LEADER 03992nam 22004935 450 001 9910389553503321 005 20240503210907.0 010 $a0-8248-7754-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780824877545 035 $a(CKB)4100000008039568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5752605 035 $a(DE-B1597)513350 035 $a(OCoLC)1098213313 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780824877545 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008039568 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBecoming One $eReligion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar /$fChika Watanabe 210 1$aHonolulu :$cUniversity of Hawaii Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) 311 $a0-8248-8711-5 311 $a0-8248-7526-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Transliteration --$tGlossary and Abbreviations --$tIntroduction: The Moral Imaginations of Becoming One --$tChapter 1. A History of the Nonreligious --$tChapter 2. The Politics of "Shinto" Environmentalism --$tChapter 3. Making a Universal Furusato (Homeplace) --$tChapter 4. Muddy Labor --$tChapter 5. Being Like Family --$tChapter 6. Discipline as Care --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aInternational 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 606 $aNon-governmental organizations$zJapan 606 $aAgricultural development projects$zBurma 606 $aAgricultural assistance, Japanese$zBurma 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations 615 0$aAgricultural development projects 615 0$aAgricultural assistance, Japanese 676 $a338.109591 700 $aWatanabe$b Chika$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01216976 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910389553503321 996 $aBecoming One$92814011 997 $aUNINA