1.DATE OF BIRTH : June (Gemini)1956
2.PRESENT POSITION:
Professor in Art and Field Design, Center for the Study of Communication Design (CSCD), Osaka University
3.EDUCATION:
Ph.D. candidate
Social Medicine, Osaka University (1982-1984,1987-89).
M.S.
Medical Science, Osaka University(1982).
B.S.
Biology, Kagoshima University(1980).
4.PAST POSITION:
Professor in Art and Field Design, Center for the Study of Communication Design (CSCD), Osaka University (2005-present)
Professor in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University (2000-2005)
Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University (1994-1999)
Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Higashi Nippon Gakuen University(1992-1993).
Research Fellow, Center for Medical Humanities(1991).
Research Fellow, Japanese Foundation for Promotion of Science, connecting with Visiting Scholar of National Museum of Ethnology(1989-1990)
Ecologist and Anthropologist (a volunteer of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers similar to the American Peace Corps), research design, survey, and analysis in Ministry of Public Heath, Government of Honduras(1984-1986).
5.TEACHINGS:
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- Seminar on Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University(1994, 1995, 1996); entitled "Reading Ethnographies", "Introduction to Cultural Critique", etc., .
- Reading Foreign Books in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University (1994, 1995, 1996).
- Field Work in Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University (1994, 1995, 1996).
- Seminar on Cultural Anthropology, Department of Letters, Graduate School of Kumamoto University(1994, 1995, 1996).
- Lecture on Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Kumamoto University(1995); entitled "Modernity and Society", "Comparative Study of Folk Religions".
- Lecture on Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts , Faculty of Nursing and Social Welfare, Higashi Nippon University (1992,1993); entitled "Medicine and Society" ,"Introduction to Anthropology".
- Lecture on Introduction to Natural Science, Faculty of
Dentistry, Higashi Nippon University (1992).
- Lecture on Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tenri University (1991).
- Lecture on Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Low, Ritsumeikan University (1990, 1991).
- Lecture on Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Osaka Women's University (1990).
- Lecture on Introduction to Medicine, Kansai College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
6.HONERS AND AWARDS:
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- Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, research grant, "Contested Process of Cultural Reproduction in Guatemala" (Director: Yoshinobu Ota),1996.
- Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, research grant, "Comparative Study of Eco-tourism in the Caribbean Sea Area" (Director: Shuzo Ishimori),1993-1994.
- Prefecture of Hokkaido, research grant, "Social Construction of Discourse on Divorce in Hokkaido"(Director: Mitsuho Ikeda), 1992.
- Higashi Nippon Gakuen University, research grant, "Basic Studies on Primary Heath Care after the Alma-Ata Deceleration", 1992.
- Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, research grant, "Medical Anthropological Studies in Latin America", 1989-1990.
- Foundation of Promotion for Life Science, research grant, 1989.
- Toyota Foundation, research grant, 1986.
- Fellowship from the Japan Fellowship Association, 1980-1984.
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- Anthropological field study on Touristic development and folk craft in Northwestern Guatemala, assisted by research grant of Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, "Contested Process of Cultural Reproduction in Guatemala" (Director: Yoshinobu Ota), September - October 1996.
- Anthropological expedition on Ecotourism in Central America and Caribbean area, assisted by research grant of Ministry of Education, Government of Japan, "Comparative Study of Eco-tourism in the Caribbean Sea Area" (Director: Shuzo Ishimori), February - March and June - September 1990, December 1989 - January 1990.
- Anthropological field study on Ethnomedicine and Public Health in Honduras and Guatemala, assisted by research grant of Toyota Foundation, October 1987 - February 1988)
- Epidemiological and Anthropological field study in Department of Copan , Honduras, assisted by Ministry of Public Health, Government of Honduras, and Office of Japanese Overseas Cooperative Volunteers (JOCV), May 1985 - March 1987.
- Anthropological field study on Mountain Folk Religion between Ikoma Mountain and Urban Osaka, assisted by Society for Sociology of Religion, 1982 - 1984.
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-Society of Medical Anthropology in Japan (Ikeda, Mitsuho ed.). 1992. Bunka Gensho toshiteno Iryo(in Japanese, Medicine as Culture), Osaka: Medika Shuppan.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. Iryo to Kamigami (in Japanese, Medicine and Gods), Tokyo:Heibonsha,1989.
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- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1996. Ecotourism in Costa Rica. in "Ethnographies of Migration."(in Japanese),pp.61-93, Tokyo:Iwanamishoten.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1996. Dolphin Watching and Modern Society: Notes on ecotourism in Japan. in "Interdisciplinary Studies on Grocalizing Regions"(in Japanese, Department of Letters and Department of Low, Kumamoto University eds.), pp.497-515, Kumamoto: Kumamoto University.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1995. Non-Western Medicine. in "Sociology of Modern Medicine."(in Japanese, K. Kuroda ed.), pp.202-224, Kyoto: Sekaishisosha.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho and Junichi Sato. 1995. Popular Health Movement. in "Sociology of Modern Medicine."(in Japanese, K. Kuroda ed.), pp.202-224, Kyoto: Sekaishisosha.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1995. Medical Anthropology of Suffering and "Nervious". in "Modern Anthropology: For beginner ". (in Japanese, T.Yoneyama ed.), pp205-221 , Kyoto: Sekaishisosha.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1995. "On Life Culture".(in Japanese, T.Kawai ed.). pp.136-160. Tokyo:Kenpakusha.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1994. Child Birth. in "Dictionary of World History : For beginner"(in Japanese). pp.223-228, Tokyo: Asahishinbunsha.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. The Fictional Tourism. in "The Beginning of New Tourism"(in Japanese, K.Takada and S. Ishimori eds.), pp.117-156. Tokyo: PHP shuppan.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Primary Health Care and Society in the Third World. in " Introduction to Primary Health Care for all people" (in Japanese, M.Matsuda and K.Shimauchi eds.). pp.108-111. Tokyo: Kakiuchi Shuppan.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Traditional Death in Modern Hospital: Terminal stage patients in structural paternalism. in "Terminal Care: Case Studies".(in Japanese, K.Yotsumoto and R. Kawaguchi eds.), pp.11-26. Tokyo: Hirokawa Shoten.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1992. Community Oriented Health in a Honduran Village: A case study. in "Anthropology and Medicine" (in Japanese, E. Namihira ed.), pp.7-43, Tokyo:Kobundo.
-Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1991. Social Construction of Therapy : Ikoma shaman and patients. in "Studies of Religion and Medicine"(in Japanese, T.Kuroiwa), pp.8-36, Tokyo:Kobundo.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1991. Problematique of Medical Anthropology in Mesoamerica: Diarrheal disease. in "Proceedings of International Symposium on Ancient Maya Civilization and Hallucinogenic Drugs"(in Japanese), pp.53-72, Wakayama: Wakayama University.
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- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1996. On Development of Health: A historical overview of applied medical anthropology(in Japanese), Kumamoto Journal of Culture and Humanities 52:41-72.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1995. An Emerging Trend of Tourism in Central America(in Japanese). Kumamoto Journal of Culture and Humanities 48:37-46.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1994. How Cultural Anthropologists treat Death in the Context of Culture(in Japanese). The Japanese Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 4:316-320.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1994. Why be moral in the context of psychic healing?: An anthropological question (in Japanese). Hokkaido Health Sciences University Journal of Liberal Arts and Sciences 20:25-43.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Between "diarrea" and "curso": Ethnomedical concepts of diarrheal illnesses among mestizo peasants in Honduras. Higashi Nippon Gakuen Journal of Liberal Arts and Sciences 19:93-106.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Nature and Culture as Commodities: Ecotourism in Central America (in Japanese). Chuokoron , May,1995., pp296-302.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Four Faces of Eco-Tourism (in Japanese). Advertising 441:24-27.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. Medical Aids in Central America: A case study (in Japanese). Medical Humanities 22:57-62.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1993. On Culture of Excretion/Excrement (in Japanese). The Japanese Journal of Nursing Arts 38(14):6-9.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1992. Invitation to Imaginative Tourism (in Japanese). Chuoukouron, October, 1995., pp.314-320.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1992. On Cultural Concepts of Purity and Pollution (in Japanese). The Japanese Journal of Nursing Arts 38(10):6-9.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1992. Introduction to Health and Medical Tourism (in Japanese). Chuoukouron, June, 1992., pp.251-256.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1992. Pain and Mankind: How does people treat with pain?(in Japanese).The Japanese Journal of Nursing Arts 38(2):6-9.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1991. Dietary Life of Honduran Peasants (in Japanese). Annual Report of Kansai College of Acupuncture Medicine 6:45-61.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho and Junichi Sato. 1991. Socialization and Ritual among Japanese Surgeons (in Japanese). Medical Humanities 5(6):90-97.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1991. On "Culture" in Japanese Controversies on Brain Death and Organ Transplantation (in Japanese). Newsletter Medical Anthropology 3(6):6.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. Culture of "Taboo" in Japanese Traditional Health Concept (in Japanese). Pedagogic and Medicine 38:907-913.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. On the relationship between Japanese Traditional Body Concept and Cultural Disturbance of the accept of Organ Transplantation (in Japanese). Medical Humanities 5(2):77-81.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. Artificial Human Fertilization and Japanese Traditional Concepts on Child Birth (in Japanese). Fujinkoruron, June 1990, pp.276-283.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. Health Promotion and Health Ideology: A case study of Honduran peasants (in Japanese). Japanese Journal of Health Behavioral Science 5:185-201.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. On Human Corpus: Historical essay (in Japanese). Annual Report of Kansai College of Acupuncture Medicine 5:64-78.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. The Meaning of Expressing Suffers: "Nervious" in Latin American Societies (in Japanese). Popular Medicine 151:18-23.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1990. Research Review: Medical Anthropology on AIDS and HIV infection (in Japanese). Newsletter Medical Anthropology 3(3):8.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. Why Popular Medicine, now ? (in Japanese). Shiso no Kagaku 121:14-20.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. On Dichotomy between Traditional and Modern Medicines (in Japanese). Medical Humanities 4(2):24-31.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. Plural Medical System in Central America (in Japanese). Japanese Journal of Health Behavioral Science 4:210-228.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. Health Promoter as Culture Broker (in Japanese). Medical Humanities 4(1)90-95.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1989. Self-Medication between Honduran Peasant: A case study (in Japanese). Public Health 53:208-212.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1988. On Medical System and Rationality (in Japanese). Annual Report of Kansai College of Acupuncture Medicine 4:5-10.
-Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1988. Health Condition in rural Honduras, Central America (in Japanese). Studium Historiae Medicae 62:27-36.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1987. On Commitment of Anthropological Research in Medicine (in Japanese). Popular Medicine 139:109-113.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1987. Shaman in Ikoma: An anthropological approach (in Japanese). Life Science 14(10)49-57.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1985. Reports: Vector Control in Honduras (in Japanese). Public Health 49"701-704.
- T.Ishikawa, M.Tamura, S.Nakamura, M.Ikeda, K.Nagai. 1984. Topographic analysis of the redox state of rat brain by NADH florescence photography of cross sections. Journal of Biochemistry 95:213-221.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1982. A Study of Healing Ritual: Esoteric Buddhism (in Japanese). Studium Historiae Medicae 56:36-46.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1981. Medical History and Medical Anthropology (in Japanese). Studium Historiae Medicae 55:19-27.
other articles:
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- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1987. Notas sobre la cultura alimenticia en el Departamento de Copan. Division de Epidemiologia, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Tegucigalpa;Honduras. 16pp.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1986. La discusion del hecho medico en la zona rural del Departamento de Copan. Division de Epidemiologia, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social. Tegucigalpa; Honduras.54pp.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1985.Primer informe provisional del proyecto para investigacion antropologica medica en el Departamento de Copan. Division de Epidemiologia, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social. Tegucigalpa; Honduras. 25pp.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1985 [1987]. Sinopsis breve de la antropologia medica [ Edition Revisada].Division de Control de Vectores, Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social.Tegucigalpa; Honduras. pp.24 [pp.11+4].
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1982. A Medical Anthropological Study on Popular Medicine: Case study of spiritual healing behavior in urban area of Osaka (in Japanese). Master Thesis of Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
- Ikeda, Mitsuho. 1980. A Quantitative study of Feeding Behavior of Wild Japanese Monkeys (Macaca fuscata fuscata), at Koshima Islet (in Japanese). Bachelor Thesis of Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University.
and over 90 articles (essay, short report, question and answer ) in Academic and Commercial Journals, and Newspapers.
book review:
over 37 articles{incomplete} of book review in Academic and Commercial Journals.