Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar by Watanabe, Chika
Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar by Watanabe, Chika

Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar

International development programs strive not only to alleviate poverty but to transform people, aid workers and recipients...
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Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar by Watanabe, Chika

Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar

$271.80
Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar by Watanabe, Chika

Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese Ngo in Myanmar

$271.80
Author: Chika Watanabe
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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International development programs strive not only to alleviate poverty but to transform people, aid workers and recipients alike. Becoming One grapples with this process by exploring the work of OISCA*, a prominent Japanese NGO in central Myanmar. OISCA's postwar origins at the intersection of Shinto, secularism, and rightwing politics, and its vision of inter-Asian solidarity and a sustainable future helped shape the organization's ideology and activities. By delving into the world of its aid workers--their everyday practices, discourses, and aspirations--author Chika Watanabe seeks to understand the NGO's political, social, and ethical effects.

At OISCA training centers, Japanese and local staff teach sustainable agricultural skills and organic farming methods to rural youth. Much of the teaching involves laboring in the fields, harvesting produce, and caring for livestock: what they can't use themselves is sold at nearby markets. Watanabe's detailed and multi-sited ethnography shows how Japanese and Burmese actors mobilize around the idea of "becoming one" with Mother Earth and their human counterparts within a shared communal lifestyle. By exploring the tension between intentions and political effects--spanning environmentalism, cultural-nationalist ideologies of "Japaneseness," and aspirations to make the world a better place--Watanabe highlights fascinating questions and both positive and negative outcomes.

Becoming One weaves together vivid descriptions of the intensive, intimate, and "muddy labor" of "making persons" (hitozukuri) with the wider historical resonances of these efforts, decentering common understandings of development, NGOs, and their moral and political promises. This engaging and thought-provoking book combines insights from anthropology, development studies, and religious studies to add to our understanding of modern Japan.

*Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement

Author: Chika Watanabe
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 01/31/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780824875268

About the Author
Chika Watanabe is lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Manchester.


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