Junko Maruyama - Erikawa

Dr. Junko Maruyama is a Professor of Anthropology and African Area Studies at Tsuda University in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in Area Studies from the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. She previously held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and served as an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University and an Associate Professor at Tsuda University.
Her books in Japanese include "Indigenous Peoples and the Law: Thinking It Through" (Shinzansha, 2022), "The Contemporary World from the Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples " (Showado, 2018), and "Bushmen Living in a Changing World: Between Development Programs and the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement" (Sekaishisosha, 2010). She has also co-edited special journal issues, including "Indigenous Identities and Ethnic Coexistence in Africa" (African Study Monographs, 2015) and "Tourism, Capital, and Livelihoods in Africa" (Global-E, 2018).
Her research and teaching focus on livelihood strategies, food sharing, land issues, and Indigenous rights movements among San hunter-gatherers in Southern Africa.Her current research primarily investigates regional power dynamics and the creativity of Indigenous communities through canned food supply chains in Southern Africa, while also examining the impacts of community-based tourism and renewable energy development on Indigenous communities.