2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Multispecies Ethnography of Pacific Oysters in Times of Uncertainty and Precariousness
Project/Area Number |
21K20067
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
Principal Investigator |
Yoshida Mariko 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(国), 助教 (00911588)
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Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | 環境人類学 / 政治生態学 / ブルー・ヒューマニティーズ / マルチスピーシーズ民族誌 / 水産サプライチェーン / フード・スタディーズ / 代謝 / 不安定性 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined how values and meanings, reshaped amid ecological uncertainty and socio-economic precariousness, influence the knowledge-making practices of contemporary Japanese oyster aquaculture. Through multi-sited fieldwork, I argued that these practices are situated within interdependent enmeshments of networks in action, dynamics, and stabilization, where multiple heterogeneous actors are entangled. I explored the theoretical implications of multispecies ethnography, emphasizing that oysters play vital roles in intention-forming and place-making rather than being merely passive consumable resources. As part of the research outcomes, I presented my findings at international conferences and workshops, including those held by the American Anthropological Association, the Society for the Social Studies of Science, and the Association for Asian Studies. Several books and papers have been published in both Japanese and English.
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Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、人新世/資本新世における不確実性・不安定性の連関を牡蠣のグローバル商品流通網を通して考察し、その際複数のアクターが牡蠣の安定供給と生態系保全を両立させるためにおこなう知識生成をマルチサイテッドに分析しようとする点に特徴があった。気候変動、養殖漁業形態の変遷、食消費文化の変容など、牡蠣の商品流通過程で見られる不確実性・不安定性は、近代西洋中心主義的な二元論にもとづく「ドメスティケーション」や「生態系保全」に回収できないスケールを生み出している。自然・文化概念をめぐる新たな視座を国内外の環境人類学・マルチスピーシーズ民族誌研究、科学技術社会論に提供することが可能となった。
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