| Masakazu Tani | Last modified date：2021.06.15 |
Professor /
Landscape and Social Environmental Design
Department of Environmental Design
Faculty of Design
Department of Environmental Design
Faculty of Design
Graduate School
Undergraduate School
Other Organization
Administration Post
Vice President
Dean of the Graduate School of Design
Dean of the School of Design
Dean of the Faculty of Design
Homepage
https://kyushu-u.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/masakazu-tani
Reseacher Profiling Tool Kyushu University Pure
Academic Degree
Ph.D.
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
Yes
Field of Specialization
environmental anthropology
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
03years06months
Outline Activities
As primary research activities, I have been conducting surveys in rural villages suffered from groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh in order to understand the type of population who surffers most, and cultural customs and social organization for inplementing mitigagtion measures. I have been conducting similar research activities in Nepal since 2004, and in China and the Mekong Delta Area (Vietnam & Cambodia) since 2007. A project on Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to the Teknaf Peninsula, Bangladesh was started in 2018.
My educational activities mainly focus on courses including environemtnal anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, field research methods, and I also advise students in seminars in research on sociocultural factors involved in human behavior.
As a social activity, I join NPO Asia Arsenic Network and work on awareness and mitigation for arsenic contamination in Asia. I also serve as project manager for two JICA Grass-root assistance projects in Bangladesh and in Nepal.
My educational activities mainly focus on courses including environemtnal anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, field research methods, and I also advise students in seminars in research on sociocultural factors involved in human behavior.
As a social activity, I join NPO Asia Arsenic Network and work on awareness and mitigation for arsenic contamination in Asia. I also serve as project manager for two JICA Grass-root assistance projects in Bangladesh and in Nepal.
Research
Research Interests
Membership in Academic Society
- The impacts of the influxes of Rohingya refugees on host communities and natural environment in Bangladesh
keyword : Rohingya refugees Bangladesh Teknaf Peninsula
2019.04～2022.03. - The relationship between deforestation and poverty
keyword : deforestation poverty Bangladesh
2015.04～2019.03. - Steel Beam Archaeology for building design histories in developing countries
keyword : Bangladesh, vernacular architecture, clusters of traditional buildings
2016.04. - Study of the potential of historical environmental design in developing countries
keyword : Bangladesh, vernacular architecture, clusters of traditional buildings
2014.04～2016.03. - The study of political ecology on the relationship between poverty and deforestation in Teknaf Peninsula, Bangladesh
keyword : poverty, refugees, deforestation
2012.04. - The study of designing the sphere of living environment in the shrinking society
keyword : disappearing community, mountain area, sphere of living environment
2011.09～2012.03. - The study of biodiversity management by using a Satoyama model in the Teknaf Peninsula, Bangladesh
keyword : biodiveristy poverty tourism
2009.11～2011.05. - The relationship between health damage caused by groundwater arsenic contamination and the poverty in Asia
keyword : dirnking water; arsenic contamination; arsenicosis; poverty
2008.04～2012.03. - Groundwater arsenic contamination in the Terai Plain in Nepal
keyword : Neapl Terai arsenic contamination
2003.11Recently, groundwater contamination by arsenic has been identified in Tarai Plains in Nepal. We gather information on the distribution of contamination, and select a model village where we will conduct a village survey to access the needs for alternative water sources.. - Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh
keyword : Bangladesh arsenic village survey
1998.02On the problem of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, we started a village survey in 1998, and continue its research from cultural anthropological perspectives in order to reflect the sociocultural understanding of rural villages in mitigation planning and to include local knowledge and customs in those mitigation measures.. - A social model building for the formation of the sustainable society
keyword : sustainable society; linkage between the rural and urban areas; solid waste
2001.10. - Resource production and consumption in the San-nai Maruya site
keyword : San-nai Maruyama; Jomon; ecosystem; resource production; consumption
2000.04～2002.03.
Books
Papers
- Environmental Information Science
- A book (Village Life and Arsenic Contamination)I published from Kyushu Univeristy Press was chosen as an outstanding reseach publication to contribute to important issues in international development.
Educational
Educational Activities
Environmental anthropology
Management of International Assisstance (graduate school)
Project in Environment & Heritage Design I (graduate school)
Management of International Assisstance (graduate school)
Project in Environment & Heritage Design I (graduate school)
Social
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