Traveling Moya Moya Consultation Room

Traveling Moya Moya Consultation Room
Kitani Momoka (ed.)

186 mm x 130 mm
208 pages
JPY 1,800
ISBN 9784790717812
Pub date: March 2023

Tanzanian peddlers, Bhutanese drinkers, Egyptian Muslims, and Italians who deeply appreciate past… If you know the world, you can solve your problems! A medical student visits his teachers and discovers the wisdom to live with scales. A collection of dialogues that will lighten your heart when you read them and break through your sense of stagnation.

Points of Appeal

1. More than 100 hours of enriched interviews with researchers
2. A fresh and moving record of a student
3. Charming illustrations

Table of Contents
Preface Welcome to the traveling Moya Moya consultation room

Part I Prescription to live everyday in good spirits

Clinical record 1 “I have no self-confidence in myself.” Cultural Anthropology @Tanzania
Clinical record 2 “I don’t know what happiness is anymore.” Field Medicine @Bhutan
Clinical record 3 “I really don’t know what that person is thinking.” Cultural Anthropology @India, @Ghana
Clinical record 4 “He’s nervous, and he worries about details.” Islamic Studies @Egypt

Part II Prescription for turning a pinch into an opportunity

Clinical record 5 “Local communities are in a pinch due to depopulation!” Disaster Reconstruction Studies @Niigata
Clinical record 6 “The environment is harsh and we are in a pinch” Cultural Anthropology @Kiribati
Clinical record 7 “We are in trouble because we have lost our home!” Architecture @Sri Lanka

Part III Prescription for a better society

Clinical record 8 “How to create a society without discrimination?” Cultural Anthropology @India
Clinical record 9 “How to create a society where everyone can live easily?” History @Germany
Clinical record 10 “How to create a society that does not work too hard?” Cultural Anthropology @Italy
Clinical record 11 “How to energize our society?” Public Policy @Japan
Clinical record 12 “How to energize the earth?” Anthropology @Democratic Republic of Congo, @Gabon

Afterword Take care even after the consultation!

Reviews
“I don’t know what worked, but I feel better inside. I had an enjoyable reading experience”
―Marika Uchida, science writer

“A book where you can enjoy traveling around the world while asking a lot of questions to ‘research travel’ professionals. Also for backpackers! ” ―Yumiko Ide, bookseller