Development and Cultural Anthropology

在1995 ~ 1997年的三年时间里，我们通过海外经济协力机构、日本国际协力机构、日本海外协力志愿者、亚洲卫生研究所等机构的专家讲座，对日本组织的海外援助政策和战略进行了研究。1995年，我们到冲绳国际中心（JICA）和冲绳中部医院进行了考察。日本人类学家对已经进行的研究，一般都是漠不关心，躲在幕后，甚至嘲笑。日本人类学家撰写的关于发展的论文过于理论化和抽象化，无法用于实际目的。如果我们必须承认发展在当今世界是不可避免的，那么我们就必须通过人类学的知识和训练，积极地科普这种发展状况，寻求理想的发展，这是我们研究的基本方针。本研究报告中提出的文件在提出建议方面相当务实，在说明方面也很具体。

During the three years period from 1995 to 1997, we studied the Present policies and strategies of overseas aids by Japanese organizations through the lectures by specialists of The Overseas Economic Cooperation Agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, Asian Health Institute and a few others. In 1995 we made a study trip to Okinawa International Center (JICA) and Okinawa Chubu Hospital.Japanese anthropologists, in general, have been indifferent, stayed in the background, or even scoffed at the developments which were already carried out. The papers about development written by Japanese anthropologists are so theoretical and abstract that they are not usable for practical purposes. If we have to admit that development is unavoidable throughout the world today, then we have to cope with these situations of development and seek desirable developments positively through our knowledge and training in anthropology, This is the basic policy of our research.Compared with the preceding studies of development from an Anthropological view-point, the papers presented in this study are quite pragmatic in making suggestions and concrete in their descriptions.