CURRICULUM VITAE

HISASHI HAMAGUCHI

PERSONAL DATA:
Mailing Address:
19-8, Mera, Tanabe
Wakayama, 646-0058 Japan
Phone: +81-739-26-8482
E-mail: DQH03171@nifty.ne.jp
URL: https://hamaguchi-hisashi.com

EDUCATION:
PhD (Anthropology) 2013, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Japan
MA (Social Anthropology) 1983, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
BA (Sociology) 1978, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
2021-present Professor Emeritus, Sonoda Women's College
2017-2020 Director of Library, Sonoda Women's University
2008-2020 Professor, Department of Life and Culture Studies, Sonoda Women's College
2004 Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada
2000-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Life and Culture Studies, Sonoda Women's College
1995-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Life and Culture Studies, Sonoda Women's College

PUBLICATIONS:
2024　　Men Fascinated by Whales: A Story of Captain Ahab and Captain Roys. Sonoda Journal 58: 153-170. (in Japanese)
2023　　Barney, Bjork, and the Nisshin Maru: A Note on the Relationship between Arts, Music, and Whaling. Sonoda Journal 57: 149-169. (in Japanese)
2022　　A Note on Iceland's Whaling Policy after 2024. Japan Cetology 32: 17-27. (in Japanese)
2021a* The Rise and Fall of Fin and Minke Whaling in Iceland, with Special Reference to the 2018 and 2019 Whaling Seasons. In Nobuhiro Kishagami (ed.)
　　　　 World Whaling: Historical and Contemporary Studies (Senri Ethnological Studies) 104: 33-52.
2021b　Rock Music and the Anti-Whaling Protests. Sonoda Journal 55: 149-178. (in Japanese)
2020a　A Moribund Initiative of Whale Watching in the Island of Bequia, SVG. In Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed) In Between Pro-Whaling and Anti-Whaling:
　 　　 Their Political and Ethical Isuues. Kyoto: Rinsen Shoten, pp.123-142. (in Japanese)
2020b　Nantucket Sleighride, or a Ramble on the History of North American Whaling. Sonoda Journal 54: 141-153. (in Japanese)
2019a　Updates and Problems of Whaling Activities in Iceland. In N. Kishigami (ed.) Whaling Cultures in the Wrold: Current Status, History
　　　　and Locality (Senri Ethonological Reports) 149: 33-54. (in Japanese)
2019b　Considering the Feasibility of Whale Watching in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines from the Vantage Point of Samana Bay,
　　　　 Dominican Republic. Sonoda Journal 53: 175-183. (in Japanese)
2017a　A Note on Whale Watching in Iceland. Japan Cetology 27: 1-7. (in Japanese)
2017b　Whaling in Iceland: Historical Perspective, Update and Problems. Sonoda Journal 51: 119-140. (in Japanese)
2016a　Anthropological Study of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling. Tokyo: Iwata-Shoin. 202pp. (in Japanese)
2016b　A Note on the Greenlandic Whaling with Special Reference to Humpback Whaling. Sonoda Journal 50: 29-57. (in Japanese)
2015*　Whale Watching: Trouble on the Small Whaling Island of Bequia. Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology 16: 59-67.
2013a* Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Revisited. In N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi and J. Savelle (eds.), Anthropological Studies of Whaling
　　　　　(Senri Ethnological Studies) 84: 81-99.
2013b* Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In N. Kishigami, H. Hamaguchi and J. Savelle (eds.),
　　　　 Anthropological Studies of Whaling (Senri Ethnological Studies) 84: 137-154.
2013c Will the Thunderbird Fly Down onto the Makah Nation Again?: Makah Whaling Revisited. Sonoda Journal 47: 155-176. (in Japanese)
2012a Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Revisited. In Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.) Cultural Anthropology of Whaling. Tokyo: Seizando Shoten,
　　　　 pp.45-63. (in Japanese)
2012b Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.) Cultural Anthropology of
　　　　Whaling. Tokyo: Seizando Shoten, pp.83-101. (in Japanese)
2011a A Consideration on the Use of Tunas. Sonoda Journal 45: 195-214. (in Japanese)
2011b Whalers in the Mobile Age: An Example from Bequia. In Hiroyuki Matsumoto (ed.) An Anthropology of the Marine Conservation.
　　　　 Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, pp.225-236. (in Japanese)
2010　 A Report on the Local Community Development Utilizing Shishigaki and a Water Wheel. Sonoda Journal 44: 173-188. (in Japanese)
2009a A History of Commercial Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sonoda Journal 43: 103-117. (in Japanese)
2009b To Seek a Solution to the Whaling Issues. Koumei 39: 48-53. (in Japanese)
2008a A Report on Commercial Sealing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.) Anthropological Studies on
　 　 　 Distribution and Management of Marine Resources. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, pp.147-171. (in Japanese)
2008b A Review on the Anti-Sealing Protests: Historical Perspective and Update. Sonoda Journal 42: 233-246. (in Japanese)
2007　 A Review on Commercial Sealing in Atlantic Canada. In Nobuhiro Kishigami (ed.) Indigenous Distribution and Management of
　 　　　Marine Resources, Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, pp.161-212. (in Japanese)
2006a Whalers in the Mobile Age. Minpaku Monthly 30(1): 20-21. (in Japanese)
2006b Small Cetacean Whaling in the Island of St. Vincent: Historical Perspective, Update and Problems. Sonoda Journal 40: 63-71.
2006c Food and Environment: To Seek a Sustainable Use of Shrimps in Southeast Asia. In Toshimitsu Kawai (ed.), To Understand
　 　 　Other Cultures from a Viewpoint of Foodways. Tokyo: Jichosha, pp.165-184. (in Japanese)
2005a A Report on Sea Shepherd's Crimes in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture. Sonoda Journal 39: 41-52. (in Japanese)
2005b* Use and Management of Humpback Whales in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In Nobuhiro Kishigami and James M. Savelle
　　　　　(eds.), Indigenous Use and Management of Marine Resources (Senri Ethnological Studies) 67: 87-100.
2004a Two Major Changes in the Whaling Activity in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Wakayama Geography 24: 1-8. (in Japanese)
2004b Universality and Particularity in the Study of Cognitive Anthropology. In K. Komatsu et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Basic Books in
　　　　Cultural Anthropology. Tokyo: Kobundo, pp.811-812. (in Japanese)
2003a Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in the Arctic: Examples of Alaska and Chukotka. The Proceedings of the 17th International Abashiri
　　　　Symposium, pp.27-32. (in Japanese)
2003b Use and Management of Humpback Whales in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In N. Kishigami (ed.) Anthropological Studies on
　　　　Use and Management of Marine Resources. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, pp.401-417. (in Japanese)
2002a An Introduction to Whaling Cultures. Kyoto: Sci-Tech. 118pp. (in Japanese)
2002b A Report on Whaling in Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Nihonkai Cetology 10: 19-22. (in Japanese)
2001a Whaling and Ecotourism in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In S. Ishimori and A. Maita (eds.) Advanced Studies in Ecotourism.
　　　　 Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, pp.163-179. (in Japanese)
2001b* Bequia Whaling Revisited: To the Memory of the Late Mr. Athneal Ollivierre. Sonoda Journal 36: 41-57.
2000a Comparative Studies on Food Cultures: An Anthropological Point of View (co-authored with T. Kawai). Tokyo: Kenpakusha. 176pp.
　　　　 (in Japanese)
2000b Bequia Whaling Today. Nihonkai Cetology 10: 19-22. (in Japanese)
1998a Whaling Issues Today. In K. Ohgo et al. (eds.) Societies and Symbols: Papers Written from an Anthropological Approach.
　　　　 Tokyo: Iwata Shoin, pp.525-538. (in Japanese)
1998b The Role of the Whaling Boat Rescue in Maintaining Whaling Culture in Bequia. ICR Report 400: 12-20. (in Japanese)
1997* Whaling and Tourism Development in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: A Report. Sonoda Journal 32: 27-36.
1996a A History of Whaling in the South Pacific. Oceania Quarterly 46: 5-8. (in Japanese)
1996b An Aspect of Tourism Development in Bequia Island. Wakayama Geography 16: 41-44. (in Japanese)
1995a In Search for Coexistence of Whaling Culture and Tourism Development: An Example from Bequia Island in the Caribbean Sea.
　　　　 In T. Goda and K. Ohtsuka (eds.) Ethnography Today: Modernity, Development and Others. Tokyo: Kobundo, pp.70-86.　(in Japanese)
1995b Review of Ethnography of Encounters with Whales and Dolphins by T. Akimichi. Japanese Journal of Ethnology 60: 284-285.
　　　 　(in Japanese)
1993　 Hawksbill Turtle Shell Crafts as an Endangered Culture. Wakayama Geography 13: 52-56. (in Japanese)
1992* Whaling in Bequia: A Preliminary Research Report. In Report of the Symposium on Utilization of Marine Living Resources for
　　　　Subsistence, Tokyo: The Institute for Cetacean Research, pp.127-135.
1990a Whales and Peoples' Way of Life: To the Succession of Whaling Cultures. Annual Review of Social Anthropology 16: 27-55.(in Japanese)
1990b Review of Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan by M. Freeman et al. Japanese Journal of Ethnology 55: 238-239. (in Japanese)
1990c Whaling Issues in Japan. Wakayama Geography 10: 43-48. (in Japanese)
1989a Some Considerations of the Effect of the Moratorium on Commercial Whaling in Japan. Geography 34(5): 138-143. (in Japanese)
1989b Review of the Serpent and the Rainbow by W. Davis. Japanese Journal of Ethnology 54: 234-237.(in Japanese)
1988　 Moby-Dick as an Anthropological Material. Frontier 8: 214-218. (in Japanese)
1986　 Language and Living Things: A Critical Consideration of Cecil H. Brown's Works. Japanese Journal of Ethnology 51: 289-295.
　　　　 (in Japanese)
1985　 Review of Cognitive Anthropology of Natural Things by T. Matsui. Anthropological Quarterly 16(2): 231-234. (in Japanese)
1984　 A Study of Brent Berlin's Works on Ethnobiology. Annual Review of Social Anthropology 10: 77-103.(in Japanese)
(*) Written in English

THESES:
2013　Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Revisited. PhD thesis, Department of Comparative Studies, Graduate University for Advanced Studies.
　　　　389pp. (in Japanese)
1983　A Consideration on Ethnobiological Classifications. MA thesis, Department of Social Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University. 213pp.
　　　　(in Japanese)

COFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
2023　 An Outlook for Fin Whaling in Iceland after 2024. Sympojium on the Current Status of Commercial Whaling in Japan. National Musuem of
　　　　 Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. May 28, 2023. (in Japanese)
2018a Return of Fin Whaling and Decline in Minke Whaling: Updates and Problems of Commercial Whaling in Iceland. International Symposium
　　　　 on Whaling Activities and Issues in the Contemporary World. Natonal Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. December 1, 2018. (in English)
2018b Whale Watching in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic. The Cetology Study Group of Japan, 29th Annual Meeting. Marine World, Fukuoka,
　　　　 Japan. June 17, 2018. (in Japanese)
2018c Delicate Co-existence of Whaling and Whale Watching in the Icelandic Waters. The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, 52nd Annual
　　　　 Meeting, University of Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. June 3 , 2018. (in Japanese)
2015　Growing Pro-Whale Watching Campaign on the Small Whaling Island of Bequia. CHAGS 11 (11th Conference on Hunting and Gathering
　　　 Societies), University of Vienna, Vienna. September 9, 2015. (in English)
2014　Whale Watching: Trouble on the Small Whaling Island of Bequia. Inter-Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and
　 　　 Ethnological Sciences 2014, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. May 15, 2014. (in English)
2011a Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Bequia: Beyond the Conflict between Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling and Commercial Whaling.
　　　　 The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology. 45th Annual Meeting, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan. June 12, 2011. (in Japanese)
2011b Aboriginal/Indigenous Subsistence Whaling: Historical Perspective, Update and Problems.The International Symposium of the National
　　　　 Institute for the Humanities. Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present and Future. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
　　　　 March 13, 2011 (in English and Japanese)
2011c How Large Is Small-Scale Whaling: A Consideration of Humpback Whaling in Bequia. The International Symposium of the National
　　　　 Institute for the Humanities. Whaling Cultures of the World: Past, Present and Future. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
　　　　 March 11, 2011. (in English and Japanese)
2010　To Seek a Sustainable Use of Tunas. Kumano Regular Meeting, International Society for Kumano Affairs, Nachi-katsuura, Japan,
　　　　January 30, 2010. (in Japanese)
2009　Whaling and Whale Meat Food in Japan. Ulsan International Whale Symposium. University of Ulsan, Korea, May 16, 2009.
　　　　(in English, Japanese and Korean)
2008　A History of Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada with Special Reference to the Japan-Newfoundland Relationship.
　　　　The Cetology Study Group of Japan, 19th Annual Meeting, Kanazawa, Japan, July 15, 2008. (in Japanese)
2006　Whalers in the Mobile Age: An Example from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Sea of Japan Cetology Research Association,
　　　　17th Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, July 9, 2006. (in Japanese)
2003　Two Major Changes in the Bequian Whaling. The Workshop on Sharing and Commercial Distribution of Marine Resources among
　　　　the Indigenous Peoples, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, November 15, 2003. (in Japanese)
2002a Use and Management of Humpback Whales in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Monbukagakusho International Symposium 2002.
　　　　New Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Indigenous Use and Management of Migratory Marine Resources, National Museum
　　　　of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, December 3, 2002. (in English)
2002b Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in the Arctic. 17th International Symposium on Peoples and Cultures of the North. Hokkaido,
　　　　Museum of Northern Peoples, Abashiri, Japan, October 20, 2002. (in Japanese)
2002c A Report on Whaling in Bequia Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Workshop on Use and Management of Cetacean Resources.
　　　　National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, January 19, 2002. (in English)
2001　A Report on Whaling in Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Sea of Japan Research Association, 12th Annual Meeting,
　　　　Aikawa, Japan. June 16, 2001.(in Japanese)
1999　Whaling Activities in Bequia Island between 1991 and 1999. Sea of Japan Cetology Research Association, 10th Annual Meeting,
　　　　Kanazawa, Japan, July 17, 1999. (in Japanese)
1995　Whaling and Tourism Development in Bequia Island, Japanese Society of Ethnology, 5th Meeting in Kansai Region, Kobe, Japan,
　　　　December 9, 1995. (in Japanese)
1993　Whaling in Bequia Today: A Preliminary Research Report (2). Japanese Society of Anthropology and Japanese Society of Ethnology,
　　　　47th Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 1993. (in Japanese)
1992　Whaling in Bequia: A Preliminary Research Report. Symposium on Utilization of Marine Living Resources for Subsistence, Taiji, Japan.
　　　　February 22, 1992 (in English)
1991　Whaling in Bequia Today: A Preliminary Research Report (1). Japanese Society of Anthropology and Japanese Society of Ethnology,
　　　　45th Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 1991. (in Japanese)

FIELD EXPERIENCE:
2019 Anthropological investigation of the history of whaling in Nantucket and New Bedford, USA.
　　　 Anthropological investigation of whaling culture and whale watching in Bequia, SVG.
2018 Anthropological investigation of fin whaling in Iceland.
　　　 Anthropological investigation of whale watching in Samana, Dominican Republic.
2017 Anthropological investigation of whaling and whale watching in Iceland.
2016 Anthropological investigation of whaling and whale watching in Iceland.
2015 Anthropological investigation of pastry culture in Vienna, Austria.
2014 Anthropological investigation of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
2012 Anthropological investigation of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
2011 Anthropological investigation of the aftermath of tsunami struck Ayukawa, Japan.
2010 Anthropological investigations of the use of tunas in Nachikatsuura, Japan.
2009 Anthropological investigations of whaling cultures in Bequia, SVG and St. Lucia.
2008 Anthropological investigations of tourism development in Nachikatsuura, Japan
2007 Anthropological investigations of sealing culture in Newfoundland, Canada.
2006 Anthropological investigations of sealing culture in Newfoundland, Canada.
2005a Anthropological investigations of sealing culture in Newfoundland, Canada.
2005b Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
2004a Anthropological investigations of sealing culture in Newfoundland, Canada.
2004b Anthropological investigations of sealing culture in Magdalen Islands, Canada.
2003a Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Nago, Japan.
2003b Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
2002a Anthropological investigations of tourism development in Bali, Indonesia.
2002b Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Taiji, Japan.
2001a Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
2001b Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Wada, Japan.
2000　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1999　Anthropological investigations of whaling cultures in Taiji and Wada, Japan.
1998　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture and tourism development in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1997　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture and tourism development in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1996　Anthropological investigations of whaling cultures in Taiji and Wada, Japan.
1994　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture and tourism development in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1993　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1991　Anthropological investigations of whaling culture in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
The Cetology Study Group of Japan

(As of April 2024)

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