Yoshiaki TAKEMURA

竹村嘉晃

AFFILIATION

Faculty of International Tourism, Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes’) University

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH　

Anthropology of the Performing Arts, Dance Ethnography, South Asian Area Studies
Ethnographic study on the Teyyam ritual and its practitioners in the northern part of Kerala, South India. His current research focuses on the transmission of Indian performing arts into Indian diasporas and the impact on the social, economic and political spheres, especially in Singapore.

RESEARCH FIELDS

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Japan

MAJOR WORKS

(English publication Only)
His recent publications include Dance Matter Too: Markets, Memories, Identities, New Delhi: Routledge, 2018, Globalization of Indian Performing Arts in New Media Situation: Dynamics of Cultural Gyre, Hyogo: Konan University, 2018, 2015 RINDAS International Conference, Rethinking Religion, Ethics and Political Economy in India and Sri Lanka: Critical Perspectives from Japan, Kyoto: RINDAS, 2017, Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Vitalizing Brain Circulation: Triangulation Project for the Understanding of Asian and African Areas, International Seminar Program: Succession, Innovation and Transformation of Traditional Culture-Performing Arts and Oral Tradition in the Asia-Pacific Region Final Report, Kyoto: Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2013.

Kathakali performance at the Art Festival in Singapore (Photo by Yoshiaki Takemura, 2019)
Indian drum performance at the cultural event organized by the Indian Heritage Center in Singapore (Photo by Yoshiaki Takemura, 2019)
The regular concert held by the Indian Performing Arts institution in Singapore (Photo by Yoshiaki Takemura, 2020)
Fieldwork at the Teyyam ritual in Northern part of Kerala, India (Photo by Yoshiaki Takemura, 2020)
Bharatanatyam performance at the annual festival of the Hindu temple in Singapore (Photo by Yoshiaki Takemura, 2020)