# Naotaka Hayashi, Ph.D.

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## Naotaka Hayashi, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Alberta\
MA in Anthropology, University of Alberta\
BAgric. in Forest Ecology, University of Tokyo, Japan

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### Areas of Research

**Environmental Anthropology**\
The main research interest focusses on the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live (the Human-Environment Relationships). The state of the environment, including physical features, weather, flora and fauna, is dynamic, so local people's relationship to their environment never remains static. I am interested in how Inuit-descendants in Greenland have acquired and built knowledge and skills to live off ever-shifting environments. To this end, I am investigating sheep farming in South Greenland and sea-mammal hunting in North and East Greenland. I want to unfold how local inhabitants adjust and develop their understanding of the environment while coping with changing climatic variability and conditions.

**Community Building and Development**\
Recently, I have been interested in community building and development, particularly those in rural areas. I am looking for communities (in Greenland, Iceland and Japan) where residents try to increase community well-being through a healthy human-environment relationship. I am synthesizing ideas on endogenous development, degrowth, and the deconstruction of development. I want to theorize and examine an ecology of hope by exploring how community members envision the future of their community.

### Supervising degrees

**Anthropology** - Masters: Unavailable

**Anthropology** - Doctoral: Unavailable

### More information

[Click here for my publications](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naotaka_Hayashi)

[My UCalgary Profile](https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/naotaka-hayashi)

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