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Asian Ethnology Podcast

Interview with Andreas Riessland

Asian Ethnology Podcast
Asian Ethnology Podcast

In this episode anthropologist Andreas Riessland discusses his research on Japanese biker gangs (bōsōzoku) and a project involving Shugendō Buddhist and Shinto groups that ended in failure due to various struggles between the groups. He also discusses how he came to terms with the failure, and offers advice to researchers who confront “failure” in fieldwork.

Asian Ethnology Podcast
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