Director of GSI |
●H. Kato |
Steering Committee Members |
●T. Yamamura ●T. Yamauchi ●J. Edelheim ●A. Tashiro ●K. Yamasaki ●M. Ishihara ●M. Qu |
Director
Professor KATO Hirofumi
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Department:
Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University
Research Fields:
Indigenous archaeologies, Prehistoric archaeology, Indigenous Heritage
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/read0062223?lang=en
Web Page:
https://iris.cais.hokudai.ac.jp
https://www.hirofumi-kato.com
Steering Committee Members
Professor YAMAMURA Takayoshi
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Department:
Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University
Research Field:
Tourism Studies (Contents Tourism, Heritage Tourism, Media Tourism)
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/read0196961/
Professor YAMAUCHI Taro
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Department:
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University
Professor and Project Leader, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Research Fields:
Exploring ideal nutritional intake, physical activity, and body size/composition based on the perspectives of human evolution and adaptation
Environmental adaptation of populations in traditional societies and urban dwellers
Safe water, sanitation, hygiene and wellbeing
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/smilelab
Web Page:
https://smilelab.cambria.ac/
https://www.chikyu.ac.jp/sanitation_value_chain/
Professor EDELHEIM Johan Richard
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Department:
Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University
Research Field:
Critical Issues of Tourism and Hospitality, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/JohanEdelheim/?lang=english
Associate Professor TASHIRO Akiko
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Department:
Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University
Research Fields:
Area Studies (Southeast Asia), Cultural Heritage Studies,
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/read0115582?lang=en
Professor YAMASAKI Koji
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Department:
Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University
Research Fields:
Cultural anthropology, Museum studies
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/koji_yamasaki/?lang=english
Associate Professor ISHIHARA Mai
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Department:
Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University
Research Fields:
Cultural anthropology, indigenous research
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/anthroainu2018
Associate Professor QU Meng
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Department:
Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University
Research Fields:
Creative tourism, creative geography, digital media arts and aesthetics
Research map:
https://researchmap.jp/mengqu?lang=en