Festivals, Rituals, Resisters, and Bear Hunters in Japan - An Interview with Scott Schnell
Channel: Ben Dorman
Date: 2017-10-19

Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology

 Interview recorded 29 April 2017, Nagoya, Japan

 This episode's&nbsp;guest is Scott Schnell, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa and the former co-editor of Asian Ethnology. Scott discusses his experiences as a field worker and some of his research on Japan, including recent work on matagi (bear hunters). He also discusses his work on&nbsp;Ema&nbsp;Shū, which was&nbsp;published in Asian Folklore Studies, Volume 65, Issue 2 (2006).

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 Music used with kind permission of the performer, shamisen master Koji Yamaguchi.&nbsp;

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