The Politics of Farming and Indigeneity in Okinawa

本研究的目的是：1）了解冲绳原住民的社会文化价值观和农业实践的本质; 2）考察土地使用法规和恢复与复兴的过程; 3）确定土地行动主义与社区对原住民权利的承认之间的关系。这项研究旨在将冲绳文化政治和社会运动联系起来，并揭示构成土著复兴不太为人所知的做法。2022财年的研究主要涉及实地研究。2022年夏天，我在冲绳收集档案材料并进行了采访。我访问了县档案馆和图书馆，收集必要的历史资料。我能够找到有关美国军方没收土地的文件和当时有关人民抵抗的报纸文章。其次，我请目前从事农业的人参与研究，并对他们进行了采访。我分析了采访数据并起草了一篇论文。第三，我在神奈川大学的一个研究会议上发表了这篇论文。通过听众的评论，我能够深化我打算作为研究成果出版的学术书籍的建设思路。

The purposes of this research are to 1) understand the nature of indigenous socio-cultural values and agrarian practices in Okinawa; 2) to examine the land use regulations and the process of restoration and resurgence; 3) to identify the correlation between land-based activism and indigenous rights recognition of the community. This study seeks to link Okinawan cultural politics and social movements and sheds light on practices that constitute a　less acknowledged form of indigenous resurgence.The research in FY2022 involved mainly conducting field research. In the summer of 20222, I collected archival materials and conducted interviews in Okinawa. I visited prefectural archives and libraries to collect the necessary historical materials. I was able to locate documents on land seizure by the US military and newspaper articles about peoples’ resistance at that time. Secondly, I asked people who are currently engaged in agriculture to participate in the research and interviewed them. I analyzed the interview data and drafted a paper. Thirdly, I presented the paper at a research meeting at Kanagawa University. With the comments from the audience, I was able to deepen the idea for the construction of the academic book that I am aiming to publish as a research result.