Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore
Education
1992/04 - 1999/03 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Cultural and Social Studies
Association Memberships
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Published Papers
Initial Responses of Mosques in Ishikawa and Toyama After the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan
Kotani Hitomu; Okai Hirofumi; Nejima Susumu; Tamura Mari
Journal of Disaster Research 19 (6) 1006 - 1015 2024 [Refereed]
Initial Responses of Mosques in Ishikawa and Toyama After the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, JapanKotani Hitomu; Okai Hirofumi; Nejima Susumu; Tamura MariJournal of Disaster Research 19 (6) 1006 - 10...See More
Initial Responses of Mosques in Ishikawa and Toyama After the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan
Kotani Hitomu; Okai Hirofumi; Nejima Susumu; Tamura Mari
Journal of Disaster Research 19 (6) 1006 - 1015 2024 [Refereed]
イスラームとの対話から見る共生―世界宗教の視座から―
東洋学術研究 62 (1) 137 - 165 2023/05
Mosques in Japan responding to COVID-19 pandemic: Infection prevention and support provision
Kotani Hitomu; Tamura Mari; Nejima Susumu
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 69 1 - 14 2022/02 [Refereed]
Mosques in Japan responding to COVID-19 pandemic: Infection prevention and support provisionKotani Hitomu; Tamura Mari; Nejima SusumuInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 69 1 - 14 2022/02 ...See More
Mosques in Japan responding to COVID-19 pandemic: Infection prevention and support provision
Kotani Hitomu; Tamura Mari; Nejima Susumu
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 69 1 - 14 2022/02 [Refereed]
コロナ禍における日本のモスク:感染症対策と支援活動
小谷仁務; 田村まり; 子島進
第63回土木計画学研究発表会 講演集 1 - 14 2021/06
日本に対するムスリム旅行者の評価ーGlobal Muslim Travel Indexを事例としてー
Journal of Regional Development Studies 東洋大学国際地域学部 (17) 15 - 23 1343-9057 2014/03
Preliminary Report on Shaplaneer's Disaster Relief in Iwaki, Fukushima PrefectureNEJIMA Susumu; KOMATSU Toyoaki; SATO MidoriJournal of Regional Development Studies 東洋大学国際地域学部 (17) 15 - 23 1343-9057 20...See More
The State and NGOs: Perspective from Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
子島 進 (ContributorPakistan: Regulations and Potentiality in a Fragmented Society)Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2002/01
The State and NGOs: Perspective from Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies子島 進 (ContributorPakistan: Regulations and Potentiality in a Fragmented Society)Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2002...See More
The State and NGOs: Perspective from Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
子島 進 (ContributorPakistan: Regulations and Potentiality in a Fragmented Society)Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2002/01
東洋大学アジア文化研究所・日本文化イスラームセンター共催 研究報告会 2018/10 Public discourse
Why Muslims were accepted as humble volunteers in Japan? : A case study from Japan Islamic Trust [Not invited]
Susumu Nejima
The Global Conference on the International Network of Disaster Studies in Iwate, Japan “Iwate Conference” 2018/07 Public symposium
Why Muslims were accepted as humble volunteers in Japan? : A case study from Japan Islamic Trust [Not invited]Susumu NejimaThe Global Conference on the International Network of Disaster Studies in Iw...See More
Why Muslims were accepted as humble volunteers in Japan? : A case study from Japan Islamic Trust [Not invited]
Susumu Nejima
The Global Conference on the International Network of Disaster Studies in Iwate, Japan “Iwate Conference” 2018/07 Public symposium
Introduction: Diversity of Islamic NGOs [Not invited]
Diversity of Islamic NGOs (co-organized by Department of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University and NIHU Islamic Area Studies) 2009/10 Public symposium
Introduction: Diversity of Islamic NGOs [Not invited]Diversity of Islamic NGOs (co-organized by Department of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University and NIHU Islamic Area Studies) 2009/10 Pu...See More
Introduction: Diversity of Islamic NGOs [Not invited]
Diversity of Islamic NGOs (co-organized by Department of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University and NIHU Islamic Area Studies) 2009/10 Public symposium
NGO as a Form of Islamic Reform: The Ismaili Imamat and Jamaat [Not invited]
International Colloquium of the Islamic Area Studies Project 'Intellectuals in Islam in the 20th Century: Situations, Discourses, Strategies 2000/10
NGO as a Form of Islamic Reform: The Ismaili Imamat and Jamaat [Not invited]International Colloquium of the Islamic Area Studies Project 'Intellectuals in Islam in the 20th Century: Situations, Disco...See More
NGO as a Form of Islamic Reform: The Ismaili Imamat and Jamaat [Not invited]
International Colloquium of the Islamic Area Studies Project 'Intellectuals in Islam in the 20th Century: Situations, Discourses, Strategies 2000/10
Roles of mosques during disasters in Japan: interdisciplinary approachesJapan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2022/04 -2026/03 Author : 小谷 仁...See More
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2022/04 -2026/03
Author : 小谷 仁務; 川崎 昭如; 山路 永司; 子島 進; 岡井 宏文
Roles of mosques during disasters in Japan: interdisciplinary approachesJapan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2022/04 -2026/03 Author : 小谷 仁...See More
Community Formation among Migrants and RefugeesJapan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2020/11 -2025/03 Author : 黒木 英充; 長 有紀枝; 岡井 宏文; 池田 昭光; 昔...See More
This study attempted to explore the possibility of process documentation, by which development process is recorded and described, especially for participatory development. In fact, participatory development tends to proceed with many twists and turns because it depends on various affecting factors which were not expected in its planning. In order to grasp such processes properly, process documentation is required for practical reasons as well as anthropology of development.
After examining actor-network theory in 2002, we carried out our field trials for process documentation in 2003 and 2004. Although we have not analyzed all the data collected yet, the following points were made dear up to now.
1.This study, even an experimental one, is found to be too much time-consuming for us to carry out. It needs collaboration of field researchers such as PhD students, who can spend a few years at field situations.
2.From methodological examinations, we are confident that actor-network approach will contribute to process documentation. For instance, recording how the frame of participatory concept is formed, stabilized and changed, actor-network method may be able to clarify the dominant "public transcript" among powerful actors for their own legitamations and also find the "hidden" transcript" among villagers for their own appropriation.
3.However, if actor-network method is employed ‘after the event' like D.Mosse's recent studies on development ethnography, it may fail to see various interactions and alternations of agency among heterogeneous actors (humans/nonhumans, nature/society). To avoid such sort-cut, we need to continue to test this method further in the field.
A Study of Process Documentation for Participatory Development in Sri Lanka and IndonesiaJapan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2002 -2004 Au...See More
This study attempted to explore the possibility of process documentation, by which development process is recorded and described, especially for participatory development. In fact, participatory development tends to proceed with many twists and turns because it depends on various affecting factors which were not expected in its planning. In order to grasp such processes properly, process documentation is required for practical reasons as well as anthropology of development.
After examining actor-network theory in 2002, we carried out our field trials for process documentation in 2003 and 2004. Although we have not analyzed all the data collected yet, the following points were made dear up to now.
1.This study, even an experimental one, is found to be too much time-consuming for us to carry out. It needs collaboration of field researchers such as PhD students, who can spend a few years at field situations.
2.From methodological examinations, we are confident that actor-network approach will contribute to process documentation. For instance, recording how the frame of participatory concept is formed, stabilized and changed, actor-network method may be able to clarify the dominant "public transcript" among powerful actors for their own legitamations and also find the "hidden" transcript" among villagers for their own appropriation.
3.However, if actor-network method is employed ‘after the event' like D.Mosse's recent studies on development ethnography, it may fail to see various interactions and alternations of agency among heterogeneous actors (humans/nonhumans, nature/society). To avoid such sort-cut, we need to continue to test this method further in the field.
We have made researches on the process of democratization and role of NGOs in Asian Muslim world (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia). Concretely, we repeated have examined problem on, from the progress of democratization (election) and the shape of civil society to the role and actual conditions of NGOs, in Asian Muslim world. As the result, next point were clarified. (1)Not only domestic affairs but also international situation have again large effect on the progress of democratization (election) and the formation of civil society ( the role of NGOs).
In Pakistan, we visited numerous NGOs with various sizes in order to understand the situation of civil society. In Bangladesh, we have dealt with a case of the Brahman-Bariya incident in 1998 in Bangladesh, in which ADAB (the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh) organized annual ceremony of the Liberation War, and the local Islam groups attacked on the event. In Indonesia, we made field research on the relation between local government and local NGOs in the province of East Kalimantan. In malaysia, we made mainly research on Islamic-oriented NGOs of Malay community.
The relationship between democracy and civil society is a theoretical as well as a practical problem which the contemporary international community is faced with, and which has been actively studied worldwide. However, the relevance of civil society for democratization in the Islamic world is comparatively less explored and there remain many areas to be investigated. The study of the Asian Muslim world in particular has also just begun, and, in that regard, the present study is regarded to be making a significant academic as well as a practical contribution.
Comparative research on the process of democratization and role of NGOs in Asian Muslim worldJapan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2002 -200...See More
We have made researches on the process of democratization and role of NGOs in Asian Muslim world (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia). Concretely, we repeated have examined problem on, from the progress of democratization (election) and the shape of civil society to the role and actual conditions of NGOs, in Asian Muslim world. As the result, next point were clarified. (1)Not only domestic affairs but also international situation have again large effect on the progress of democratization (election) and the formation of civil society ( the role of NGOs).
In Pakistan, we visited numerous NGOs with various sizes in order to understand the situation of civil society. In Bangladesh, we have dealt with a case of the Brahman-Bariya incident in 1998 in Bangladesh, in which ADAB (the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh) organized annual ceremony of the Liberation War, and the local Islam groups attacked on the event. In Indonesia, we made field research on the relation between local government and local NGOs in the province of East Kalimantan. In malaysia, we made mainly research on Islamic-oriented NGOs of Malay community.
The relationship between democracy and civil society is a theoretical as well as a practical problem which the contemporary international community is faced with, and which has been actively studied worldwide. However, the relevance of civil society for democratization in the Islamic world is comparatively less explored and there remain many areas to be investigated. The study of the Asian Muslim world in particular has also just begun, and, in that regard, the present study is regarded to be making a significant academic as well as a practical contribution.