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Room 01.006 - 13 University Square
United Kingdom
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John Knight completed his doctorate at the London School of Economics on the topic of depopulation and social change in Japanese mountain villages. Before coming to Queen's, he held the posts of Junior Research Fellow in Modern Japanese Studies at Wadham College Oxford (1992-1995) and Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, University of Leiden (1996-1999).
John Knight has undertaken extensive field research in rural Japan on a range of topics, including migration, forestry, farming, and tourism, on which he has published widely. His main area of research is human-animal relations, including hunting, wildlife pests, the use of animals in tourism, and human-animal interactions. His most recent field research has been on Japanese monkey parks as sites of primatology and tourism.
A World on the Move: Anthropological and Historical Approaches to Globalisation ANT1003 (FIRST YEAR module)
Key Debates in Anthropology, ANT2022 (SECOND YEAR module) [download - word doc]
Human-Animal Relations, ANT3027 (THIRD YEAR modules)
Japanese Society ANT3033 (THIRD YEAR module)
Ethnographic Writing in Social Anthropology, ANT7009
(MA module) [download - word doc]
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Knight, John (Recipient), Feb 1998
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Knight, John (Recipient), 1994
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
John Knight (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
John Knight (Organiser)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
John Knight (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
John Knight (Organiser)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
John Knight (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
23/10/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment