Jiro Kawakita
Jiro Kawakita | |
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| Born | May 11, 1920 |
| Died | July 8, 2009 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | KJ Method , 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient |
Jiro Kawakita (川喜田 二郎, Kawakita Jirō) was an ethnographer, a pioneer in participation of remote Nepalese villagers in researching their problems, resulting in practical benefits of portable water supplies and rapid rope-way transport across mountain gorges.[1] He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984.[1]
He is reported as the author of KJ method for organizing notes,[2] also termed affinity walls in UX Research. He viewed the method as an alternative to Western quantitative methods in ethnography.
Kawakita established the non-profit organisation Institute for Himalayan Conservation Japan.[3]
Bibliography
- Kawakita, J. (1957). Ethno-geographical observations on the Nepal-Himalaya. Peoples of Nepal Himalaya: scientific results of the Japanese expeditions to Nepal Himalayas 1952-1953, 3, 1-362.
- Kawakita, J. (1960). Last Rites and Lamas. Japan Quarterly, 7(4), 428.
- Kawakita, J. (1961). Some Ecological Observations in Nepal Himalaya: Torbo Ethnography, No. 3. The Japanese Journal of Ethnology, 25(4), 197-238.
- Kawakita, J. (1974). The hill Magars and their Neighbours (Vol. 3). Tokai University Press.
- Kawakita, J. (1984). Cultural ecology of Nepal Himalaya. Association for technical cooperation to the Himalayan areas.
- Kawakita, J. (1985). Synergic approach to mountain development: Case study of Sikha Valley in Nepal. Integrated Mountain Development, 402-424.
References
- ^ a b Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. "Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation - Awardees". Rmaf.org.ph. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ISBN 978-0-521-85410-8.
- ^ "Institute for Himalayan Conservation Japan". TIPS. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
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