New JSPS research project launched

We conducted a preliminary survey of Koh Kret together with Professor Tan from Kasetsart University for a new JSPS research project that will be carried out over a five-year period starting this year.

We will be examining how intangible culture can mitigate the impact of development in several waterfront communities in the mainland SEA.

The title of the research is "A Study on the Autonomous Restoration of Waterscapes in Humid Asia through Indigenous Knowledge and Local Cultural Practices", which is continued from previous JSPS project.

In this project, we think how local communities have survived until today amid development and exploitation, phenomena that have taken place around the world since the Middle Ages.

This is a study to find out how small, insignificant, and fragile intangible cultures have stood up to large-scale development and environmental changes.