Notes from the Field

Rural Village Study in Vietnam
Finding the Balance between Researching
Specific Issues and Asking Big Questions

Masayuki Yanagisawa

What is rural society? With this big question in mind, we tackle the issues at hand. By carefully observing the landscape and people’s lives across generations and eras, how can we extract the essentials of the activities that arise from the relationship between people and nature? Considering the current state of long-term research in Vietnam’s Red River Delta.

Letter from the Kamogawa River

Ultraman and Imagined Communities
Heroes and the Imagination Beyond Borders

Text: Hiroyuki Yamamoto　
Illustration: Atelier Epocha

“Why am I, a stranger, studying this region?” —As long as we have the power to imagine. As long as people are tolerant. Here, enjoy a conversation with Ultraman, the hero of Earth and the universe.