Book (Practical) Society Diving ethnography

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A warm community of blue skies, white beaches and good old Simanche. The Kerama Sea area is a "paradise" for divers around the world who want to visit once in their lives. In 2014, it was designated as the 31st National Park. However, behind the scenes, there are a number of problems, such as the exclusion of the "Nycher" who are immigrants from the mainland by the "Simanche" residents of the island, depopulation, and the decrease of coral reefs due to rising sea temperatures and feeding damage by crown-of-thorns seastar. At the intersection of these problems, there is the activity of scuba diving. Nycher who is attracted by the sea of Zamami-son and set up a diving shop, wants to exclude outsiders and protect his vested interests. The Ministry of Environment wants to take credit by increasing the number of national parks in the country. As they meet, the term "environmental conservation" gradually comes to be used to exclude outsiders. On the other hand, Nycher, who immigrated with a personal motive, "I wish I could eat while diving," brings in mainland culture, marries islanders, establishes a family, and unwittingly transforms the old island culture. The cooperation of Nycher is indispensable for the annual events of the island, which is becoming increasingly depopulated. The author, who is a diver who lives in Okinawa and is obsessed with the sea of Zamami-son, gathers field work on scuba diving, highlights the complex economic and cultural relationship between Okinawa and the mainland, and explores the essence of it.