OSAWA Yoshimi

スタッフの紹介

OSAWA Yoshimi

Research Center for Cultural Resources・Research Fellow

Research Specialization	Anthropology of Food, Ethnobotany
Individual Research Projects	Individual Research Projects1. Cultural perception and representation of taste　2. Globalization of taste

Academic Qualifications

MSc in Ethnobotany, University of Kent (2005)
PhD in Ethnobiology, University of Kent (2012)

Research Keywords

Umami, taste, Globalization of food, food culture, food ecology, Thailand, England, Japan

Publications (English publications only)

2018	“We can taste but others cannot: Umami as exclusively Japanese concept”, Devouring Japan: Global Perspectives on Japanese Culinary Identity, Nancy Stalker (ed.), Oxford University Press (2018)
2017	“A New Collaboration Inisiative for Sustainable Development Research” (With Akira Takagi, Hideaki Ohgaki, and Yasuyuki Kono), Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, Vol.34, No.2,pp. 37-42 (2017)
2015	“Research Administration in Japan: KURA URAs Frontline: Japanese URA’s Experience with ASEAN”（With Ayako Fujieda）, NCURA Magazine Vol. XLVII, No.4, pp.37-39, (2015)
2014	“The Cultural Cognition of Taste Term Conflation” (With Roy F. Ellen), The Senses & Society, Vol.9, No.1, pp.72-91, (2014)
2012	“Glutamate Perception, Soup Stock and the Concept of Umami: The Ethnography, Food Ecology and History of Dashi in Japan”, Ecology of Food and Nutrition,Vol.51 pp.329-345, (2012)

Presentations

2017	“Analysis on Research Collaboration Status of Japan and Southeast Asia and its History”, The Tenth International Convention of Asia Scholars, Thailand, 2017
2016	” ‘Glocalizing’ Taste: Umami as an Example and Perception of Health”, The 6th Asian Food Study Conference (AFSC) Exchange and Dynamism of Food Culture in Asia-Past,Present and Future, Ritsumeikan University, 2016.10.
2014	“To Eat or Not to Eat: MSG Consumption and Social Distinction”, Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA) Conference: Transforming Societies, Thailand, 2014.
2014	“Umami as an Exclusively Japanese Concept: Culinary Nationalism in Contemporary Japanese Society”, Devouring Japan Conference, USA, 2014.
2013	“Food Security and Biocultural Diversity in Home and Community Gardens in Nablus”, The 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany, UK, 2013.
2011	“Ethnographic Traces of Taste”, 110th American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Conference, Canada, 2011.
2010	“Umami and its Place in Japanese Culture: an Embodiment of Taste”, 109th American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Conference, USA, 2010.
2010	“From Konbu (Laminaria japonica) to MSG: Umami and its Commercial Transformation”, Potent Substances: on the Boundaries of Food and Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London, UK, 2010.
2010	“Umami and its Place in Contemporary Japanese Culture”,British Association For Japanese Studies (BAJS) Triennial Conference 2010, UK, 2010.