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Ikuno Ochi
Section
Graduate School of Arts and Letters
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree

  • Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) (Hiroshima University)

Profile

Ikuno Ochi is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University. Her research explores the relationship between human mobility—including tourism and migration—and "power" within contact zones, through the lenses of cultural anthropology and folklore studies. Her current projects focus on the following three themes:

Reconceptualizing Ritual Practices in Contemporary Okinawa:
This project investigates perceptions of “tradition” surrounding ancestral rituals and mortuary practices in contemporary Okinawa. It examines how these practices interact with socio-economic changes imposed by dominant powers, such as the Japanese state and the U.S. military. Rather than framing the issue as a simple “decline of tradition,” the study aims to reconstruct theories of ritual in ways that reflect local agency and transformation. She published her book, "The Transformation of Tomb in Okinawa," in 2018 by Shinwasya, Tokyo.

Tourism and Memorial Practices Related to War:
By analyzing the (dis)connections between commemorative acts and tourism at war memorials and monuments, this research explores how people have confronted mass death caused by modern warfare. With Okinawa as a primary case study, it also incorporates comparative analysis of memory tourism in Europe, particularly in France and Germany, to examine how social memories of war have been constructed in different cultural contexts.

Museums and Art Festivals as Contact Zones:
This project conceptualizes museums as contact zones and investigates how contemporary art festivals resist, comply with, or provide alternatives to institutional authority. Focusing on art festivals and civic movements in Niigata Prefecture (Niigata City and Tōkamachi City), Yokohama, and Nantes (France), the study examines the impact of such festivals on local communities. It considers models of regional revitalization that emerge from the ground up, rather than being imposed from above.

 Linkedin:  www.linkedin.com/in/ikunoochi
 

Research History 8

  • 2024/06 - Present
    Tohoku University　Center of Integrated Japanese Studies　Associate Professor

  • 2022/04 - Present
    Tohoku University　Center for Northeast Asian Studies　Associate Professor

  • 2020/04 - Present
    Tohoku University　Graduate School of Arts and Letters　Associate professor

  • 2016/04 - 2020/03
    Rikkyo University　Department of Tourism, College of Tourism　Assistant Professor

  • 2014/08 - 2016/03
    University of Hyogo　Center for Regional Development　Assistant Professor

  • 2012/10 - 2014/07
    University of Fukui　Headquarters for Innovative Society-Academia Cooperation　Research Fellow

  • 2012/04 - 2012/09
    Kyoto University　Graduate School of Letters　Postdoc Researcher

  • 2011/04 - 2012/03
    Hiroshima University　Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences　Postdoc Researcher

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Committee Memberships 3

  • Editorial Committee of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology　Editorial Board Member

    2024/06 - Present

  • The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology　Steering Committee Member, Uematsu East Asian Studies Fund

    2020/05 - 2022/05

  • Niiza City Board of Education, Saitama Prefecture　Member of the Inspection and Evaluation Committee for Administrative Operations

    2018/10 - 2020/03

Professional Memberships 4

  • The Japan Society for Tourism Studies

  • The Japan Sociological Society

  • The Association of Japanese Folklore Studies

  • The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Research Interests 17

  • Berlin

  • Dark Tourism

  • Burial and Funerary Systems

  • Ancestor Worship

  • Low Birthrate and Aging Society

  • Contact Zones

  • Socially Engaged Art

  • Urban Studies

  • Okinawan Studies

  • Regional Revitalization

  • Contemporary Art Festivals

  • The Nation-State

  • Colonialism

  • Transborder

  • Acculturation

  • Maritime Zones

  • Tourism Studies

Research Areas 1

  • Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore /

Papers 26

  1. Negotiating Female Succession in Okinawan Ancestor Worship : Between Law and Custom Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    The Sociology of Law　92　77-86　2026/03/16

  2. Beyond the Creative City in Nantes : Arts, Territories, and New Processes ―What new artistic and cultural approaches for cities ?

    Emmanuelle Gangloff, Ikuno Ochi, Nobuyoshi Kawasaki

    BUNKA(Culture)　89　(3・4)　2026/03

  3. Who Is Considered a ‘Guest’ in Art Projects? — The Case of the ‘Water and Land Niigata Art Festival’ in Niigata,Japan Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno Ochi

    187-215　2025/03

  4. The Intersections of Fieldwork in Two Types of Minzokugaku (Folklore Studies and Ethnology) Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    Bulletin of the Folklore Society of Japan　(318)　65-83　2024/05

  5. Observations by a scenographer on cultural initiatives in territories, Japan

    GANGLOFF, Emmanuelle, OCHI, Ikuno, KAWASAKI, Nobuyoshi

    BUNKA(Culture)　87　(3・4)　14-32　2024/03/31

  6. Tourism by Foreign Tourists and Changes in "Local Culture" in Okinawa,Japan

    Ikuno Ochi

    361-386　2021/03/31

  7. The Relationship Between Key Actors and Students in Japanese Community Development Activities: A Case Study of Civic Projects in Kyoto

    Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, Ikuno Ochi

    URP Advanced Urban Studies Series 24: Cultural Projects and Human Resource Development in Creative Cities—Case Studies of Nantes, France, and Kyoto　51-67　2021/03/15

  8. Intersection of Urbanism and Tourism : A Case Study on Art Projects and "urbanisme transitoire" in Nantes, France

    Ikuno Ochi, Nobuyoshi Kawasaki

    (22)　52-77　2020/03

  9. Art Projects as Folklore Material : Koza Mural and Guided Tours in Okinawa

    Ikuno Ochi

    立教大学観光学部紀要 = Rikkyo University bulletin of studies in tourism　(21)　37-49　2019/03

  10. A Study on the Change of Tomb system and Ancestral Ritual in Contemporary Okinawa : A Case of Tomb moving from Rural to Urban areas

    Ikuno Ochi

    Comparative Family History　(32)　92-118　2018/03

    Publisher: 比較家族史学会 ; 1986-

    ISSN： 0913-5812

  11. The 'Ambition' of Okinawa as a Tourist Destination?: Connections with Development Aimed at Increasing Consumption in a Post-Base Society

    Ikuno ochi

    2016　B22　2016

    Publisher:

    DOI： 10.14890/jasca.2016.0_B22 　

    ISSN： 2189-7964

  12. Front Gate as a Contact Zone: Gate to e U.S. Military Housing and Its In uence to the Surrounding Community in Naha, Okinawa Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno OCHI

    コンタクト・ゾーン = Contact zone　7　33-55　2015/03/31

    Publisher: 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 文化人類学分野

    ISSN： 2188-5974

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    在日米軍施設が集中する沖縄県では、1961 年から2007 年までの間に軍用地利用から返還された土地が12 万ヘクタールにも上る。過密化する今日の沖縄本島中南部では、狭小な土地の有効活用のため返還跡地の開発が進められてきた。大規模商業地として開発が行われた地域では雇用が増大したが、商業偏重の開発とその後の経済や社会の持続可能性については疑義が呈されている。このように評価が分かれる跡地開発に対して、本稿ではかつての軍用地とその周辺地域を「接触領域」と捉え、今日までの特異な社会空間での地域の住民の経験、すなわち琉球王府、日本、米軍統治から日本復帰へというように次々と変わる支配者層および支配文化といかに相対し、いかに交渉してきたのかという長い道のりに注目する。具体的には、軍用跡地開発を経て誕生した那覇市新都心を事例に、そこでの住民の経験として沖縄戦前後、米軍による土地接収後の米軍住宅化やそれに伴う周辺地域での開発が、返還後の大規模再開発にいかなる影響を及ぼしているかということを明らかにし、単なる開発の評価だけではなく、その地に住まう人々にとっての軍用跡地開発の意義について考察する。

  13. Tomb as Memory Storage Medium and Change of Tombstone Materials : A Study on the Grave System in Contemporary Okinawa

    Ikuno Ochi

    国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告 = Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History　191　349-372　2015/02/27

    Publisher: 国立歴史民俗博物館

    DOI： 10.15024/00002165 　

    ISSN： 0286-7400

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    これまでの沖縄における墓制研究は，沖縄内各地域の墓制のバリエーションに関する研究が蓄積されている。一方で，17世紀に中国から琉球王府の士族層にもたらされた墓地風水に関する研究が行われてきた。傾斜地に横穴式に掘込み，後方の高い風水上吉型をなす墓形は，19世紀末から20世紀初頭にかけて沖縄の庶民層に広く普及した。沖縄において墓は「あの世の家」であり，その快適さ如何によっては子孫に影響を及ぼす存在であるという言説は，現在でも広く存在する。しかし1945年以降，政治経済的な中心である沖縄本島への地方からの人口移動と都市化が進むことで，墓のあり方は変化した。火葬の急増に伴い洗骨が減少すると，墓は小規模化した。また，コンクリート建材の使用によって平面立地が可能になり，1980年代以降の経済発展に伴い日本本土から墓石業者が参入し始める。このような墓の形状変化とともに，戦後，都市部に移住した人々が，祖先祭祀の対象として欠かせない墓を移住先に新たに作り，元の墓から遺骨を移動させる事例が散見される。以上のように今日，沖縄の墓制を取り巻く環境や状況は大きく変化している。しかし，それに伴う人々の宗教実践や墓に対する認識がいかなる変容を遂げているのかということについて，従来の地理的区分による墓制研究や墓地風水研究だけでは対応しきれていない。そこで，本稿では現代沖縄の都市部における移住者の墓造りを事例として取り上げる。新たに墓を造る際に墓に用いられる物質（モノ）の変化に注目し，いかなる過程から新たなモノが導入され，いかに用いられ，それが墓として機能していく中でどのような変化を遂げているかということを明らかにしながら，現代沖縄の墓制の変化について考察する。Today, the environment and situations around Okinawan grave system are changing dramatically. Graves have changed as migration of people to main island of Okinawa and the urbanization of it progressed after 1945. Senkotsu(cleansing the bones of the dead) practice became extinct due to rapid increase of cremation and it led to smaller tombs. Concrete made it possible to build tombs on flat land, instead of digging into slope ground and the shape of graves changed greatly. Graves became object of governmental management due to the birth of common grave from the urban planning of the 1950' and the application of Act Concerning Graveyard, Grave, etc. of Japan at the time of the Reversion of Okinawa. As the economy developed in the 80's, Japanese gravestone dealers started business in Okinawa. Okinawa's grave has changed not only its shape but also its location over the years. People, who migrated to the urban areas of the main island of Okinawa after the WWII, brought their graves that are essential to their religious practice of ancestral ritual to their new homeland. There are people who have even brought their ancestors' remains from the original graves. As people migrate, graves migrate. However, the changes in religious practice of people and recognition of graves associated with it are not studied or discussed well by existing grave system studies or grave feng shui studies.In this paper, I would like to discuss grave construction of migrants from Yaeyama and northern region of main island to urban areas of modern Okinawa as case studies. The change in the grave system of modern Okinawa will be discussed by focusing on the changes of building materials for tombs: How new building materials were introduced, how they were used, how they transformed while functioning as tombs.

  14. Art as an Agency : Art Projects and Possibility of Regional Revitalization in Niigata Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno Ochi

    The Journal of Social and Culture Studies on Asia　(15)　95-119　2014/03

    Publisher:

    DOI： 10.15027/35625 　

    ISSN： 1346-1567

  15. Rituals for Community Revival in Post-reversion of U.S. Military-held Lands in Okinawa (Section 14,Research Reports,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION)

    OCHI Ikuno

    Journal of religious studies　86　(4)　1163-1164　2013

    Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies

    DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.86.4_1163 　

  16. A Study on Agency of Tombs in Okinawa Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno OCHI

    The Journal of Social and Culture Studies on Asia　0　(13)　13-32　2012/03

    Publisher: アジア社会文化研究会

    DOI： 10.15027/32498 　

    ISSN： 1346-1567

  17. Protecting Our Land:The Practice of Local People in the Management of Local Commons,Okinawa

    OCHI Ikuno

    Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology　2012　85-85　2012

    Publisher: THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

    DOI： 10.14890/jasca.2012.0.85.0 　

    ISSN： 2189-7964

  18. A Study on Material Agency in Tombs in Contemporary Okinawa(Section 11,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES)

    OCHI Ikuno

    Journal of religious studies　85　(4)　1271-1272　2012

    Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies

    DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.85.4_1271 　

  19. Perceptions of Taiwan Through "Sightseeing" in Yaeyama,Okinawa Peer-reviewed

    Seishin Studies in Japanese Language and Literature　4　1-24　2012

  20. Ancestors Do Not Make Us Unhappy : A Case Study on Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Okinawa(Section 14,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES)

    OCHI Ikuno

    Journal of religious studies　84　(4)　1298-1299　2011

    Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies

    DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.84.4_1298 　

  21. Choosing a Religous Practitioner : Funeral Rituals in Contemporary Okinawa(Section 15,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES)

    OCHI Ikuno

    Journal of religious studies　83　(4)　1576-1577　2010

    Publisher: Japanese Association for Religious Studies

    DOI： 10.20716/rsjars.83.4_1576_2 　

  22. Conceptions of ancestors in the context of the transfer of remains: observations on the moving of tombs in modern Okinawan society Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno OCHI

    Journal of Okinawan folklore studies　(27)　51-68　2009/03

    Publisher: 沖縄民俗学会

    ISSN： 0285-3728

  23. Rethinking Okinawa studies: focusing on social mobility and tomb Peer-reviewed

    Ikuno OCHI

    The Journal of social and cultural studies on Asia　(10)　57-72　2009/03

    Publisher: アジア社会文化研究会

    DOI： 10.15027/26231 　

    ISSN： 1346-1567

  24. A study on family tomb and roots in contemporary Okinawa

    Ikuno Ochi

    The Journal of social and cultural studies on Asia　(9)　1-28　2008/03

    Publisher: アジア社会文化研究会

    DOI： 10.15027/23352 　

    ISSN： 1346-1567

  25. A Study on Ancestor Worship and Family(ie,yah) in contemporary Okinawa

    OCHI Ikuno

    Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology　2008　5-5　2008

    Publisher: THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

    DOI： 10.14890/jasca.2008.0.5.0 　

    ISSN： 2189-7964

  26. A Tentative Study of Anthropological Research on Views of Life and Death in Okinawan Society: From the Case of Death Rituals in Yonaguni and Naha

    Journal of Ethnic and Social Studies　(3)　1-42　2004

    Publisher:

    ISSN： 1349-2306

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Misc. 11

  1. Book Review: Reading Building and Inheriting Graves: Rethinking Ancestral Rites in a Post-Family Society Invited

    Ikuno OCHI

    (5)　136-140　2024/08/30

  2. Creating the Culture of Death: The Transformation of Tombs in Ryukyu/Okinawa Invited

    59-65　2024/03/31

  3. Rethinking Ritual, Kinship and Village Communities through Materiality

    30　(1)　21-23　2023/10

    Publisher: [東京] : 日本村落研究学会 ; 2007-

    ISSN： 1882-4560

  4. An Anthropological Research On The Development of Co-creative and Sustainable Agriculture among Regions in Tohoku, Japan.

    Ikuno,OCHI

    31-33　2023/05

  5. Death and Funerals: From an Era without 'Ie' to the Introduction of the 'Care' Concept

    (312)　74-93　2022/11

    Publisher: 日本民俗学会

    ISSN： 0428-8653

  6. Book Review: Funerals in the Outlying Islands of Yaeyama: Focusing on Taketomi and Kuroshima Islands [Yaeyama Rito no Sogi: Taketomijima to Kuroshima o Chusin ni]

    308　88-88　2021/11/30

    Publisher: 一般社団法人 日本民俗学会

    DOI： 10.34560/nihonminzokugaku.308.0_88 　

    ISSN： 0428-8653

    eISSN： 2435-8827

  7. The impact of U.S. military bases on Okinawan folklore

    Ikuno OCHI

    The Chugoku Shimbun　5-5　2021/09/25

  8. What is good fieldwork?

    Ikuno OCHI

    2021/04

  9. Art Tourism in Creative City: Art Festival as Social Promotion in Nantes, France

    Ikuno Ochi

    44　(12)　7-7　2020/12/01

  10. Ethnography and Folklore of Okinawa as a Contact Zone: A Reply to Masato Fukuda’s Review

    11　(2019)　431-434　2019/08/31

    Publisher: 京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 文化人類学分野

    ISSN： 2188-5974

    eISSN： 2188-5974

  11. Border Tourism of 'Crossing Paths': Transitions in Travel across the Okinawa-Taiwan Maritime Border

    Ikuno OCHI

    Najimaa: Familiar Asia　7　24-26　2017

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Books and Other Publications 15

  1. Anthropology of De-tourism

    2025/03

  2. How the cultural project will change the local community？

    Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, Ikuno Ochi

    2023/03

  3. Exploring the Future of Humanities and Social Sciences

    he Faculty of Arts, Letters, Tohoku University

    2022/03

    ISBN: 9784861633720

  4. Fieldwork in the Anthropology of Tourism: An Introduction to Qualitative Research at Tourism Sites

    Junpei Ichinosawa, Yoko Ikari, Kentaro Azuma

    2021/05

    ISBN: 9784623091881

  5. The Anthropology of Globalization and Connectivity

    Ochi, Ikuno, Koki Seki, Itaru Nagasaka, Naruko Matsui

    Sichigatusya　2021/03

    ISBN: 9784909544193

  6. The Transformation of Tombs in Okinawa

    Shinwasya　2018/02/26

    ISBN: 4864051275

  7. Okinawa Crossing Borders: People, Culture,Folklore

    Ikuno Ochi

    Shinwasya　2016/06/03

    ISBN: 486405097X

  8. In 50 Chapters to Understand Global Area Studies

    Ikuno Ochi

    Akashi Shoten　2026/03/30

    ISBN: 9784750360973

  9. Cultural Projects and Human Resource Development in Creative Cities: Cases of Nantes, France and Kyoto, Japan

    Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, Ikuno Ochi

    Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University　2021/03

    ISBN: 9784904010396

  10. Understanding Tourism Culture through Fieldwork: Sixteen Chapters for Turning "Experience" into "Research"

    Katsuyuki Nishikawa, R, yosuke Okamoto, Masashi Nara

    Minerva Shobo　2019/05

    ISBN: 9784623085859

  11. The Academic Guide to Tokyo: Unique Perspectives for City Walks

    College of Tourim, Rikkyo University

    2019/03

    ISBN: 9784812218143

  12. Anthropology of Borderlands: 'Border-crossing' in Yaeyama and Tsushima

    Hisahiko Kamizuru and Kazuyuki Nishimura (eds.)

    Fukyosha　2017/08

    ISBN: 4894891964

  13. URP「先端都市研究」シリーズ８ 市大都市研究の最前線－公募型共同研究による連携講座2015

    越智 郁乃

    大阪市立大学都市研究プラザ　2016/03

  14. キャリア・アントレプレナーシップ‐地域を創造するキャリアのデザインと真の男女共同参画社会の構築

    越智 郁乃

    萌書房　2015/09

  15. 生をつなぐ家―親族研究の新たな地平

    信田 敏宏, 小池 誠

    風響社　2013/04

    ISBN: 4894891514

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Presentations 21

  1. Symbolizing Mortuary Tablets and Re-imagining Monuments as Tombs: The Positioning of Battle of Okinawa Victims through Domestic Rituals

    Ikuno Ochi

    2025/11/02

  2. How is memory selected and presented by Tour Guides at War Heritage Sites? Invited

    Ikuno OCHI

    Workshop of the HeKKSaGOn-Project ‚Displacement and Detention in History and Historical Memory: Germany and Japan in Comparative and Transcultural Perspective’　2025/07/25

  3. The Transformation of Communitas in War Site Tourism: Focusing on the Guides' Narratives and the Vicariously Experience of Darkness

    Ikuno OCHI

    2025/07/06

  4. Living with Multiple Species: A Commentary Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    Presented at the Symposium: Toward a Tourism Anthropology of "Nature": Multi-species Ethnography in Marine Life Tourism, The 14th Annual Convention of the Japan Society for Tourism Studies　2025/07/05

  5. Negotiating Female Succession in Okinawan Ancestor Worship: Between Law and Custom Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    2025/05/17

  6. How is Memory Selected and Presented by Tour Guides at Berlin War Heritage Sites? Invited

    Ikuno OCHI

    ARC Talks 2025 at The Max Planck Institute for Human Development　2025/03/13

  7. What Sustains Ancestor Veneration: Inheritance of Rituals and Perceptions of Gender among Contemporary Okinawan Youth

    Ikuno Ochi

    Symposium: Rethinking Ancestor Veneration in East Asia: From the Perspectives of Declining Birthrates, Patrilineal Ideology, and Efforts to Transcend the Family　2024/01/27

  8. The Intersection of Two Kinds of Minzokugaku (Folklore Studies/Ethnology) Fieldwork Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    Symposium:Connecting through Folklore Studies, Connecting Folklore Studies: Thinking about the Future of Fieldwork　2023/10/21

  9. An Anthropological Research On The Development of Co-creative and Sustainable Agriculture among Regions in Tohoku, Japan

    Ikuno Ochi

    the Annual Research Report Meeting 2022, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University　2023/09/27

  10. Chained Fictions and Travel: Focusing on the Connections between Artists, Artworks, and Local Residents at Regional Art Festivals

    Ikuno Ochi

    The 57th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology　2023/06/04

  11. The Creation of Death Culture in Ryukyu/Okinawa Invited

    Ikuno Ochi

    Panel: Cross-Cultural Contact and Cultural Creation, Kick-off Symposium for "A New Global Development for the Consortium": Reconstruction of Japanese Civilization — On the 150th Anniversary of the Iwakura Mission: The Iwakura Mission in the Reiwa Era, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)　2023/02/18

  12. Book Review: Makoto Sakurazawa, A Modern and Contemporary History of the Okinawan Tourism Industry (2021, Jinbun Shoin)

    Ikuno Ochi

    The Society for Tourism and Literature　2022/09/08

  13. 'Appropriation' of Local Culture through Art: A Case Study of Art Festivals and Projects in Niigata and Aomori

    Ikuno Ochi

    Joint Research Project: The Dynamism of "Touristification/De-touristification" in the Era of Globalization, National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku)　2022/08/27

  14. Okinawa: Ancestor Rituals as Pleasure and the Challenges of Inheritance

    Ikuno Ochi

    Symposium: The Present State of "Ancestor Veneration" among Youth in East Asia: Based on KAKENHI Research　2022/07/26

  15. How are citizens involved in art projects? ; A Case Study on Art Direction of Water and Land Niigata Art Festival,Japan

    Ikuno OCHI, Nobuyoshi KAWASAKI

    2021/11/13

  16. Translating 'Local Culture': A Case Study of Art Festivals in Niigata City, Japan and Nantes, France

    Ikuno Ochi

    Joint Research Project: The Dynamism of "Touristification/De-touristification" in the Era of Globalization, National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku)　2021/04/17

  17. A Sense of Living Life in an Urban Garden Cemetery : A Folklore Study on a Temple Cemetery in Tokyo, Japan

    Ikuno Ochi

    2020/10/04

  18. City and Art Occupying Each Other: A Case Study of 'Le Voyage à Nantes' in Nantes, France

    Ochi, Ikuno, Kawasaki, Nobuyoshi

    The 92nd Annual Convention of the Japan Sociological Society　2019/10

  19. Sixty Years of Change in Hometown Association Cemeteries: A Case Study of Grave Rituals among Urban Migrant Groups in Okinawa

    Ikuno Ochi

    The 70th Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Folklore Studies　2018/10

  20. Art Project as Folklore Material : Koza Mural and Guided Tours in Okinawa

    Ikuno Ochi

    The 69th Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Folklore Studies　2017/10

  21. Former Military Land Use and Okinawan Local Society (3): A Case Study of Commons Use and Resource Transformation in the Naha Shintoshin District

    Ikuno Ochi

    The 87th Annual Convention of the Japan Sociological Society　2014/11

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Research Projects 20

  1. Co-Creation of Collective Memory in War Heritage Tourism: Focusing on the Role of Tour Guides

    Ikuno OCHI

    Offer Organization: Asahi Glass Foundation

    2026/04 - 2028/03

  2. Research on the Transformation of Professional Practices in Urban Development: Focusing on ‘Urbanisme Transitoire’ in France

    Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, I kuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: JSPS

    System: KAKENHI

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    2025/04 - 2028/03

  3. The Regionalization/De-regionalization of Art: A Study of Regional Promotion and Tourism through Cultural project in French and Japanese Local Cities

    Ikuno Ochi, Saki Nabekura, Nobuyoshi Kawasaki

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: KAKENHI

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2025/04 - 2028/03

  4. East Eurasian Studies Project :Minority Rights and Media

    Ikuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: NIHU National Institutes for the Humanities

    System: Global Area Studies Program

    Category: The Dynamics of Minority-Majority Negotiation in Tourism: An Anthropological Perspective on Okinawa's War Sites and Resorts

    Institution: Center for Northeast Asian Studies,Tohoku University

    2022/04 - 2028/03

  5. Displacement and Detention in History and Historical Memory: Germany and Japan in Comparative and Transcultural Perspective

    Ikuno OCHI

    Offer Organization: HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance

    System: HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance

    2024/07 - 2027/10

  6. An Anthropological study on the phase of memorial services for the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa

    Ikuno OCHI

    Offer Organization: Tohoku University

    Institution: Center for Northeast Asian Studies

    2024/04 - 2026/03

  7. A Collaborative Anthropological Research of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Yokote City: Focusing on the Role of Hops Farmers

    Offer Organization: Yokote City,Akita

    2022/05 - 2025/03

  8. An Anthropological Research On The Development of Co-creative and Sustainable Agriculture among Regions in Tohoku, Japan

    2022/04 - 2024/03

  9. "Dynamism of 'Touristification' and 'De-touristification' in the Era of Globalization"

    Offer Organization: NIHU

    Institution: National Museum of Ethnology

    2019/10 - 2023/03

  10. Changing Patrilineal Ideology across the Declining Birthrate in East Asia: A Comparative Study for the Practice of Ancestral Worship and the Recreation of World View Competitive

    Offer Organization: JSPS KAKENHI

    System: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

    2018/04 - 2023/03

  11. Anthropological Research on the Dead Body and its Materiality within Dark Tourism

    Offer Organization: Tohoku University

    Institution: FY2020 Start-up Research Grant, Center for Promoting Gender Equality

    2020/10 - 2021/03

  12. Memory and Creation : Anthropological Study on the Reorganization of Civil Society through Art Festival Competitive

    ikuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: JSPS KAKENHI

    System: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    2018/04 - 2021/03

  13. Anthropological Study on Former Military Site Development and Reconstruction of Social Space in Okinawa , Japan Competitive

    ikuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: JSPS

    System: KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

    2015/04 - 2018/03

  14. Study on the Sustainability of Co-Operative Store Competitive

    Ichiro Uechi

    Offer Organization: JSPS

    System: KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    2015/03 - 2018/03

  15. The gap between plan and reality in Special Measures for Development of Okinawa --- Consensus building over redevelopment of the closed US military base sites and publicness ---

    NAMBA Takashi, SUGIMOTO Kumiko, FUJITANI Tadaaki, OCHI Ikuno, AOKI Yasuhiro, YAMAMOTO Soyo, MINAMI Yuichiro, EISAWA Naoko, MAKINO Yoshiko, SUGIMOTO Takashi

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Institution: Osaka University of Economics

    2013/04/01 - 2016/03/31

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    This project considers redevelopment of the closed US military base sites which have not been focused on in any previous researches. Attention to the US military base sites has been paid as a measure of changing the dependency structures in Okinawa. The Okinawa local government’s measures have been assumed to solve the compensative promotion situations. However, Okinawa may be overly developed; and these sites may exceed the overdevelopment. Therefore, these measures would accelerate the overdevelopment depending on how to deal with it. 2012 was a turning point of the exploitation. Redevelopment of the base sites has additionally linked policy issues of bases and development of the region as compensation for the independence of the returned lands from the military bases. This policy has the potential to accelerate the overdevelopment. The main statement deals with the reality of ongoing redevelopment of the base sites and the role of the Okinawa local governments and municipalities.

  16. Arts Management and Social Resources for Urban Social Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Nishinari and Koganecho Competitive

    System: Osaka City University

    Institution: Joint Usage / Research Center Project for Young Researchers, Strategic Research Center for Urban Studies

    2015/04 - 2016/03

  17. A Study on Interaction between Cemetery Development and Religious Practice in Okinawa Competitive

    ikuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: JSPS

    System: KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

    2012/04 - 2015/03

  18. Revitalization through Art in Fukui: Toward Regional Activation via Tourism Leveraging Artistic Works Competitive

    Offer Organization: Headquarters for Innovative Society-Academia Cooperation, University of Fukui

    System: Feasibility Study Project

    2012/10 - 2013/03

  19. 日本周辺地域にみる国境変動とアイデンティティ：韓国台湾との越境を巡って Competitive

    上水流久彦

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費補助金基盤（Ｂ）

    2009/04 - 2012/03

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  20. Project on Transborder Practices and the Construction of Life-Worlds in the Frontier Region between Okinawa and Taiwan Competitive

    Hisahiko Kamizuru, Ikuno Ochi

    Offer Organization: The Toyota Foundation Research Grant

    Institution: Special Subject: East Asian Maritime World as a Cultural Substrate

    2008/10 - 2009/09

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Teaching Experience 18

  1. Cultural Anthropology (Introductory Reading)　Tohoku University

  2. Humanities and Social Sciences (Special Course)　Tohoku University, Graduate School of Arts and Letters

  3. Cultural Anthropology(Advanced Seminar)　Tohoku University, Graduate School of Arts and Letters

  4. Cultural Anthropology (Introductory Seminar)　Tohoku University

  5. Anthropological Fieldwork　Tohoku University

  6. Introduction to Academic Reading in English　Tohoku University

  7. Tourism Anthropology: Post-Colonialism and Tourism　Tohoku University

  8. Seminar in Cultural Anthropology　Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University

  9. Seminar in Tourism Studies B　Graduate School of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  10. Basic Research Guidance in Tourism A　Graduate School of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  11. Bachelor's Thesis Supervision　College of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  12. Junior/Senior Seminar A/B　College of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  13. Seminar in Tourism Studies A　Graduate School of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  14. Research Methods in Tourism A (Qualitative Analysis)[Compulsory, 1st Year Master’s Course]　Graduate School of Tourism, Rikkyo University

  15. 早期体験プログラム（1年次対象国外スタディツアー）　立教大学観光学部

  16. 観光の社会的広がり　立教大学観光学部

  17. アジア太平洋観光論　立教大学観光学部

  18. 観光調査研究法入門　立教大学観光学部

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