International Seminar at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Japan
Akira Kamimura, a member of our project, organized the PPIA International Seminar “Pastoralism, Spirituality, and Performance: Mongolia and Kenya” at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Akira Kamimura, Troy Sternberg, and Chieko Hirota from PPIA, and Surna from Chiba University presented their research. Troy Sternberg’s presentation based on observations of the local landscape revealed the conflict between religious and faith-related development and traditional cultures in Mongolian and Kenyan pastoral societies. Akira Kamimura reported on the unique cultural landscape in contemporary Mongolia, where the steppe and the traditional dances of various ethnic groups are united, as exemplified by a dance… Read More »International Seminar at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Japan