CULTURAL VALUE OF WATER IN THE BEDOUIN SOCIETY

(1)对埃及贝都因人社会，特别是西奈半岛南部的水文化进行了广泛的实地研究。(2)对阿曼的几个机构进行了正式的学术访问，包括阿曼的苏丹·卡布斯大学、阿曼的传统音乐中心和阿曼的信息和文化部长。在这次访问期间，特别是在访问苏丹卡布斯大学期间，与该大学的副校长(实际上是该大学的行政校长，因为苏丹·卡布斯殿下是该大学的校长)就未来在学术领域的合作进行了广泛的讨论。(3)阿拉伯部落名字的计算机化数据库已基本完成，将作为一本名为《阿拉伯部落词典》的书出版。这本书将于1998学年由东京外国语大学亚非语言文化研究所以亚非词典的形式出版。(4)应Ammon Shiloah教授的邀请，召开了一次研究会议。有关项目的所有成员都阅读了一份关于这一主题的论文。(5)有关研究的总体成果将以塞尼民族学丛书的形式出版，该丛书由国家民族学博物馆出版。这本书的书名将是《阿拉伯社会中人与自然之间的界面--文化》。

(1) The extensive field research was made on the culture concerning the water in the Bedouin society in Egypt, especially in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Ethnographic results will be published.(2) Formal academic visit was paid to the several institutes in Oman, including Sultan Qabus University in Oman, Center for the Traditional Music in Oman, and Minister of Information and Culture in Oman. During this visit, especially to Sultan Qabus University, extensive discussion was made with Vice-President of the University (who is practically the administrative president of the University, because His Highness Sultan Qabus is the President of the University) about the future cooperation in the academic fields.(3) Computerized Database of the Arab Tribal Names has practically be completed, and will be published as a book, titled as "Dictionary of Arab Tribes". This book will be published as a Asian and African Lexicon by Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreigh Studies in the academic year of 1998.(4) A Research meeting was made when Prof.Ammon Shiloah was invited. All the members of the project concerned read a paper on the subject.(5)The publication of the overall results of the research concerned will be made in the form of a book as a Senri Ethnological Series, which is published by National Museum of Ethnology. This book will be titled as "Culture as Interface between Humanity and Nature in the Arab Society."