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The following lecture was given at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France Takada, A. (2017). Practices of early cultural learning: Responsibility formation in caregiver-infant interaction among the G|ui/G||ana of Botswana. Paper presented at Laboratoire Ethologie, Cognition, Développement, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France, 24th February 2017. <https://www.ehess.fr/fr/professeur-invit%C3%A9/takada>

The following lecture was given at EHESS, Paris, France Takada, A. (2017). The cultural and ecological foundations of ethnicity among the !Xun of North-central Namibia. Paper presented at Comprendre les relations Afrique-Asie: espace transversal de recherches et d’enseignement (CRAA-ETRE), EHESS, Paris, France, 21st February 2017. <https://www.ehess.fr/fr/professeur-invit%C3%A9/takada>

The following lecture was given at Linkoeping University, Sweden. Takada, A. (2017). Participation in rhythm: Peer group interactions among the !Xun San of Namibia. Paper presented at Paper presented at Tema Barn Higher seminar spring 2017. Linkoeping University, Sweden, 14th February 2017. <https://www.tema.liu.se/tema-b/seminarier/gaster-pa-tema-barn?l=en>

Takada, A. (2017). Re-enacting Birth: Resettlement policy and the ritualistic treatment of abnormal birth in Botswana. Anthropology of giving birth/making a family: An invitation to alternatives. Tokyo:Bensey Publishing Inc, pp.185-209. <http://bensei.jp/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=2&products_id=100698>

Terashima, H. & Hewlett, B. S. (Eds.), Social learning and innovation in contemporary hunter-gatherers: Evolutionary and ethnographic perspectives. Tokyo:Springer<http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-4-431-55997-9> This book includes the following papers written by CCI members. “Transmission of Body Decoration Among the Baka Hunter-Gatherers” by Yujie Peng (pp.83-93). “Education and learning during social situations among the Central...

Bateman, A. & Church, A. (Eds.), Children’s knowledge-in-interaction: Studies in conversation analysis. Springer.<http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-1703-2> This book includes the following papers written by CCI members. “Relating with an Unborn Baby: Expectant Mothers Socializing Their Toddlers in Japanese Families” by Akira Takada & Michie Kawashima (pp.211-229). “Young Children’s Initial Assessments in Japanese” by...

Lovis, W. & Whallon, R. (eds.) (2016). Marking the Land: Hunter-gatherer creation of meaning in their environment. New York: Routledge. More information: Amazon.com. This book includes the following paper written by CCI member. Takada, A. (2016). Unfolding cultural meanings: Wayfinding practices among the San of the Central Kalahari. In W....

Takada, A. (ed.) (2016). Natural History of Communication among the Central Kalahari San. African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue, 52, 1-187. <http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/207684.>

Senzaki, S., Masuda, T., Takada, A., and Okada, H. (2016). The communication of culturally dominant modes of attention from parentsto children: A comparison of Canadian and Japanese parent child conversations during a joint scene description task. PLoS ONE 11(1):e0147199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147199.

Takada, A. (2015). Comment on “Children as a Reserve Labor Force”, by David F. Lancy. Current Anthropology, 56(4), 562-563. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/679361>