Organization
Undergraduate School School of Arts and Letters Professor
Title
Professor
Homepage
External link
Degree
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PhD (Anthropology) ( University of Hawai`i at Manoa )
Research Interests
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Law and Society
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Anthropology
Research Areas
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Humanities & social sciences / Cultural properties
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Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
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Humanities & social sciences / Social law
Education
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University of Hawai'i at Manoa Anthropology
- 2011
Research History
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Meiji University School of Arts and Letters Professor
2026.4
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Meiji University School of Arts and Letters Associate Professor
2018.4 - 2026.3
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University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Global Commons) Assistant Professor
2013.4 - 2018.3
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University of Hawaii Leeward Community College Lecturer
2012.8 - 2012.12
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Cornell Law School Postdoctoral Associate
2011.6 - 2012.5
Professional Memberships
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日本文化人類学会
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日本カナダ学会
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American Anthropological Association
Committee Memberships
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Director, Japanese Language Education Center
2022.4 - 2024.3
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Deputy Director, International Student Center, Meiji University
2020.4 - 2022.3
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International Collaboration Committee Chair, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University
2019.4
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明治大学日本語教員養成プログラム委員長
2019.4
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Board member, Japanese Association for Canadian Studies; L'Association Japonaise des Études Canadiennes
2018.5
Committee type：Academic society
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長崎県五島市文化的景観整備活用委員
2017
Committee type：Municipal
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筑波大学ボルドーオフィス運営委員
2015.10 - 2018.3
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筑波大学台湾オフィス運営委員
2015.4 - 2018.3
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筑波大学留学生センター・グローバル・コモンズ機構グローバル・コモンズ機構運営委員（学生派遣・危機管理対応）
2013.4 - 2018.3
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長崎県五島市重要文化的景観調査員
2010 - 2011
Committee type：Municipal
Papers
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Translating Catholic Heritage through Local Environment: Materiality of Japan’s World Heritage Reviewed
Toru Yamada
International Journal of Asian Christianity 8 ( 2 ) 219 - 241 2025.9
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極北カナダにおけるエネルギーシフト Reviewed
カナダ研究年報 45 72 - 80 2025.9
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アメリカ合衆国のナショナリズムの指標としてのカナダ：ニューヨーク州の文化遺産との比較が示すもの
明大政経論 93 ( 5/6 ) 649 - 671 2025.3
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「グローバル教育」を見つめなおす：高等教育の現場から
明治大学教育会紀要 15 39 - 49 2023.3
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「フィールド」と「聴衆」とのスペクトラムの中で Reviewed
地域研究 31 91 - 101 2021.3
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制度としてのコミュニティ・カレッジ：ハワイの公教育制度を例に
明治大学教養論集 535 197 - 217 2019.8
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落語・小咄を利用した日本語学習支援CALLプログラムの開発と試行 Reviewed
酒井たか子
筑波大学グローバルコミュニケーション教育センター日本語教育論集 31 69 - 80 2016
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公開シンポジウム「人類学の明日、人類学との明日-『いま・ここ』から考える」(日本文化人類学会設立50周年記念行事報告3,資料と通信) Reviewed
木村 周平, 門田 岳久, 梶丸 岳, 山田 亨, 高野 さやか
文化人類学 79 ( 4 ) 447 - 450 2015
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Saving Tourism or Preventing FMD?: Risk Discourses in Japan's Island Community Reviewed
Asian Anthropology 13 ( 2 ) 139 - 148 2015
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Maritime Crossroads of Geopolitics in East Asia: A Reexamination of Historic Ocean Perspectives in Japan Reviewed
Education About Asia 19 ( 2 ) 1 - 6 2015
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政策としての世界遺産：国際条約と住民生活の狭間で Reviewed
年報人類学研究 5 93 - 105 2015
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Lost in a Legal Process: Alienating the Public from an International Convention Reviewed
Anthropology News 53 ( 10 ) 14 - 15 2012
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アメリカ法人類学における現代的動向 Reviewed
社会人類学年報 33 219 - 235 2007
Books
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世界の冠婚葬祭事典
川田牧人, 松田素二（ Role： Joint authorオセアニア移民社会（ハワイ））
丸善出版 2023.12
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現代カナダを知るための60章
飯野正子, 竹中豊（ Role： Joint author変化する加米国境）
明石書店 2021.2
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応援の人類学
丹羽典夫（ Role： Joint author応援に表象される参加型スポーツイベントの定着化：長距離トライアスロン大会を例に）
青弓社 2020.12
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BBC 世界の祭・儀礼：Rituals
（ Role： Supervisor (editorial)）
丸善出版 2020.11
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Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising
Elif Esiyok（ Role： Joint author）
2020.8
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Rakugo CALL Program for Japanese Language Learning: Its Development and Possibilities for Implementation (Erica Zimmerman and Abigail McMeekin, eds.)
Takako Sakai, Cade Bushnell（ Role： Joint author）
CALICO 2019
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Being and Time in Nagasaki, Japan
（ Role： Sole author）
University of Hawaii Press 2015
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ハワイを知るための60章
山本真鳥（ Role： Supervisor (editorial)）
明石書店 2013
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テクニック化する裁判外紛争処理における法の正義のゆくえ
（ Role： Sole author）
大阪大学出版会 2011
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Robert Walker Irwin
（ Role： Sole author）
M.E. Sharpe INC 2010
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北西海岸の先住民族自治と文化振興：自治権獲得後の民族文化振興政策の一考察
（ Role： Sole author）
北海道立北方民族博物館 2008
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カナダ西海岸の自治権利を持つ先住民族－ニスガ、シーシャル
（ Role： Sole author）
明石書店 2005
Research Projects
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Challenges of the Paris Agreement Exposed by the Energy Shift by External Factors: The Case of Renewable Energy Policies in Japan, the U.S., and the EU
Grant number：23K25467 2023.4 - 2026.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\15600000 （ Direct Cost: \12000000 、 Indirect Cost：\3600000 ）
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Anthropological Study of Heritage Preservation
Grant number：15K16894 2015.4 - 2018.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
YAMADA Toru, YAMADA Naomi, YOUNG Nanise
Grant amount：\3380000 （ Direct Cost: \2600000 、 Indirect Cost：\780000 ）
Law imposes forms of orders on communication patterns; it advantages those with legal training and can concurrently alienate those outside of legal discourse. In this project, I examined communication patterns between Japanese municipal officials and residents in island communities who will be affected by a World Heritage nomination project. In times of legal reform, government officials and legal practitioners may not be familiar with the new corpus, and subsequently there may be uncertain order in communication patterns. Based on my fieldwork investigating a World Heritage preparation project in Japan, I discuss how law can direct the communication patterns of government officials, and at the same time, it can alienate officials from the local residents because of their restricted communications, which can in turn become an obstacle for the nomination project itself.
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Research methodology for understanding "okashimi" in Japanese oral arts: From the viewpoint of cultural differences in humor
Grant number：26580025 2014.4 - 2018.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
SAKAI Takako, SEKIZAKI Hironori, YANAGIYA Sankyo, HAYASHIYA Somejaku, MITANI Eri, TROFIMOVA Oksana, TOU Zen, SON Shin, TO Gyoketsu, LEE Wenshin, ABE Yuko
Grant amount：\2990000 （ Direct Cost: \2300000 、 Indirect Cost：\690000 ）
The Japanese oratory arts, represented by rakugo, contain refined cultural and linguistic elements and are valuable to Japanese pedagogy. We held rakugo performances for foreign students, and through survey and interview techniques, obtained a view of the students’ understandings. Furthermore, by analyzing video recordings of the students viewing the performances, we performed research about the position of laughter by the students within the flow of the performance. Also, using videos of “kobanashi,” we developed and tested an e-learning program which provides outlines of the stories, captions, quizzes and explanations of difficult parts, and which makes visible moments the users feel to be entertaining or difficult.
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Research on the learning of Japanese humor by students of Japanese through watching rakugo performance
Grant number：23652028 2011.4 - 2015.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
SAKAI Takako, BUSHNELL Cade, YAMADA Toru, YANAGIYA Sankyo, KAMEI Atsuro, TO Zen
Grant amount：\2730000 （ Direct Cost: \2100000 、 Indirect Cost：\630000 ）
Rakugo is an oratory art of Japan which features a unique format. While the essence of Japanese culture is distilled within rakugo, it has often been avoided as being too difficult for learners. In order to bring to light Japanese learners’ understandings of Japanese humor, we have developed research materials and considered methods for analyzing learners’ understandings of them. The materials consist of approximately 20 hours of audio/video recordings of live rakugo performances for foreign students. The materials include recordings of a breadth of varieties of rakugo, including tellings by both Edo and Kamigata performers, and performances keyed to both elementary and intermediate/advanced level learners. These materials were then edited and transcribed. As a methodology for analyzing learners’ understandings of the materials, in addition to conversation analysis, instruments such as survey questionnaires, and responses through drawing were also employed.
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