[Whats New]
2007/11/01
Selected readings on the handicapped in Japan
This page is for students from the Centre College attending Ankei Yuji’sclass of Japanese Anthropology.Listing of a classic book and recent webpages concerning the study ofphysically and/or mentally d...
2006/09/29
Mottainai and EcoAction21 in YPU campus
This is a power point presentation to introduce YPU’s environmental policyto exchange students arriving from Centre College (USA), BishopsUniversity (Canada), and Universida Pu’blica de Navarra (Spain...
2005/07/04
UPNA Boletin) Dos profesores de Yamaguchi
In the Bulletin of the Universida Publica de Navara, we appeared as twoprofessors working for the exchange between UPNA and YamaguchiPrefectural University Japan (Apr-Sept. 2005).It summarizes that we...
[Profile]
ANKEI Yuji
ANKEI Yuji is a professor of anthropology of livelihood in Yamaguchi Prefectural University. He has been interested in the relationship between human life and the environment. He first studied biology, but soon changed his mind to study cultural aspects of human-nature relationship.
He has carried out field surveys in Iriomote and other islands in southern Japan (2 years), in Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries of tropical Africa (3 years). He also stayed in France (2 years) and is now staying in Navarra State, Spain (5 months).
As a university professor in Japan, he can speak to students well asleep. But he also tries to wake up his sleeping students in his class, with his ocarina and other musical instruments. In order to change the atmosphere of his class, he welcomes students of other classes and people from local communities participating in his class.
