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 (4)：
anthropology of freedom
, diversity of lifestyle and work style in Japan
, mobility
, globalization
Papers (7)：
Makoto Osawa. Becoming a Farmer in Contemporary Japan: By N. Lollini. London: Routledge, 2023. 196 Pp. Hardback ISBN 9781032487052 £135.00; eBook ISBN 9781003390374 £35.99. Asian Anthropology. 2025. 24. 1. 89-91
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. 9. 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. 377-379
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 (10)：
New Farmers from Nonfarming Families: Their Life Trajectories, Desires and Milieus
(The Fourth EAJS (European Association for Japanese Studies) Conference in Japan 2025)
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)
2011 - 2020 Waseda University Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2008 - 2010 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Department of Sociology
2003 - 2004 Monterey Institute of International Studies International Policy Studies Program
2001 - 2003 International Christian University Graduate School of Public Administration
1995 - 1999 Seijo University Faculty of Law Department of Law
Professional career (4)：
Ph.D. In Literature (Waseda University)
MA in Sociology (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
MA in Public Administration (International Christian University)
BA in Law (Seijo University)
Work history (8)：
2023/11 - 現在 Okayama University Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations visiting fellow
2022/09 - 現在 Sanyo Gakuen University adjunct lecturer
2021/04 - 2025/03 Waseda University Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences
2023/04 - 2024/09 Okayama University Faculty of Letters
2023/04 - 2023/08 Okayama University
2021/05 - 2022/06 Waseda University Graduate School of Human Sciences
2021/09 - 2022/03 Okayama University Faculty of Letters
2020/04 - 2022/03 Waseda University School of Culture, Media and Society
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Committee career (1)：
2013/04 - 2014/03 Annual journal of cultural anthropology Editor
Association Membership(s) (4)：
European Association for Japanese Studies
, American Anthropological Association
, Japan Anthropology Workshop
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
