| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Graduate School | Korean Linguistics and Social Studies |
| Department | Korean Studies |
Career
| March 1993: | Withdrawal with Completion of Course Credits from the Doctoral Program in Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2002: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
Social & Cultural Anthropology, Korean Studies
1) South Korean Rural Society
Since 1989, Honda has conducted intermittent fieldwork primarily in the Namwon region of southwestern South Korea, focusing on sustainability and changes in rural communities, as well as regional development that includes urban areas.
2) Ethnography
As a research method, Honda employs an ethnographic approach to analytically describe the results of fieldwork. Additionally, he contrasts field data with various documents and literature on modern and contemporary local communities to attempt historical ethnographic descriptions.
3) Mobility, Communality, and the Intimate Sphere
In recent years, his research has focused not only on migration driven by livelihood needs, urban-to-rural migration during industrialization, and overseas migration but also on the spectrum of mobility that includes rural settlement and mobile lifestyles. This research explores how mainstream orientations and alternative strategies intersect and how communality and spheres of intimacy are reorganized, employing ethnographic methods to investigate these phenomena.
