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2025/11/13
Nov 13-15) 2025 East Asian Island and Ocean Forum @Amami Ohshima
This is an advertisement for an international academic meeting.Date: November 13th (Thu) to 15th (Sat), 2025Venue: The Amami Branch, the International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University, ...
2025/09/04
Speech on 4-5 Sept 2025) The Present and Future of Island Cultural Diversity in the Anthropocene @ Yeosu, Korea
Yuji is invited to give a speech and attend the discussion in Yeosu, Korea.Takako will accompany Yuji to make a joint presentation on transmission of cultural heritage to younger generation in Yaeyama...
2025/04/10
World’s First De-Extinction: Birth of Dire Wolves
As a memorandom. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250407444322/en/Colossal-Announces-Worlds-First-De-Extinction-Birth-of-Dire-WolvesApr 7, 2025 11:48 AM Eastern Daylight TimeColossal Announces...
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ANKEI Yuji
I have been interested in the relationship between human life and the environment. Starting from 1974, I studied anthropology under the supervision of the late Professor ITANI Junichiro of Kyoto University. together with my wife Takako, who specializes in botany and ecology, I have been engaged in field surveys in Iriomote and other islands in southern Japan (2 years), in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries of tropical Africa (3 years). We also stayed in Paris, France (2 years) and in Pamplona, Spain (5 months). Recently, we have occasionally visited Taiwan. I began my career teaching cultural anthropology and Japanese folklore in Okinawa University, cultural anthropology in Yamaguchi University, and area studies in Yamaguchi Prefectural University. After retirement in 2017, I created a private association named "Institute for Biocultural Diversity" for which my wife and I are the only members as of now.
Languages: Japanese, Swahili, English, French etc.
Hobby: Organic cultivation and playing ocarina
Major publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yuji-Ankei-2
https://ci.nii.ac.jp/nrid/9000002261491
Recent works on databases for biocultural diversity.
Songola Heritage, D. R. Congo:
https://sites.google.com/view/songolaheritage-eg/
Iriomote Island Biocultural Database:
https://aiiriomote.wixsite.com/mysite
Biocultural Database for Yonaguni Isl.:
https://dunanmunui.wixsite.com/my-site
Contact: mail to y(a)ankei.jp replace (a) for @
