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James Eder's research interests have long concerned how the tribal and peasant peoples of Southeast Asia, and particularly those of the Philippines, have experienced development and change, broadly understood. His fieldwork in the Philippines has centered on Palawan Island, where his interests include demographic and subsistence change among the Batak, a tropical forest foraging people, and agricultural intensification and economic diversification in San Jose, a farming community on the outskirts of Puerto Princesa City.
In recent years, Eder has re-cast these and other longstanding research interests around issues of natural resource management and use, while at the same time scaling up to a broader view of Palawan and of the Philippines as a whole. One current research project, Migrants to the Coasts, examines the challenges that the continued migration to Palawan of ethnically-diverse fisherfolk from elsewhere in the Philippines pose for the establishment of marine protected areas and other elements of successful community-based coastal resource management programs. Another current research project, Re-Envisioning the Upland Philippines, aims to better capture the ecological, economic and social transformations presently underway in the nation's uplands than present models allow. His most recent research project concerns ethnic identity, Islamic consciousness, and Muslim-Christian relations in Palawan.
Eder teaches courses on introductory sociocultural anthropology, peoples of Southeast Asia, and the anthropology of development in SHESC, and a course on international development and sustainability in the School of Sustainability. In 2011, Eder received the ASU Alumni Association's Faculty Achievement Teaching Award.
Education:
- Ph.D. University of California-Santa Barbara
- B.S. Biology, California Institute of Technology
Research Interests:
Field Research Projects:
Migration and Household Economic Diversification in the Palawan Fishing Economy
Re-envisioning the Upland Philippines
Publications:
- James F Eder and Oscar Evangelista. Palawan and its Global Connections. (2014).
- James F Eder. Tree crops, fallow management, and agricultural settlement in the Cuyonon system of shifting cultivation. A Growing Forest of Voices: Lessons in Fallow Management from Indigenous Peoples (2014).
- James F Eder. The role of gender in the reduction of fishing effort in the coastal Philippines. Gender and Sustainability: Lessons from Asia and Latin America (2012).
- James F Eder. Environmental Reconfigurations and Livelihood Transformations in Rural Southeast Asia. Regions & Cohesion (2011).
- Kim Hill, James Eder, and eight others. Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure. Science (2011).
- James F Eder. Nicknames at Work and at Play: Sociality and Social Cohesion among the Cuyonon of the Philippines. Anarchic Solidarity: Autonomy, Equality, and Fellowship in Southeast Asia (2011).
- James F Eder. "Ethnic difference, Islamic consciousness, and Muslim social integration in the Philippines". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (2010).
- James F Eder. "Muslim Palawan: Diversity and difference on the periphery of Philippine Islam". Philippine Studies (2010).
- James F Eder. Who Shall Succeed? Agricultural Development and Social Inequality on a Philippine Frontier. (2009).
- James F. Eder. Migrants to the Coasts: Livelihood, Resource Management, and Global Change in the Philippines. (2008).
- Christy Turner, James Eder. Dental Pathology, Wear, and Diet in a Hunting and Gathering Forest-Dwelling Group: The Batak People of Palawan Island, the Philippines. Dental Anthropology (2006).
- James Eder. Gender and Household Economic Planning in the Rural Philippines. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (2006).
- James Eder. Land Use and Economic Change in the Post-frontier Upland Philippines. Land Degradation and Development (2006).
- Turner II, Christy G,Eder, James F. Dentition of the Batak People of Palawan Island, the Philippines: Southeast Asian Negrito Origins. Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia (2006).
- Eder, James F. Batak. Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities, 3 volumes, ed. Karl Skutsch (2005).
- James Eder. Coastal Resource Management and Social differences in Philippine Fishing Communities. Human Ecology (2005).
- Eder, James. Sacred Resources, Sacred Forests: Their Relevance for Natural Resource Management in the Philippines. (2005).
- James Eder. Who Are the Cuyonon? Ethnic Identity in the Modern Philippines. Journal of Asian Studies (2004).
- Eder, James F (Author) . Minorities in the Philippines: Ancestral Lands in Theory and Practice. Civilizing the Margins: Southeast Asian Government Polciies for the Development of Minorities (2004).
- Eder, James F (Author) . The Batak of Palawan Island, the Philippines. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers (2004).
- James Eder. A Filipinist in Vietnam. Suvannabhumi (2003).
- James F Eder. Gender, social difference, and coastal resource management in lowland Philippine fishing communities. Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice (0).
Research Activity:
- Eder,James F*. Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Role of NGOs and Human Rights Initiatives in Democratization. NSF-ENG-BCS(6/1/2014 - 5/31/2015).
- Eder,James F*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: School Girls and Modern Women: Education and Gender in Contemporary Bhutan. NSF-SBE(8/1/2009 - 1/31/2011).
- Eder,James F*. Re-Envisioning the Upland Philippines. ED(5/1/2005 - 12/31/2006).
- Eder,James F*. MIGRATION, CULTURE & MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES: AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH/PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. NSF-SBE(6/1/1999 - 7/31/2000).
- Eder,James F*. SEASSI CONSORTIUM DUES. MISC PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS(10/1/1996 - 10/1/1997).
- Eder,James F*. SUMMER FLATS FELLOWSHIP. UNIV OF WASHINGTON(8/16/1996 - 8/15/1997).
- Eder,James F*. SEASSI FLAS FELLOWSHIP. CETYS Universidad(5/1/1996 - 9/30/1997).
- Rush,James Robert*, Eder,James F, Woodward,Mark Rhey. NRC FOR SE ASIAN STUDIES. ED(8/15/1995 - 8/14/1996).
- Eder,James F*. SUMMER FIAS FELLOWSHIPS. UNIV OF WASHINGTON(8/15/1995 - 8/14/1996).
- Eder,James F*. SEASSI SUMMER INSTITUTES. UNIV OF WASHINGTON(7/1/1995 - 11/15/1997).
- Eder,James F*. NATL RESOURCE UNDERGRAD CTR FOR SE ASIAN STUDIES & FOREIGN L. ED(8/15/1994 - 8/14/1997).
- Eder,James F*. FULBRIGHT HAYS: NO LONGER THE FRONTIER. ED-PSE-CIE(7/1/1994 - 12/31/1995).
- Eder,James F*. NATIONAL RESOURCE UNDERGRAD CNTR FOR S.E. ASIAN STUDIES. ED(8/15/1993 - 8/14/1994).
- Eder,James F*. ECON DEVEL & SOCIAL DIFFERIENTIATION IN A FARMING COMMUNITY. NSF(8/15/1988 - 1/31/1990).
| Fall 2021 | |
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| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
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| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
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| ASB 792 | Research |
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| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
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| Spring 2019 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Presentations:
- James F Eder. Converting to Islam in the Christian Philippines: Some Motives and Consequences. annual meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Athens, Georgia, April 4- (May 2014).
- James F Eder. panel on current research on Palawan Island. 13th International Conference on Philippine Studies (Oct 2012).
- James F Eder. Zoning resources, zoning people: Ecogovernmentality and non-timber forest products collection in the Philippines. 2nd Philippine Studies Conference of Japan, Tsukuba (Nov 2010).
- James F Eder. Migration, resource management and household livelihood diversification in the Philippine coastal zone. Taft Lecture, University of Cincinnati (Oct 2010).
- James F Eder. The future of indigenous peoples in the Philippines: Sources of cohesion, forms of difference. workshop on Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia, Leiden, the Netherlands (May 2010).
- James F Eder. Environmental reconfigurations and livelihood transformations in rural Southeast Asia. annual meeting of the Consortium for Comparative Research in Regional Integration and Social Cohesio (Nov 2009).
- James F Eder. Alternative Livelihoods for the Philippine Coastal Zone: Lessons from Palawan. 8th International Philippine Studies Conference (Jul 2009).
- James F Eder. Alternative livelihoods for migrant fishers in the coastal Philippines: the role of gender in the reduction of fishing effort. Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting (Mar 2009).
- James F Eder. The role of gender in the reduction of fishing effort in the coastal Philippines. American Anthropological Association annual meeting (Nov 2008).
- Eder, James. Development, Participation, and Environmentalism on Palawan Island, Philippines. International Social Science Research Methods conference (Jun 2004).
Service:
- Human Ecology, article reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Human Ecology, article reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Human Organization, article reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Human Organization, article reviewer (2013 - Present)
- undergraduate committee, chair (2009 - Present)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2008 - Present)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2008 - Present)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2008 - Present)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2008 - Present)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2008 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- Philippine Studies, member, international advisory board (2006 - Present)
- University Promotion and Tenure Committee, member (2012 - 2015)
- undergraduate committee, chair (2011 - 2013)
- undergraduate committee, chair (2011 - 2012)
- Academic Standards Committee, Member (2006 - 2009)
- SHESC search committee (s/c health positions), chair (2008 - 2008)
- social-cultural anthropology approach (SHESC), convener (2006 - 2008)
- SHESC P&T committee (for Michael Winkelman), chair (2008 - 2008)
- Search committee (culture, heritage, and identity), Chair (2005 - 2007)
- Search Committee (senior s/c hire), Chair (2006 - 2007)
- Graduate Committee, Member (2006 - 2007)
- Search Committee (culture, heritage, and identity), Chair (2005 - 2007)
- Bioarchaeology Search, Member (2006 - 2006)
- PersonnelCcommittee, Member (2004 - 2006)
- Graduate Curriculum Implementation Commmittee, Member (2005 - 2005)
- Research support committee, Member (2005 - 2005)
- Search Committee (modern urban studies), Chair (2004 - 2005)
- Space Committee, Member (2003 - 2005)
- Structure working group a.k.a. the school by-laws committee, Co-chair (2004 - 2004)
- Transfer evaluation committee (Bob Bolin), Chair (2004)
- Transfer evaluation committee (Ed Hackett), Chair (2004)
- Promotion/tenure committee (Leif Jonsson), Chair (2004 - 2004)
- Program for Southeast Asian Studies, Director (2002 - 2004)
- Program for Southeast Asian Studies, Member, Executive Committee (2002 - 2004)
- Center for Environmental Studies Faculty Advisory Committee, Member (2003)
- Planning committee, Member (2003)
- Professional Conduct representative, Member (2003)
- Barrett Honors College, member, National Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (Present)
- CLAS Academic Standards Committee, member (Present)