The final presentation of DFW2024 was held on 20th, December, at “Seki Terrace”, a tourist complex that includes the Seki Traditional Swordsmith Museum, Feather Museum, a tourist information center, a souvenir store, and a café.
Education and Tourism working group did presentation to local stakeholders in Seki City and active discussion was held and we recieved varuable feedback and inputs. Thank you very much!
The final presentation of OFW2024 was held at GSID by each working group to disseminate findings and collect feedback from colleagues on October 30th, 2024.The invaluable advice and suggestions were received from GSID faculties. Thank you very much!
[DFW2024] Fieldwork in Seki City, Gify 岐阜県関市での現地調査
OFW 2024 was conducted in Seki City, Gifu prefecture, from October 9 to 11, 2024. DFW has been done in Seki City for three years. Different themes are covered each year and it helps our deeper understanding of the City from various perspectives.
This year, 6 students were divided into two group: education and tourism. Education group focused on local festivals and the hometown consciousness of young people, while the tourism group surveyed the perceptions of citizens, tourists, and private companies about tourism in Seki City and comparing them with the local government’s tourism strategy. Thanks to the tremendous cooperation of Mr. Takayuki Kitamura, who coordinated the entire fieldwork, and the people of Seki City, this year’s survey was again very productive.
On the evening of the 9th, we enjoyed Oze cormorant fishing ship with grilled Ayu, and on the evening of the 10th, we had a dinner with stakeholders and interacted with the local community. The students will now proceed to analyze the data for the presentation session at GSID in November and in Seki City scheduled for around December. Let’s do our best!
OFW 2024 was conducted in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, from September 15 to 29, 2024, under the cooperation of The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) as the host university. 17 students were divided into three working groups: Agriculture, Governance, and Education.
We visited a mangrove forest on the weekend. Each student planted a baby mangrove! All the students had a great time in Cambodia!
With the support of Prof. Choen Kimseng and the RUPP team, all the groups’ fieldwork was carried out very fruitfully. Thank you very much. We also want to express our sincere gratitude to all local stakeholders who participated in our interview.
The hotel was beside the river Mekon, and we enjoyed the beautiful view every day. We also visited Bamboo resort and Pagoda in the province as sightseeing on the weekends. We held preliminary research findings presentations in Kampong Cham and RUPP in the last two days and received many comments and questions. Based on the inputs, students will work on preparing the final presentation in GSID and also report writing. Let’s do our best!
On July 19th, we went to Seki city, Gifu prefecture, to conduct a pre-survey. For students, it was first time to visit Seki city. Students prepare questions for this day and we leaned a lot from interview with people in Seki. Based on this pre-survey, students will brush up the research plan for our main field survey in October! Thank you very much, everyone on Seki city, for accepting our visit!
OFW 2021 participants did their online presentations on September 29, 2021. External OFW advisers at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) also listened to their findings. The OFW participants received many valuable comments! Thank you very much to all the audience who joined the session!
DFW2021 participants started their fieldwork. Because of the COVID-19, it has been difficult for them to conduct their fieldwork as in previous years. We hope everything will be fine!
