TERADA Yoshitaka († 2023)
Professor, Research Center for Academic Resources of the National Museum of Ethnology Osaka
Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Terada Yoshitaka was an outstanding scholar and a dear friend to many of us. His involvement in minority studies was longstanding both in research and on an institutional level. He served on the board of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Minorities and organised an unforgettable Study Group Symposium in 2014 in Osaka. In 2019, he had joined the Advisory Board of MMRC.

He taught at the Research Center for Academic Resources of the National Museum of Ethnology (NME) in Osaka. Terada Yoshitaka completed his studies in economics in Kobe University (1974-1976), AA in Ethnic Studies, Shoreline College (Seattle, USA, 1977), as well as B.A. in General Studies (1979), M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1992) in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington (Seattle, USA).

Terada Yoshitaka had held various academic positions at the NME, such as Professor and Director of the Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology (2012-16), Professor in the Department of Cultural Research (2008-2012, 2016-2017), Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Research (1998-2008) and Assistant Professor, Second Research Department (1996-1998)

He received awards for Best Longer Film in the 3rd International Folk Music Film Festival (Nepal) in 2013 and the Jaap Kunst Award (Society for Ethnomusicology) in 2000.