Jiro Kawakita

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. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984.

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The inventor of KJ method.

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1920 Birth

1964 party studies.

Teamwork Realizing the Self in an Organization Koubunsha Kappa Business 1966

1966 Ideas.

Exploration of possibilities Concept of geology Kodansha Gendai Shinsho 1967

Organization and Humanity NHK Modern Science Lecture Japan Broadcast Publishing Association 1967

1970 Sequel to "Idea" (in Japanese)

1973 Methods of field science Thinking and exploration Chuko Shinsho

Philosophy of Overseas Cooperation: From Practice in the Himalayas Chuko Shinsho 1974

1977 Exploration of knowledge Chukoshinsho

Creation of a hiroba: Experiments of a mobile university Chuko Shinsho 1977

KJ-Method: Let the chaos speak for itself Chuokoron-sha 1986

What is creativity?

Creativity and Tradition: Exploring the Depths of Man and the Roots of Democracy Shodensha 1993

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