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 (7):
Makoto Osawa. Becoming a Farmer in Contemporary Japan. Asian Anthropology. 2024
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
[Book review] Hayakawa "Machidukuri no Esunoguraphuī". Japanse Journal of Cultural Anthropology. 2023. 88. 2
Osawa, Makoto. Research Report: New farmers from non-farming families and the processes to become/be a farmer. JAWS newsletter. 2013. 49. 16-19
Books (1):
What is Cultural Sustainability?
Nakanishiya 2023 ISBN:9784779517280
Lectures and oral presentations (9):
Desires and Milieus: Migration and Engagement in Agriculture by New Farmers from Non-farming Background in Japan
(The 2024 Global Mobility Humanities Conference 2024)
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)