A Study of Quality of Life and Shifting Ikigai: Encounters with Cosmopolitics in Central Hokkaido
Project/Area Number |
20K12339
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
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Research Institution | Akita University (2022) Hokkaido University (2020-2021) |
Principal Investigator |
Hansen Paul 秋田大学, 国際資源学研究科, 教授 (30609722)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | affect / ba / cosmopolitics / ikiagai / One Health / posthumanism / Rural Studies / Rejuvination / anthropology / ikigai / rural studies / rural Japan / Animal-human-Tech / ethnography / wellness / comparative history / social theory / heterotopia / human-animal relations |
Outline of Research at the Start |
Ethnographic research includes participant observation, interview both free and semi-structured, focus groups and coded and structured survey (for example, to gain the broadest possible perspective on QoL, belonging and ikigai from local citizens
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This past year was a continuation of previous ethnographic and textual research on Northern Tokachi, ikigai, One Health, and tourist industries. Again, looking at why and how people engage in work more focused on ‘lifestyle’ over financial profit or even stability. I was a visiting scholar in Canada, continued to work on a book on the subject, and focused on Post-Covid conferences.
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Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
It was a busy year. First, a relaxed Corona environment allowed for more conference participation. I presented and co-organised an 8 person panel for the annual Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) at the Autonomus University of Barcelona with Professor Blai Gaurne and presented at the Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) at Kyoto University (details in following sections). Second, I also participated online on a round table at the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) meeting in Lisbon and presented a paper at the American Asian Studies (AAS) conference held in Honolulu (details following). Third and in accordance with my proposal, I was a visiting scholar at the University of Calgary’s Institute of Public Health in August 2022. Finally, I continued with fieldwork in Tokachi, largely around the Kamishihoro region. However, a shift in employment from Hokkaido University to Akita University in December made this more difficult.
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Not living in Hokkaido means that in the following year I will need to plan longer research travel excursions to finish the project (for example weekend trips are no longer feasible). I will also start to make connections to enable a comparative project focused on ikigai, outdoor pursuits employment, and One Health in Akita, for example in the Tazawako region. I have one book project completed and due out with State University of New York Press (Feb 2024 release date) and another book contract with Lexington Books to produce A Cosmopolitical Countryside: One Health and Wellbeing on the Periphery with a due date of August 2024) as well as an accepted article in the journal Asian Ethnology (Nov. 2023) “Savoring Slackness in Kingston: Independent Japanese Tourists and Jamaican Dancehall”.
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Report
(3 results)
Research Products
(11 results)