Division: Osaka Sangyo University
Main Research: Initiative 4 "Studies in the Potentialities of Local Culture, Institution and Technology"
Project Title: Changing Process of Local Knowledge on Genetic Resources of Bananas (Musa spp.) and Enset (Ensete Ventricosum), two key crops of livelihood systems in East Africa
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Prefereces：
- Y. Sato and M. Shigeta. Ethnobotanical Comparison of Banana and Enset Use in Africa. In Proceedings of Kyoto Symposium: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries and Re-visioning Area Studies, ASAFAS & CSEAS, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 405-411 (2006).
2007 G-COE Research Outcome：
- Sato, Yasuaki 2007 Livelihood and Creativity: A Cultural Implication of Indigenous Banana Cultivation in Buganda, In the Proceedings of International Joint Symposium "Re-Contextualizing Self/Other Issues: Toward a HUMANICS in Africa", JSPS, Makerere University and Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, pp.30-33.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
- Sato, Yasuaki Livelihood and Creativity: A Cultural Implication of Indigenous Banana Cultivation in Buganda, International Joint Symposium "Re-Contextualizing Self/other Issues: Toward a HUMANICS in Africa", JSPS, Makerere University and Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kampala, Uganda. 2-3 October 2007.
- Sato, Yasuaki Anthropological Approach to in situ Conservation of Landrace Diversity of Bananas, The Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (BARNESA) Steering Committee Meeting and Training, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 20-24 August. 2007.
- Sato, Yasuaki Anthropological Approach to Landrace Diversity of Bananas. Special Seminar "Interface of Anthropology and Biodiversity", Bioversity International, Kampala, Uganda, 2 August 2007.
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
- Sato, Yasuaki "Modes in Recongtion of Banana Plants in Buganda, Central Uganda" The 11th International Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, Cusco, Peru, June 28 2008.