Comparative Studies of Northern Cultures and Preparation of a Northern Culture Database.

北方文化比较研究：在两年的时间里(1988-1990)，我们有四次会议，我们发表了研究论文，概述了每个感兴趣领域的研究现状。这一时期涵盖的主题从北美和西伯利亚的北极-亚北极文化概述到非常具体的研究领域，如斯堪的纳维亚的萨米人之间的文化复兴运动和古亚洲人的神话。概述他们的研究兴趣并纳入会议上的评论和建议的文章发表在以下书籍中：Yoshinobu Kotani(编辑)，1990，名古屋大学北方文化比较研究。贡献者包括T.Obayashi，H.Watanabe，S.Saito，K.Kato，K.Inoue，T.Irimoto，T.TSumagari，K.Saito，S.Sasaki，H.Shoji，T.Yanada和Y.Kotani。关于Ainu和北方文化的文章数据库(NCD)：Ainu数据库是由包括Takashi Irimoto，Shinichiro Kuroda和Takako Yanada在内的北海道大学教职员工小组准备的。这个数据库通过大学间计算机网络部分向公众开放。另一个数据库北方文化数据库(NCD)是由名古屋大学的小谷义夫、斋藤真司和井上光一等小组成员准备的，我们计划在下一财年向有关研究人员开放这个数据库。

Comparative Studies on Northern Cultures: In the two-year period (1988 through 1990), we had four meetings where we delivered research papers outlining current research status of each field of interest. Topics covered in this period range from an overview of Arctic-Subarctic cultures both in North America and Siberia to a very specific area of research such as cultural revitalization movements among the Sami in Scandinavia and a myth notifamong the Palaeo-Asians.Articles summarizing their research interests and incorporating comments and suggestions given at the meetings are published in the following book; Yoshinobu Kotani (ed.), 1990, Comparative Studies on Northern Cultures, Nagoya University. Contributors include T.Obayashi, H. Watanabe, S.Saito, K.Kato, K.Inoue, T.Irimoto, T.Tsumagari, K.Saito, S.Sasaki, H.Shoji, T. Yanada and Y.Kotani.PREPARATIONS FOR DATABASE OF ARTICLES ON THE AINU AND NORTHERN CULTURES (NCD): Ainu Database was prepared by the group of Hokkaido University staff members including Takashi Irimoto, Shinichiro Kuroda and Takako Yanada. This database is partially open to the public through the inter-university computer network.The other database, Northern Culture Database (NCD), was prepared at the Nagoya University by the group members including Yoshinobu Kotani, Shinji Saito and Koichi Inoue, and we plan to make this database open to the concerned researchers next fiscal year.