization via singing and dancing activities among the !Xun San. In C. Konig & O. Hieda (Eds.), Tokyo university of foreign studies: Studies in linguistics Vol.2, Geographical typology and linguistic area: With special reference to Africa. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• Takada, A. (2011). Socialization through singing and dancing among the !Xun of Ekoka. Annual Report of the Study on the Relationship between the Environmental Change and Human Activity in Semi-arid Area throughout Namibia,including protected area (April 2010 - March 2011). Windhoek: The Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Republic of Namibia
• Takada, A. (2011). Book Review: Nobutaka Kamei(2010) "Little "hunters" in the forest: Ethnography of hunter-gatherer children", Kyoto University Press. Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 75(4), 631-634. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Child rearing. In the unit of literature and resources, the Global COE Program "In search of sustainable humanosphare in Asia and Africa," The glossary of sustainable humanosphare. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Origin of fire: A folktale of the San. In T. Shinoda & K. Maruyama (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of World Myth and Legend. Tokyo: Bensey Publishing Inc. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Nangombe and Kanzi. In T. Shinoda & K. Maruyama (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of World Myth and Legend. Tokyo: Bensey Publishing Inc. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Tales on place names. In T. Shinoda & K. Maruyama (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of World Myth and Legend. Tokyo: Bensey Publishing Inc. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (in press). Abnormal birth. In K. Ikeya (Ed.), Area studies: 60 chapters for understanding Botswana. Tokyo: Akashishoten. (in Japanese)
• Nonaka, K. & Takada, A. (2010) “migration” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.84.
• Takada, A. (2010) “baby (nana) and baby care” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, pp.4-5.
• Takada, A. (2010) “basin (!kuu) and pan (=khaa)” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, pp.6-7.
• Takada, A. (2010) “gesture” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.45.
• Takada, A. (2010) “jumping” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, pp.61-62.
• Takada, A. (2010) “landscape” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.68.
• Takada, A. (2010) “navigation” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.87.
• Takada, A. (2010) “sand (xoam)” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, pp.104-105.
• Takada, A. (2010) “soothing way (sao kx'am) ” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.115.
• Takada, A. (2010) “springhare (=goo)” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.117.
• Takada, A. (2010) “suckling” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.119.
• Takada, A. (2010) “valley (|qaa)” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, pp.125-126.
• Takada, A. (2010) “walking practices and trails (gyio)” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.129.
• Takada, A. (2010) “weaning” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.131.
• Takada, A. & Nonaka, K. (2010) “dune” In J. Tanaka & K. Sugawara (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the |Gui and ||Gana Culture and Society, p.31.

List of Academic Presentations during 2010:
 

• Takada, A. (2011). Responsibility formation in early caregiver-child interactions among the !Xun of North-Central Namibia. Paper presented at the international conference: Towards an anthropology of childhood and children: Ethnographic fieldwork diversity and construction of a field, held in Institute of human and social sciences, University of Liege, Belgium, March 9-11 (9th March 2011).
• Takada, A. (2011). Socialization via singing and dancing activities among the San of north-central Namibia. Paper presented at the 2nd general meeting of Replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens: Testing evolutionary models of learning, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan, 19-20th February 2011 (19th February 2011). (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). 9th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: Interaction, culture, and morality, Kyoto, Japan, 23rd October 2010. (Organizer)
• Takada, A. (2010). 8th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The Edges of Language Socialization Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 17-18th September 2010. (Organizer)
• Takada, A. (2010). Interactional analysis of the give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the 8th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The Edges of Language Socialization Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 17-18th September 2010 (17th September 2010).
• Takada, A. (2011). Narratives of changes in life: Revitalizing the “family” in San studies. The workshop of GCOE initiative 4, "Parents-children ties", Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 15th May 2010. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. & Shimada, Y. (2010). Interactional conditions for the give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the 26th meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan, 4th-5th September 2010 (4th September). Abstracts, pp.18-21.(in Japanese)
• Shimada, Y. & Takada, A. (2010). Overlaped utterance in infant-caregiver and infant-sibling interactions. Paper presented at the 26th meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan, 4th-5th September 2010 (5th September). Abstracts, pp.122-123.(in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). An ethnicity dock: Analyzing lifestories of the !Xun of North-Central Namibia. Paper presented at the 44th Annual meeting of Japan Association for African Studies, Nara Bunka Kaikan, Japan, 29th-30th May 2010 (29th May). Abstracts, p.59. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2011). Chimp-Human interactions. Paper presented at "Discourse-lab seminar", Department of Anthropology, UCLA, CA, 28th February 2011.
• Takada, A. (2011). Interactional conditions for object exchanges. Paper presented at the seminar of Great Ape Research Institute, Hayashibara, the Great Ape Research Institute, Hayashibara, Tamano, Japan, 9th February 2011. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2011). Overview of Namibia. The 11th training session for the specialists of international cooperation (2010 fiscal year), Training Center for International Cooperation, The Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan, 7th February 2011. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). Family as process: Reconsidering the concept of kinship in San studies. Seminar for an alternative design of reproduction and family: Perspectives from culture and history. National Museum of Ethnology, 24th October 2010. (in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). Caregiver-infant interactions among the San. Special lecture presented at Nagano College of Nursing. Nagano College of Nursing, Japan, 19th October 2010.(in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). Thinking about child development in Africa. Lecture presented at the introductory seminar of University faculties. Tokyo International Forum, Japan, 26th August 2010.(in Japanese)
• Takada, A. (2010). The practices of childcare made-through/for-making culture. Paper presented at the 370th KSP (Kansai Social Psychology). Kyoto University, Japan, 17th July 2010.(in Japanese)