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MORIMOTO Izumi

Professorphoto: MORIMOTO Izumi
Department of International Studies
Faculty of International Studies

Present Position Professor, Meiji Gakuin University
Specialty Geography
Education Bachelor of Arts. Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, JAPAN, 1993
Degree of MA: Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, 1995
Degree of Ph.D.: Human Geography. Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, 2001
Publications To Details

Major publications related to Nepalese studies:
1998 Activities of Ethnic Entrepreneurs in the Formation of a Regional Tourist Area in Pokhara, Nepal (in Japanese), Geographical Review of Japan, 71A-4, pp.272-293
1998 The Commoditization of Culture and Tibetan Identity in International Tourism, A Case of a Tibetan family in Pokhara, Nepal (in Japanese), Journal of Humanities and Culture, No.1, pp.35-43
1999 A History of a Tourist Area, Thamel in Kathmandu of Nepal (in Japanese), in Annals of Ochanomizu Geographical Society, No.41. pp. 39-46
2000 From Wandering Minstrels to Migrant Workers: Involvement of the Nepalese Music Caste, Gandharbas, in International Tourism (in Japanese), Bulletin of the Institute for the Culture of Travel, No.9, pp. 161-171
2001 International Tourism and Geographical Images of Nepal (in Japanese), PhD Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University in Tokyo
2002 Adaptation of the Gandharbas to Growing International Tourism in Nepal (in English), in Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies, No.14, pp.68-91
2007 The Development of Local Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of a Tourist Area, Thamel in Kathmandu, Ishii, Gellner, Nawa eds. Nepalis Inside and Outside Nepal: Political and Social Transformations, Manohar, Delhi (forthcoming)

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