2011. Continuity, Symbiosis, and the Mind in Traditional Cultures of Modern Societies. (Takako Yamad aand Takashi Irimoto) Sapporo，Hokkaido University Press. 280 pp.
（supported by Global COE Program, Hokkaido University）
Contents
Preface vii
Introduction / Takako Yamada & Takashi Irimoto 1
Part I Continuity and Transmission of Indigenous Heritage in the Modern World
1. Yuyarraq (The Way of the Human Being):Yup'ik Voices in the Transmission of Religious and Cultural Knowledge / Kanaqlak(George P. Charles) 9
2. Sami Concepts and Modern Indigenous Approaches to Theorizing Their Culture / Jelena Porsanger 59
3. Keeping “Tibetanness” in Refugees’ Societies / Rinzing Dolma Noguchi 71
4. Negotiation toward the Continuation of Traditional Festivals: A Case Study of Rural Japan / Kengo Konishi 83
Part II Continuity of Religious Tradition in the Modern World
5. Siberian Indigenous Religious Traditions in an Ever Changing World: the Khanty and Samoed’s Case / Elena Glavatskaya 95
6. Traces of Shamanistic Beliefs in the Life Pattern of Uzbeks in the Ferghana Valley / Adkham A. Ashirov 107
7. Kazakh Memorial Services in the Post-Soviet Period: A Case Study of Northern Kazakhstan Villages / Tiko Fujimoto 117
Part III Continuity of the Idea of Nature in Modern Societies
8. The Traditional Paganism and the Modern Neo-Paganism in the Consciousness, Culture and Politics of the Russian’s Finno-Ugric Peoples / Svetlana Tchervonnaia 135
9. Continuity and Symbiosis of Traditional Cultures: From Animism to a Philosophy of Ecology / Takako Yamada 143
10. Ritual and Discourses on Nature among the Changing Post-Soviet Reindeer Herders in Northern Kamchatka / Takashi Irimoto 153
11. Nature and Man: Past and Present in Egypt / Aliaa R. Rafea 165
Part IV The Power of Traditional Cultures and Symbiosis in a Changing Modern World
12. A Strategy for Coexistence: The Case of the Festival at Temple W in Haidong District, Qinghai Province, China / Chikako Uehara 185
13. The Survival and Symbiosis of Blacksmiths in Bishnupur, India / Takayuki Saito 199
14. A Struggle for the Co-existence between the Euro-Canadians and the Kaska First Nations / Mikako Yamaguchi 211
15. Revival of the Ainu Bear Festival: The Mind, Ethnic Symbiosis and Continuity of Traditional Culture / Takashi Irimoto 227
