Mai Ishihara
Title
Mai Ishihara
Primary Sources
Ishihara, M. (2020). Autoethnography of ‘Silence’: The Story of the Pain of Silent Ainu and Their Care. Hokkaido University Press.
Grunow, T. R., Nakamura, F., Hirano, K., Ishihara, M., lewallen, a-e., Lightfoot, S., Mayunkiki, Medak-Saltzman, D., Williams-Davidson, T-L., & Yahata, T. (2019). Hokkaidō 150: settler colonialism and Indigeneity in modern Japan and beyond. Critical Asian Studies, 51(4), 597–636. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2019.1665291
Grunow, T. R., Nakamura, F., Hirano, K., Ishihara, M., lewallen, a-e., Lightfoot, S., Mayunkiki, Medak-Saltzman, D., Williams-Davidson, T-L., & Yahata, T. (2019). Hokkaidō 150: settler colonialism and Indigeneity in modern Japan and beyond. Critical Asian Studies, 51(4), 597–636. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2019.1665291
Secondary Sources
Nakamura, N., & Osakada, Y. (2025). Examining the effectiveness of the educational role of the permanent exhibition at the National Ainu Museum, Japan, using online user generated review. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 19(4), 285–298. https://doi.org/10.1080/15595692.2023.2298859
Komai, E. (2022). The Ainu and Indigenous politics in Japan: negotiating agency, institutional stability, and change. Journal of Race, Ethnicity & Politics, 7(1), 141–164. https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2021.16
Komai, E. (2022). The Ainu and Indigenous politics in Japan: negotiating agency, institutional stability, and change. Journal of Race, Ethnicity & Politics, 7(1), 141–164. https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2021.16
Extra Resources
Gunawan, A.A. (2021, June 29). Spotlight on Research: The Silence of indigenous people. Hokkaido University. Accessed February 23, 2026. https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/spotlight-on-research-the-silence-of-indigenous-people/
Hokkaidō 150 | Dr. Mai Ishihara (Hokkaidō University). (2019, April 16). Meiji at 150 University of British Columbia. YouTube. Accessed February 23, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjthJnyheo
Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies. (n.d.). About CAIS. Accessed February 23, 2026. https://www.cais.hokudai.ac.jp/english/aboutcenter/
researchmap. (n.d.). ishihara mai. Accessed February 23, 2026. https://researchmap.jp/anthroainu2018?lang=en
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Citation
“Mai Ishihara,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed April 23, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/796.