Anthropological study of discrimination associated with pig farming by Okinawan immigrants in Hawaii

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06808
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Okinawa International University
• Principal Investigator: HIGA Rima 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 講師 (00755647)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 文化人類学 / 養豚 / 人と動物の関係

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research was to examine how the development and handling of odor problems and discrimination associated with hog farming by Okinawan immigrants in Hawaii by extending the framework of “hog farming and discrimination” that the applicant studied on the main island of Okinawa. This research attempted to present a new theoretical model by understanding the relationship between Okinawan immigrants and other local residents, as well as Okinawan revival movement activities. To achieve this aim, this study first explained the changes in subsistence and occupations among Okinawan immigrants in Hawaii and the layered structure of discrimination. Next, a field survey was conducted on the history of hog farming and the cultural reconstruction movement seen among today’s Okinawan immigrants. In parallel, a theoretical study on the immigrants’ society and the anthropological theories on subsistence and discrimination was conducted.

Free Research Field

文化人類学