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John M. Janzen is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. He has been a leading figure on issues of health, illness, and healing in Southern and Central Africa since the 1960s and has dedicated much of his career to providing a better understanding of African society. Janzen’s knowledge of the Kikongo language and his intermittent visits to the lower Congo region between 1964 and 1982 have paved the way for a contextual understanding of the roots of Western Equatorial African approaches to sickness and healing, combining African and Western derived biomedical therapies. While his fieldwork in the lower Congo region has been very important in shaping him as an anthropologist, Janzen’s research has expanded to include other African countries such as Rwanda, Burundi, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Sudan, among many others. His work over the years has provided society as a whole with a comprehensive and holistic approach to health and healing, and has led to award winning publications, which have gained international attention. Along with his research on African society, Janzen has been conducting research on Mennonite society and culture, and is an active member of the Kansas Mennonite community. Besides being a native speaker of English, Dr. John M. Janzen is also fluent in Kikongo, standard High German, and Plautdietsch of the Vistula delta region, French, and some Arabic. He is the former director of the Kansas African Studies Center at the University of Kansas, and is currently a professor of medical and socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Kansas. He continues to carry out research on African health and healing, as well as on Mennonite society to the present. == Biography == John Janzen’s ancestral origins stem from Western Europe. His ancestors, having been passionate Mennonites who did not believe in war, were persecuted for their strong views against participation in the military. Fleeing Western Europe in the 16th century, they settled in the Lowlands of the Vistula River on the Southern shores of the Baltic Sea, They lived in Prussia until the early 19th century, when his maternal ancestors relocated to Russia. From 1870 to 1880, Janzen’s ancestors migrated to the United States and settled in Central Kansas. John M. Janzen was born to Hilda Gertrude Neufeldt and Louis Abraham Janzen on October 28, 1937, in the town of Newton in Central Kansas. He is the second of four children, and one of three boys in his family. Growing up on a farm in Newton, John’s responsibilities included feeding the chickens and calves, milking the cows, and working the fields with horses and tractors. Janzen’s parents, his mother a nurse, and his father a farmer-stockman, both had a very high regard for education and always encouraged their children to make the most of their potential. When Janzen began his Master’s studies, his father sent him off with one piece of advice, "If you begin graduate study, try for a PhD." So from early on, Janzen was encouraged to pursue a higher education, and had the support of his family to help him through it. For most of his undergraduate career, however, Janzen continued to return home for the summers to help out with the family farm. He is currently married to Reinhild Kauenhoven and has three children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John M. Janzen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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