Odajima Rie
小田岛理绘
program
Visiting Fellow
Contact
lectoda@aoni.waseda.jp
Field of Study
Social Anthropology
Years of Stay at HYI
Sep 2010 to Dec 2011
University Affiliation (Current)
Waseda University
University Affiliation
Waseda University
Rie Odajima is a doctoral student and a visiting lecturer of social anthropology. During her stay at Harvard, she has conducted her Ph.D. dissertation project, entitled The Politics of Heritage: An Ethnographic Study of the Arts of Government in Socialist Laos. Her study is concerned with colonial and post-colonial uses of monuments, museums and tourism, recent contestations over ownership and authenticity of cultural resources and dynamics of social life in Southeast Asia, especially in the Lao PDR.
Recent Publications
“Ancestors of Heritage: Cognatic Society and Spirit Worship of Lao Peasants” (in press)
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