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Slash-and-Burn Cultivationー Viewed by Sasaki Komei: From Itsuki Mura to the World

National Museum of Ethnology

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Sasaki Komei

This exhibition features photographs and tools collected by an ethnologist and geographer Sasaki Komei in Itsuki Mura village. The theme for this exhibition is "slash-and-burn" which has a long history with mankind, however, seen as one of the causes of deforestation and has a strong negative image in Southeast Asia.

[Related Events]
Minpaku Seminar "Is Slash-and-burn Environmental Destruction?"
Date: March 19, 13:30 - 15:00
Speakers: Kazunobu Ikeya, Renya Sato, Taisaku Komeie.
Venue: Minpaku Intelligent Hall (Auditorium)
Fee: Free (exhibition ticket required), advance registration required

Minpaku Film Festival: "Japanese Culture from the Perspective of Burning Fields"
Date: March 30, 13:30 - 16:00
Venue: Minpaku Intelligent Hall (Auditorium)
Fee: advance registration required, exhibition ticket required

Tomo no Kai Lecture "Remembering Komei Sasaki"
Date: May 7, 13:30-15:00
Speakers: Josef Kleiner, Fumio Uno, Kazunobu Ikeya
Venue: Seminar Room 5 (Main Building 2F)
Fee: Free for Tomo no Kai members, ¥500 for the general public
*For more information please visit the official website.

Schedule

Mar 10 (Thu) 2022-Jun 7 (Tue) 2022