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About: 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. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984. He is reported as the author of KJ method for organizing notes, also termed affinity walls in UX Research. He viewed the method as an alternative to Western quantitative methods in ethnography.

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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. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984. He is reported as the author of KJ method for organizing notes, also termed affinity walls in UX Research. He viewed the method as an alternative to Western quantitative methods in ethnography. (en)
  • Jirō Kawakita (川喜田 二郎, Kawakita Jirō), né le 11 novembre 1920 - décédé le 8 juillet 2009, est un ethnologue japonais, premier personnage de l' au Japon et ancien chercheur au Népal, inventeur de la méthode KJ. (fr)
  • 川喜田 二郎（かわきた じろう、1920年（大正9年）5月11日 - 2009年（平成21年）7月8日）は、日本の地理学者、文化人類学者。 (ja)
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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. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984. He is reported as the author of KJ method for organizing notes, also termed affinity walls in UX Research. He viewed the method as an alternative to Western quantitative methods in ethnography. (en)
  • Jirō Kawakita (川喜田 二郎, Kawakita Jirō), né le 11 novembre 1920 - décédé le 8 juillet 2009, est un ethnologue japonais, premier personnage de l' au Japon et ancien chercheur au Népal, inventeur de la méthode KJ. (fr)
  • 川喜田 二郎（かわきた じろう、1920年（大正9年）5月11日 - 2009年（平成21年）7月8日）は、日本の地理学者、文化人類学者。 (ja)
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