摘要：This set of papers, by authors from Japan, Europe, the US and Canada, originated from a panel entitled “Heterotopia in Post-Growth Rural Japan: Negotiating Difference in Local Communities” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, 2018. All contributions draw on long-term ethnographic fieldwork. We believe that the grounded perspectives salient in all papers tie in well with the concept of heterotopia, as the research tool of ethnography highlights the multilayered nature of places and social relations across times and spaces. The original panel organizers were Stephanie Assmann and Susanne Klien. But as Stephanie shifted to a new university position, Paul Hansen, who was unable to join the original panel due to being on another, stepped in as co-editor and contributor. We remain indebted and thankful for Stephanie’s input and continued camaraderie. We would also like to express our thanks to Kato Fumitoshi (Keio University), who was an outstanding panel discussant at the AAA and helped shape the trajectory of this project.
