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.
The inventor of KJ method.
(DeepL)
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
Creativity and Tradition: Exploring the Depths of Man and the Roots of Democracy Shodensha 1993