Researcher Database - HARAKO SOTA | Kobe Gakuin University

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HARAKO SOTA

Department / Course

Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Humanities and Sciences Department of Humanities

Job Lecturer

Academic background
2005/04～2012/11	Division of African Area Studies Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Kyoto University

Business career
2026/04 ～	Lecturer Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Humanities and Sciences Department of Humanities

Book and thesis
2023/05	Papers	Exploring the roots of the bamboo called mkokolombi in montane of Ruvuma Region, southern Tanzania
2023/03	Papers	Subsistence Rice Cultivation and the Formation of a Diverse Rice-Eating Culture in the Rural Villages of Shifting Cultivators in Southern Tanzania: The rice culture among shifting cultivators in East Africa: A case study of a remote village in the southern Tanzania African Study Monographs. Supplementary Issue. 61,pp.65-91
2022/01/25	Papers	The Rice Culture among Shifting Cultivators in East Africa: A Case Study of a Remote Village in the Southern Tanzania,pp.89-112
2014/05	Papers	Farmers’ Adaptation to Governmental Policy Changes in Tanzania: Case Study of a Remote Village in the Ruvuma Region
2012/11	Papers	Relationship between human and natural environment in shifting cultivation system of rice in Tanzania : a case of a remote village located in the upper area of the Rufiji River
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Academic conference presentation
2023/05/13	Exploring the roots of the bamboo called mkokolombi in montane of Ruvuma Region, southern Tanzania
2021/05/22	Preliminary Study of the Diffusion and Acceptance of Rice Culture in East Africa A Case of a Remote Village in the Southern Tanzania
2014/05/25	Farmers’ Adaptation to Governmental Policy Changes in Tanzania: Case Study of a Remote Village in the Ruvuma Region
2011/05/21	The Slash-and-Burn Cultivation behind the Expansion of Bamboo Forest in the Great Rift Valley of southern Tanzania

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2023/04 ～ 2026/03	Research on African Food Cultures: Approaching Their Changing Realities
2012/04/01 ～ 2015/03/31	Dynamics of indigenous farming system with change of ecological and social environments -case study of a village located in the Great Rift Valley- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Present specialized field
Ecological Anthropology, Area studies keyword(Human-nature relationships)

Teaching Experiences
Regional StudiesⅡ （Kobe Gakuin University）

Belonging society
	Japan Association for African Studies
	The Society for Ecological Anthropology