1. Liszkowski, U., Brown, P., Callaghan, T., Takada, A., and de Vos, C. (forthcoming). A prelinguistic gestural universal of human communication. Cognitive Science.
2. Takada, A. (2011). Narratives of changes in life: Revisiting the “family” in San studies. Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 75(4), 551-573. (in Japanese)
3.Takada, A. (2010). Changes in Developmental Trends of Caregiver-Child Interactions among the San: Evidence from the !Xun of Northern Namibia. African Study Monographs, Supplementary Issue, 40, 155-177.
4. Takada, A. (2009). New directions in ethnographic studies on infancy and infant care. Japanese Psychological Review, 52(1), 140-151. (in Japanese)
5.Takada, A. (2008). Recapturing space: Production of inter-subjectivity among the Central Kalahari San. In A. Irving, A. Sen, & N. Rapport (Eds.), Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, 9(2), Senses of spatial equilibrium and the journey: Confounded, discomposed, recomposed. New York: Berghahn Journals (pp.114-137).
6.Takada, A. (2006). Explaining pathways in the Central Kalahari. In R. K. Hitchcock, K. Ikeya, M. Biesele, & R. B. Lee (Eds.), Senri Ethnological Studies, 70, Updating the San: Image and reality of an African people in the 21st century. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology (pp.101-127).
7.Takada, A. (2005). Early vocal communication and social institution: Appellation and infant verse addressing among the Central Kalahari San. Crossroads of Language, Interaction, and Culture, 6, 80-108.
8.Takada, A. (2002). Social changes among the Central Kalahari San: the analysis of population dynamics, subsistence activities, and child weight. Journal of African Studies, 60, 85-103. (in Japanese)
9.Takada, A. (2002). The meaning of caregiving behaviors among the San for child development. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13(1), 63-77. (in Japanese)
10. Kojima, H., & Takada, A. (2001). Developmental approach to social interaction. Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 16(6), 812-818. (in Japanese)
Academic Articles
1. Takada, A. (forthcoming). Sensing action sediments: Wayfinding practices in the Kalahari Desert among the G|ui/G||ana. In K. Kataoka, & K. Ikeda (Eds.), Aspects of communicative competence: Thinking “ability of co-creation”. Tokyo: Hitsujishobo.(in Japanese)
2. Takada, A. (forthcoming). Goffman’s craftwork: The legacy in linguistic anthropology. In N. Nakagawa, H. Taira, & K. Watanabe (Eds.), A study of interaction order by Erving Goffman. Tokyo: Shinyosha.(in Japanese)
3. Takada, A. (forthcoming). Shaping intimate relationship and the environment. In M. Nishi, S. Kimura, & Y. Hayami (Eds.), G-COE final product series Vol.3: Reconstructing human sphere. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press.(in Japanese)
4. Takada, A. (forthcoming). Post foraging society and child socialization. In R. Sato, & A. Ikeguchi (Eds.), Living with nature Vol.3: Body. Shiga: Kaiseisha Press.(in Japanese)
5. Takada, A. (forthcoming). A perspective of cultural anthropology. In N. Tajima, & T. Minami (Eds.), The new handbook of developmental psychology Vol.1: Theories and methodologies of developmental psychology and the related studies. Tokyo: Shinyosha.(in Japanese)
6. Takada, A. (in press). A personal environment: The application of folk knowledge amongst the San of the central Kalahari Desert. In Handbook of indigenous knowledge and changing environments. Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme, UNESCO.
7. Takada, A. (2011). Pre-verbal infant-caregiver interaction. In A. Duranti, E. Ochs, & B. B. Schieffelin (Eds.), The handbook of language socialization. Oxford: Blackwell (pp.56-80).
8. Takada, A. (2011). Language contact and social change in North-Central Namibia: Socialization via singing and dancing activities among the !Xun San. In O. Hieda, C. Konig & H. Nakagawa (Eds.), Tokyo university of foreign studies: Studies in linguistics Vol.2, Geographical typology and linguistic areas: With special reference to Africa. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins (pp.251-267).
9. Takada, A. (2010). Pragmatic constraints for interaction: Sequential organization of imitation activity among the Central Kalahari San. In D. Kimura, M. Nakamura, and K. Takanashi (Eds.), Border and bond of interaction: Perspectives from the studies of primate, human, and conversation. Kyoto: Showado (pp.358-377). (in Japanese)
10. Takada, A. (2008). Kinship and naming among the Ekoka !Xun. In S. Ermisch (Ed.), Research in Khoisan studies, No.22, Khoisan languages and linguistics: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium, January 8-12, 2006, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal. . Cologne, Germany: Rudiger Koppe Verlag Koln (pp.303-322).
11. Takada, A. (2008). Les pratiques de navigation dans le desert du Karahari (Botswana) chez les San: Exemple d’observation participante. In H. Norimatsu & N. Pigem (Eds.), Collection Cursus, psychologie: Les techniques d’observation en sciences humaines. Paris: Armand Colin, (pp.132-141).
12. Takada, A. (2008). Historical relationship between power and the San in Northern Namibia. In K. Ikeya, S. Takeuchi, & R. Sato (Eds.), Asakura world geography series: Stories between the earth and human, No.12, Africa II. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten, pp.601-614. (in Japanese)
13. Takada, A. (2006). Caregiver-infant interaction among the G|ui: Notes on “Sao kx’am” practices. In T. Sugeno (Ed.), Humanics of body and action. Osaka: Philosophical Anthropology / Modern Semiotics, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University (pp.95-104). (in Japanese)
14. Takada, A. (2005). Mother-infant interactions among the !Xun: Analysis of gymnastic and breastfeeding behaviors. In B. S. Hewlett & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Hunter-gatherer childhoods: Evolutionary, developmental, and cultural perspectives (pp.289-308). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
15. Takada, A. (2005). The importance of gesture and grammar in displaying directional markers: Evidence from the San of the Central Kalahari. In K. Sugawara (Ed.), Construction and distribution of body resources: Correlations between ecological, symbolic and medical systems (pp.31-55). Tokyo: The head office of the project on “Distribution and sharing of resources in symbolic and ecological systems: Integrative model-building in anthropology”.
16. Takada, A. (2004). Nomadic lifestyle and childrearing: Analysis of gymnastic behavior among the Central Kalahari San. In J. Tanaka, S. Sato, K. Sugawara, & I. Ohta (Eds.), Nomad: Life in the wilderness of Africa (pp.228-248). Kyoto: Showado. (in Japanese)
17. Takada, A. (2003). Child development and culture: Psychology and anthropology. In M. Kataoka & N. Yoshida (Eds.), An invitation to developmental psychology (pp.208-231). Kyoto: Sekaishisosha. (in Japanese)
Talks
1.Takada, A. (2012). Responsibility formation in directive sequences between Japanese caregivers and children. Paper presented at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 2012 Inter-Congress: Children and Youth in a Changing World, Bhubaneswar, India, November 26-30.
2.Takada, A. & Endo, T. (2012). Do me a favor: Object requests embedded in directive sequences in Japanese caregiver-child interactions. Paper presented at the symposium: Object requests in six languages, held in Language, Culture and Mind V: Integrating Semiotics Resources in Communication and Creativity, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, CECC-FCH, Lisbon, Portugal, June 27-29.
3.Takada, A. (2012). Socializing practices and kin relationships among the !Xun of Ekoka. Paper presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh: CAS@50: Cutting Edges and Retrospectives, University of Edinburgh, Scottland, June 6-8. (Invited Speaker)
4.Takada, A. (2012). Shaping intimate relationships: developmental transition in caregiving activities for young children among the !Xun of north-central Namibia. Paper presented at the AAACIG symposium held in American Anthropological Association Childhood Interest Group (AAACIG) joint meeting with The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci) and The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 22-25.
5.Takada, A. (2011). From the viewpoint of hunter-gatherer studies. Paper presented at the Symposium: The reality and problems of social and individual learning among human beings. Okazaki Conference Center, Aichi, Japan, 11th December 2011. In H. Tanabe(ed.), Proceedings of the 4th general meeting of Replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens, pp.20-21.(in Japanese)
6. Takada, A. (2011). Child rearing and the life of children among the San. Paper presented at the seminars for understanding Africa: Learning about child rearing from dads and moms in Africa. Kyoto Prefectural International Center, Japan, 10th December 2011.
7.Takada, A. (2011). Intimate relationships and the environment: Developmental transition of caregiving activities among the !Xun of North-central Namibia. Paper presented at the international conference: In search of sustainable humanosphere in Asia and Africa. Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University, Japan, December 4-6 (5th December 2011).
8.Takada, A. (2011). From rhythm to morality: Communicative musicality among the San of Southern Africa. Paper presented at the international conference: Intersubjectivity: From birth for life. St. Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland, 15th October 2011.
9.Takada, A. (2011). Surname and inter-ethnic relationships of the Ekoka !Xun. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics: The hunter-gatherer legacy of Khoisan-speaking peoples: in memory of Hans den Besten (1948-2010). Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal, Austria, July 10-14 (12th July 2011). (Invited Speaker)
10.Takada, A. (2011). Some features of directive sequences in Japanese caregiver-child interactions. Paper presented at the JSLS invited symposium: Reconsidering “communicative competence”: Findings and suggestions from fieldwork/empirical research, at 13th Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences, Kansai University, Osaka, June 25-26 (25th June 2011). Proceedings, pp.22-25. (Invited Speaker))
11.Takada, A. (2011). Responsibility formation in early caregiver-child interactions among the !Xun of North-Central Namibia. Paper presented at the international conference: Towards an anthropology of childhood and children: Ethnographic fieldwork diversity and construction of a field, held in Institute of human and social sciences, University of Liege, Belgium, March 9-11 (9th March 2011).
12. Takada, A. (2011). Socialization via singing and dancing activities among the San of north-central Namibia. Paper presented at the 2nd general meeting of Replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens: Testing evolutionary models of learning, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan, 19-20th February 2011 (19th February 2011). (in Japanese)
13.Takada, A. (2010). 9th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: Interaction, culture, and morality, Kyoto, Japan, 23rd October 2010. (Organizer)
14.Takada, A. (2010). 8th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The Edges of Language Socialization Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 17-18th September 2010. (Organizer)
15.Takada, A. (2010). Interactional analysis of the give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the 8th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The Edges of Language Socialization Studies, Kyoto, Japan, 17-18th September 2010 (17th September 2010).
16. Takada, A. (2010). An ethnicity dock: Analyzing lifestories of the !Xun of North-Central Namibia. Paper presented at the 44th Annual meeting of Japan Association for African Studies, Nara Bunka Kaikan, Japan, 29th-30th May 2010 (29th May). Abstracts, p.59.(in Japanese)
17.Takada, A. (2011). Narratives of changes in life: Revitalizing the “family” in San studies. The workshop of GCOE initiative 4, “Parents-children ties”, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 15th May 2010. (in Japanese)
18.Takada, A. & Shimada, Y. (2010). Interactional conditions for the give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the 26th meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan, 4th-5th September 2010 (4th September). Abstracts, pp.18-21.(in Japanese)
19. Shimada, Y. & Takada, A. (2010). Overlaped utterance in infant-caregiver and infant-sibling interactions. Paper presented at the 26th meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan, 4th-5th September 2010 (5th September). Abstracts, pp.122-123.(in Japanese)
20.Takada, A. (2010). Invited symposium titled, Families delineated: Re-examining concepts on family members based on Japanese, Hausa, and !Xun case studies, at 21st Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan, 26th-28th March 2010 (28th March). Abstracts, pp.133-137. (Invited Symposium, Organizer)
21.Takada, A. (2010). Children’s culture and social changes among the !Xun San. Paper presented at the invited symposium titled, Families delineated: Re-examining concepts on family members based on Japanese, Hausa, and !Xun case studies, at 21st Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan, 26th-28th March 2010 (28th March). Abstracts, p.134.
22. Takada, A. (2010). Round table: “Transactional-cultural psychology” and “genetic-cultural psychology”, at 21st Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan, 26th-28th March 2010 (27th March). Abstracts, pp.133-137. (Facilitator)
23.Liszkowski, U., Brown, P., Callaghan, T., Takada, A., & de Vos, C. (2010). Infant and caregiver pointing across 7 different cultures. Paper presented at the 2010 International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 10-14 (14th March). Abstracts
24.Takada, A. (2010). Participation in rhythm: Socialization through singing and dancing activities among the !Xun San. Paper presented at the AAACIG symposium: Issues in parent-child, institutionalized, and free play settings, held in American Anthropological Association Childhood Interest Group (AAACIG) joint meeting with The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci) and The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), Albuquerque, NM, USA, February 17-20 (February 18). Abstracts, p.8.
25.Takada, A. (2009). 7th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility, Kyoto, Japan, 11th December 2009. (Organizer).
26.Takada, A. (2009). 6th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The dynamics of life and family, Kyoto, Japan, 8th September 2009. (Organizer)
27.Takada, A. (2009). Participation in rhythm: Socialization via song/dance activities among the !Xun San. Paper presented at the 6th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: The dynamics of life and family, Kyoto, Japan, 8th September 2009.
28.Takada, A. (2009). Imagined pathways: Co-constructing ecological knowledge in navigation practices among the San of the central Kalahari Desert. Paper presented at the 11th International Pragmatics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 12-17(July 17). Abstracts, pp.173-174.
29. Takada, A. (2009). Developmental foundations of responsibility formation. Paper presented at the 5th symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility, Kyoto, Japan, 20th June 2009.
30. Takada, A. (2009). Language contact and social change in North-Central Namibia: Their impact on child-group interaction among the !Xun. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Global COE Program “Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education”: A Geographical Typology of African Languages jointly with an International Workshop on Khoisan Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan, 12th-14th May 2009 (14th May). Abstracts, p.16.
31. Takada, A. (2009). Song/dance and socialization: Children’s culture among the !Xun San. Paper presented at the Symposium titled, Musicality as play in early development, the 9th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 16th-17th May 2009 (17th May).
32. Takada, A. (2009). Pragmatic constraints for the reciprocal give-and-take activity. Round table: Do children have a responsibility?: “Response” as a resource in caregiver-child interactions. Paper presented at the 20th Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Japan Women’s University, March 23 – 25. Abstracts, p.62.
33. Takada, A. (2008). Socializing to and through children’s culture: the emergence of sibling-care among a San post-foraging society. Paper presented at the 107th Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 19 – 23. Abstracts, p.604.
34. Takada, A. (2008). Interactional conditions for the reciprocal give-and-take activity. Paper presented at the 3rd symposium on the cultural formation of responsibility: Responsibility in Relationships: Linguistic Anthropological Approach, Kyoto, Japan, 25th-26th October 2008. Abstracts, p.6.
35. Takada, A. (2008). Re-enacting birth: The spread of the chebama ritual in the central Kalahari. Paper presented at the International Conference: Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual, Heidelberg, Germany, 29th September-2nd October 2008. Abstracts, p.88.
36. Takada, A. (2008). Attention management in caregiver-child interactions. Round table: The relationship between sharing of the third party and joint attention. Paper presented at the 19th Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Osaka International Convention Center, March 19 – 21. Abstracts, p.195.
37. Takada, A. (2008). The developmental trajectory of give-and-take activity in caregiver-infant interactions. Paper presented at the Symposium on Pragmatic constraints and resource diversity in caregiver-infant interactions across cultures, XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Edinburgh, 28 July-1 August 2008. Abstracts, p.76.
38. Takada, A. (2008). Kinship terminology and naming practices among the !Xun. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics: Khoisan Languages – an Endangered World: in memory of Professor Anthony Traill. Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal, Austria, July 6-10.
39. Takada, A. (2008). Rethinking early cultural learning. Paper presented at Symposium: Research and Education on Human Interaction: The perspective of Qualitative Researches, Saitama, Japan. 2004・1・14.
40. Takada, A. (2007). Dancing in a circle: Communicative competence in imitation activity among San children. Paper presented at the 106th Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, November 28 – December 2. Abstracts, pp.542-543.
41.Takada, A. (2007). Practices of early cultural learning: Responsibility in caregiver-infant interaction. Paper presented at the CLIC Symposium on Language Socialization, Interaction and Culture, UCLA, CA, 23rd-24th February 2007. Abstracts, pp.11-12.
42. Takada, A. (2006). Rethinking the cultural organization of caregiving behaviors. Paper presented at the invited symposium: Culture of parenting, at 17th Annual meeting of Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Fukuoka, Japan, 20th-22nd March 2006. Abstracts, p.113.
43. Takada, A. (2006). Naming practices among the Central Kalahari San (G|ui and G||ana): An anthropological approach on early vocal communication. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics, “Genesis and Development: In memory of Pastor Eliphas Eiseb”. Riezlern, Germany, January 8-12.
44. Takada, A. (2005). Nomadic lifestyle and caregiving behaviors among forager societies. Paper presented at the invited symposium: Child development in divergent cultures, at the 21st Annual meeting of Primate Society of Japan, Kurashiki, Japan, 1st-3rd July 2005. (Primate Research, 21 Supplement, vii)
45. Takada, A. (2004). The development of Social Interaction: An Ethnographic Study of the San of Southern Africa. Paper presented at Symposium: Child Development in Culture, Fukuoka, Japan, 6th-7th November 2004. 2004・11・6-7.
46. Takada, A. (2003). Preliminary analysis of early vocal communication among the San of Southern Africa. Paper presented at the Workshop: Social Interaction and Cultural Learning, Communications Research Laboratory, Kyoto, Japan, 18th July 2003.
47. Takada, A. (2002). Mother-infant interactions among the !Xun: Analysis of gymnastic and breast-feeding behaviors. Paper presented at the Workshop: Culture and Ecology of Forager Children, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7th-8th September 2002.
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