Jiro Kawakita
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Jiro Kawakita (川喜田 二郎, Kawakita Jirō) was an ethnographer, a pioneer in participation of remote Nepalese villagers in researching their problems, resulting in practical benefits of portable water supplies and rapid rope-way transport across mountain gorges.[1] He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984.[1]
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Jiro Kawakita | |
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Born | May 11, 1920 (1920-05-11) |
Died | July 8, 2009(2009-07-08) (aged 89) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Geographer Cultural anthropologist |
Known for | KJ Method, 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient |
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He is reported as the author of KJ method for organizing notes,[2] also termed affinity walls in UX Research. He viewed the method as an alternative to Western quantitative methods in ethnography.
Kawakita established the non-profit organisation Institute for Himalayan Conservation Japan.[3]