Agriculture corporations in rural Japan: fractured mirrors of past, present and future

Q2 Social Sciences

Asian anthropology Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1683478X.2021.2018762

N. Rosenberger, A. Sugimoto

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Abstract

Abstract In order to increase productivity in national agricultural land and help depopulated villages with aging farmers, current agricultural policy in Japan rewards small farmers who contribute their land to agriculture corporations in which they own shares, have a vote, and labor in the fields for a low wage. Membership is individual, and the sacred link between household and land is virtually cut. Akata, a small village in northeast Japan, has formed agriculture corporations that result in tensions, new alignments, and marginalizations that are well captured by Foucault’s concept of heterotopia: a displacement and regrowth that juxtapose villagers’ pasts, presents, and futures in disruptive yet creative ways. An anthropological analysis unearths social nuances bridging new roles and older connections.

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日本农村的农业公司：过去、现在和未来的破碎镜子

摘要:为了提高国家农业用地的生产率，帮助人口减少、农民老龄化的村庄，日本现行的农业政策奖励那些将土地贡献给农业公司的小农，他们拥有股份，有投票权，并以低工资在田地里劳动。成员是个人的，家庭和土地之间的神圣联系实际上被切断了。日本东北部的一个小村庄赤田(Akata)成立了农业公司，导致了紧张、新的结盟和边缘化，福柯的异托邦概念很好地抓住了这一点:以破坏性但又创造性的方式将村民的过去、现在和未来并列在一起的流离失所和再生。一项人类学分析揭示了连接新角色和旧关系的社会细微差别。

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