ISBN:
9781032198712
,
1032198710
,
9781032198729
,
1032198729
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 190 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karte, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Japan anthropology workshop series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Thelen, Timo Revitalization and internal colonialism in rural Japan
Keywords:
Rural development / Japan
;
Community development / Japan
;
Economic development / Technological innovations / Japan
;
Information technology / Japan / Management
;
Développement rural / Japon
;
Développement économique / Innovations / Japon
;
Technologie de l'information / Japon / Gestion
;
Community development
;
Economic development / Technological innovations
;
Information technology / Management
;
Rural development
;
Japan
Abstract:
"This book explores the decline of rural and peripheral areas in Japan which results from an aging population, outmigration of the younger generations, and the economic decline of the primary sector. Based on extensive original research, the book examines in detail the case of the Noto peninsula. Allowing the locals to tell their stories, describe their problems, and come up with possible solutions, the book demonstrates the serious impact of rural decline on their daily life and work, and highlights the struggle to sustain rural living in the globalized age. It argues that some recent innovations in global media, economy, technology, and ideology offer scope for reversing decline, as do some central government initiatives, but that these are not always noticed, appreciated and made use of by local people. The book also discusses the nature of the links between the peripheries and the centres - regional, national, and global - and how these often take the form of "internal colonialism""--
