RESEARCH TEAM
From Left: Prof. Kim Kwang-ok (Dept. of Anthropology, Seoul National University), Prof. Moon Ok-pyo (Institute of Korean Studies, Seoul), Rubie Watson (Harvard University), Josh Cury, Prof. James Watson, and Dr. Yuhua Guo
ABOUT
As part of the Global Soybean Project, team members visited Henry County, Illinois, in June, 2001, to investigate (first-hand) the conditions of industrial agriculture and American farm life. Rubie Watson grew up on a farm in this county and, together with James Watson, is conducting long-term ethnographic research there. Besides the Watsons, team members consist of Prof. Moon Ok-pyo (Institute of Korean Studies, Seoul), and Prof. Guo Yuhua (Dept. of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing). Graduate and undergraduate students from the Harvard Department of Anthropology will be added to the team at a later stage.
Article comparing American and East Asian family farms, by Prof. Moon Ok-pyo (Institute of Korean Studies, Seoul). It appeared in the January 2002 issue of Anthropology News, Vol. 43, # 1, p. 48 (published by the American Anthropological Association). PDF
Article in Local Henry County Newspaper PDF
Prof. Moon Ok-pyo (Institute of Korean Studies, Seoul) driving a grain harvester machine in Henry County, 2001
Prof. Guo Yuhua (Tsinghua University, Beijing) standing in 12 million bushels of shell corn, Grainstore Company facility, near Galesburg, Illinois, June, 2001.