John Knight

2023

Rural depopulation or rural deactivation? Environmental activity gaps and ways of filling them in rural Japan

Knight, J., 25 Jul 2023, (Unpublished). 19 p.

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2021

How to chase a monkey: reforming the oiharai response to crop-feeding macaques in Japan: reforming the oiharai response to crop-feeding macaques in Japan

Knight, J., 2021, In: Society and Animals. 29, 2, p. 113-131 19 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Why is Japan still ‘waiting for wolves’? An update on the wolf reintroduction movement

Knight, J., 14 Apr 2021, (Unpublished).

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2020

Environmental activity gaps and how to fill them: rural depopulation and wildlife encroachment in Japan

Knight, J., 28 Feb 2020, Japan’s new ruralities: coping with decline in the periphery. Manzenreiter, W., Lützeler, R. & Polak-Rottmann, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 276-294

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2018

Human-animal relations

Knight, J., 05 Sep 2018, International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Callan, H. (ed.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 8 p.

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Monkeys on the move: the natural symbolism of people–macaque conflict in Japan

Knight, J., 22 Feb 2018, Human–animal studies: critical concepts in the social sciences. McHugh, S. & Marvin, G. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

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2017

Block, push or pull? Three responses to monkey crop-raiding in Japan

Knight, J., 01 May 2017, Understanding conflicts about wildlife: a biosocial approach. Hill, C. M., Webber, A. D. & Priston, N. E. C. (eds.). Oxford: Berghahn, p. 36-48 (Studies of the Biosocial Society; vol. 9).

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Human dimensions of primate management

Knight, J., 2017, The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Fuentes, A. (ed.). New York: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 607-613 7 p.

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Introduction to Part II - Following the data: incorporating ethnography

Knight, J., 23 Feb 2017, Ethnoprimatology: a practical guide to research on the human-nonhuman primate interface. Dore, K. M., Riley, E. P. & Fuentes, A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 171-175

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Wildlife tourism as crop protection? double-goal provisioning and the transvaluation of the macaque in postwar Japan

Knight, J., 01 Oct 2017, In: Human-Wildlife Interactions. 11, 2, p. 217-230 14 p., 12.

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2014

Bonding with the non-human world: why people feed wildlife in Japan

Knight, J., 01 Aug 2014, In: Rachel Carson Center Perspectives . 3, Special Issue: Asian Environments, p. 61-64 4 p.

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We will tax the monkeys! Wildlife tourism as an integrative solution to crop-raiding in Japan

Knight, J., 2014.

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2012

The anonymity of the hunt: a critique of hunting as sharing

Knight, J., 01 Jun 2012, In: Current Anthropology. 53 , 3, p. 334-355 22 p.

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37 Citations (Scopus)

2011

Herding monkeys to paradise: how macaque troops are managed for tourism in Japan

Knight, J., 27 May 2011, Leiden: Brill. 648 p. (Human-Animal Studies)

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Japan's shrinking regions in the 21st century: contemporary responses to depopulation and socioeconomic decline

Matanle, P. C. D., Rausch, A., Knight, J. & Shrinking Regions Research Group, 01 Sep 2011, Cambria Press. 564 p.

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The postwar provisioning of macaques for tourism in Japan

Knight, J., 2011, The environmental histories of Europe and Japan. Coates, P. & Mizoguch, T. (eds.). Nagoya University Publication, p. 117-126 10 p.

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2010

The ready-to-view wild monkey: the convenience principle in Japanese wildlife tourism

Knight, J., 01 Jul 2010, In: Annals of Tourism Research. 37, 3, p. 744-762 19 p.

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46 Citations (Scopus)

2009

Making wildlife viewable: habituation and attraction

Knight, J., 2009, In: Society and Animals. 17 , 2, p. 167-184 18 p.

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76 Citations (Scopus)

2006

Monkey mountain as a megazoo: analysing the naturalistic claims of “wild monkey parks” in Japan

Knight, J., 2006, In: Society and Animals. 14 , 3, p. 245-264 20 p.

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Nyūshoku yūki saibai no hamon: Wakayama Kumano chihō o jirei to shite

Knight, J., 2006, Nijūseiki nihon no nōmin to nōson (Farmers and village life in twentieth century Japan). Yoshiaki, N. & Waswo, A. (eds.). University of Tokyo Press, p. 261-279

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2005

Animals in person: cultural perspectives on human-animal intimacies

Knight, J. (ed.), 01 Jul 2005, Routledge. 290 p.

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Feeding Mr Monkey: cross-species food 'exchange' in Japanese monkey parks

Knight, J., 01 Jul 2005, Animals in person: cultural perspectives on human-animal intimacies. Knight, J. (ed.). Routledge, p. 231-253

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Introduction

Knight, J., 01 Jul 2005, Animals in person: cultural perspectives on human-animal intimacies. Knight, J. (ed.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 1-13

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Maternal feelings on monkey mountain: cross-species emotional affinity in Japan

Knight, J., 2005, Mixed emotions: anthropological studies of feeling. Milton, K. & Svašek, M. (eds.). Berg, p. 179-193 15 p.

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Remembering the wolf: the reintroduction campaign in Japan

Knight, J., 17 Nov 2005, Perspectives on social memory in Japan. Hui, T. Y., Bremen, J. V. & Ben-Ari, E. (eds.). Brill, p. 173-190

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2004

Representations of hunting in Japan

Knight, J., 04 Dec 2004, Wildlife in Asia: cultural perspectives. Knight, J. (ed.). Routledge, p. 56-72 17 p.

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Wildlife in Asia: cultural perspectives

Knight, J. (ed.), 04 Dec 2004, Routledge. 258 p.

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Wolf reintroduction in Japan?

Knight, J., 04 Dec 2004, Wildlife in Asia: cultural perspectives. Knight, J. (ed.). Routledge, p. 233-254

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2003

Demographic change and the family in Japan's aging society

Traphagan, J. W. (ed.) & Knight, J. (ed.), 30 Jan 2003, SUNY Press. 248 p.

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Organic farming settlers in Kumano

Knight, J., 2003, Farmers and village life in twentieth century Japan. Waswo, A. & Yoshiaki, N. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 267-284 18 p.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Repopulating the village?

Knight, J., 2003, Demographic change and the family in Japan's aging society. Traphagan, J. W. & Knight, J. (eds.). SUNY, p. 107-124 18 p.

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The problem of gaizai: the view from Japanese forestry villages

Knight, J., 2003, The political ecology of tropical forests in southeast Asia: historical perspectives. Tuck-Po, L., Jong, W. D. & Ken-ichi, A. (eds.). Kyoto University Press, p. 265-282

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The study of the family in Japan: integrating anthropological and demographic approaches

Knight, J. & Traphagan, J. W., 2003, Demographic change and the family in Japan's aging society. Traphagan, J. W. & Knight, J. (eds.). SUNY, p. 3-23

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Waiting for wolves in Japan: an anthropological study of people-wildlife relations

Knight, J., 13 Mar 2003, Oxford University Press. 308 p. (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

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2002

'The Mountain People' as tribal mirror

Knight, J., 20 Jun 2002, The best of Anthropology Today. Benthall, J. (ed.). Routledge, p. 103-108

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2001

Hunters and hikers: rival recreations in the Japanese forest

Knight, J., 20 Sep 2001, Japan at play: the ludic and the logic of power. Hendry, J. & Raveri, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 268-284

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2000

Culling demons: the problem of bears in Japan

Knight, J., 14 Dec 2000, Natural enemies: people-wildlife conflicts in anthropological perspective. Knight, J. (ed.). Routledge, p. 145-169 24 p.

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From timber to tourism: recommoditizing the Japanese forest

Knight, J., 01 Jan 2000, In: Development and Change. 31 , 1, p. 341-359 19 p.

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28 Citations (Scopus)

From timber to tourism: recommoditizing the Japanese forest

Knight, J., 12 Jun 2000, Forests: nature, people, power. Doornbos, M., Saith, A. & White, B. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 333-350

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'Indigenous' regionalism in Japan

Knight, J., 2000, Indigenous environmental knowledge and its transformations: critical anthropological perspectives. Bicker, A., Ellen, R. & Parkes, P. (eds.). Harwood Academic Press, p. 151-176

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Introduction

Knight, J., 14 Dec 2000, Natural enemies: people-wildlife conflicts in anthropological perspective. Knight, J. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 1-35

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Japan's new 'peasants'

Knight, J., 15 Dec 2000, Disappearing peasantries? Rural labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Bryceson, D., Kay, C. & Mooij, J. (eds.). Practical Action Publishing, p. 279-298

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