About Jirō Kawakita
Lived 1920 – 2009 (aged 89). Jirō Kawakita was a Japanese linguist, esperantist, geographer and cultural anthropologist, known for KJ Method.
was an ethnographer, a pioneer in participation of remote Nepalese villagers in researching their problems, resulting in practical benefits of potable water supplies and rapid rope-way transport across mountain gorges. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984. 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.
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Jirō Kawakita was born on 11 May 1920.
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Jirō Kawakita died on 8 July 2009.
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Jirō Kawakita was a linguist, esperantist, geographer and cultural anthropologist.
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Jirō Kawakita was known for KJ Method.
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Jirō Kawakita was Japanese.
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