Public Presentation by Dr Andrea Murray

February 27, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Bilger 335 Add to Calendar

“Nature” in Okinawa is a thing of the past. This talk considers how a sense of unique ecological heritage is cultivated and expressed through facilitated interactions between human and non-human animal species, both for the education of tourists and for the benefit of residents. In a move to direct the island's economy away from U.S. military base dependency, local entrepreneurs are reclaiming their past through engagement with the natural environment. “Nature” is also a matter of interpretation.

Andrea E. Murray is an Associate in Research at the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Her book, Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa (Berghahn Books 2017), is an thnography of island political ecology and sustainable tourism development.


Event Sponsor
Asian Studies Program/Sch of Pacific and Asian Studies, Mānoa Campus

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