Okayama University
Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations
visiting fellow
Sanyo Gakuen University
Research field (2)：
Local studies
, Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords (3)：
digital nomad
, mobility
, globalization
Papers (6)：
Osawa, Makoto. Ethnography of New Farmers from Non-farming Families: The Diverse and Multi-layered Intersections of Individual Desires and Milieu. A Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Ph.D. in Literature. 2020
Osawa, Makoto. Contemporary Discourses on Agriculture in Japan: From Futureless 3K to Sophisticated Future Lifestyle in LOHAS, Living in Rural Areas, and Hannō Han-x. Bulletin of the Graduate Division of Literature of Waseda University. 2014. 59. 111-121
Osawa, Makoto. New Farmers from Non-farming Families; Five Reasons to Become a Farmer. Japan Studies: The Frontier. 2014. 73-86
Osawa, Makoto. Hybrid Lifestyle: Analysis of the Culture of New Entrants into Agriculture. Bulletin of the Graduate Division of Literature of Waseda University. 2013. 58. 149-158
Osawa, Makoto. A New Engagement with the Land: The Shinki Shunou Movement in Japan. A Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology. 2010
New farmers from non-farming families: Analysis of their “lifestyle migration” from the ontological perspectives
(Anthropology of Japan in Japan 2023 2023)
New farmers from non-farming families: One typology of lifestyle migration in contemporary Japan
(2022 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2022)
Ethnography to describe the process of becoming new farmers from non-farming families
(2021)
Happiness through Farming: Motivations, Lifestyles, and Political Economy
(The 14th International Conference of European Association for Japanese Studies 2014)
