Books

• Waka, Aoyama. An Intimate Journey: Finding Myself Amongst the Sama-Bajau: Kyoto University Press + Trans Pacific Press, 2020.3.

Edited Books

• Aoyama, Waka, ed. 場所を共に耕す, Kuyog Pag-amuma og Lugar, Cultivating a Place Together. Vol. 18 of The: Humanities Center (The University of Tokyo), 2022.10. (in Japanese)

Articles and Book Chapters

• Aoyama, Waka. “In Search of an Alternative Model of Living Together in the Globalized World: A Preliminary Study of an Organic Farm in Davao City, the Philippines.” IPCR: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2020: 25.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living in the City as Sama Bajau: The Case of Magsahaya’s Family.”Harvard-Yenching Working Paper Series 2018.3. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “To Become ‘Christian Bajau’:Tha Sama Dilaut’s to Pentecostal Christianity in Davao City, 1997-2005.” Filipinas: Philippine Studies Association, Inc., 2017: 109-131.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living in the City as Sama Bajau: The Case of Kaluman’s Family.”Harvard-Yenching Working Paper Series 2017.5. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living a New Life as ‘Christian Bajau’?”Harvard-Yenching Institute Working Paper Series 2017.4. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living in the City as Sama Bajau: The Case of Papa Melcito’s Family.”Harvard-Yenching Working Paper Series 2016.5. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living in the City as the Sama-Bajau: A Case Study of Bilaiya’s Family.”Harvard-Yenching Institute Working Paper Series 2016.3. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Creating Living Space against Social Exclusions: The Experience of the Sama-Bajau migrants in Davao City, Philippines.”Harvard-Yenching Institute Working Paper Series 2016.1. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “To Become “Christian Bajau”: The Sama Dilaut’s Conversion to Pentecostal Christianity in Davao City, Philippines.”Harvard-Yenching Institute Working Paper Series 2014.12. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Living in the City as the Sama-Bajau: A Case Study of Guwapo’s Family.”Hakusan jinruigaku (Hakusan Journal of Anthropology) 17 2014.3: 31-58.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Social Inequality among Sama-Bajau Migrants in Urban Settlements : A Case from Davao City.”Hakusan jinruigaku (Hakusan Journal of Anthropology), no. 15 2012.3: 7-44. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Neighbors to the “Poor” Bajau: An Oral Story of a Woman of the Cebuano Speaking Group in Davao City, the Philippines.”Hakusan jinruigaku (Hakusan Journal of Anthropology) 13 2010.3: 3-33.

Conference

• Aoyama, Waka. “A Letter to the Academic Readers of My Book, An Intimate Journey: Finding Myself Amongst the Sama-Bajau, Kyoto University Press + Trans Pacific Press, 2020.” Presented at the The 45th UGAT International Conference, Ateneo de Zamboanga University (onsite and online), November 10 2023.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Commodity, People and Frontier: An Alternative Approach to Southeast Asian History in Japan (Chair).” Presented at the JSSEAS & NIHU-MAPS Joint Conference, Toyo University, July 23 2023.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Reading A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads (Chair).” Presented at the JSSEAS & NIHU-MAPS Joint Conference, Toyo University, July 22 2023.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Our Ongoing Project: Handing Over Memories.” Presented at the The 7th Ateneo Graduation Research and Innovation Conference (AGRIC), Ateneo de Davao University, March 11 2023.
• Aoyama, Waka. “DEAI: Encounter Four Mindanao Researchers.” Presented at the The Fifth Philippine Studies Conference In Japan (PSCJ), The University of Tokyo, November 26 2022. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “A Reflection on Intimacy on My Book (An Intimate Journey: Finding Myself Amongst the Sama-Bajau).” Presented at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam-Univeristy of Tokyo (Tobunken) Academic Arrangements, Zoom, June 29 2021.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Japanese-Style of Fieldwork Involving Multiple Visits over a Long Period of Time: Empathy, Commitment, and Mutual Reflection.” Presented at the Social Science Cluster, Ateneo de Davao University, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, August 3 2019. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “The Life and Death of Papa Melbas: A Prelude to the Christian Conversion of the Sama Dilaut Migrants in Davao City, Philippines, in the late 1990s (2019 ver.).” Presented at the Social Science Cluster, Ateneo de Davao University, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, July 15 2019. [Link]
• Aoyama, Waka. “Reflections on Several Decades of Entanglement: Exploring New Perspectives in Understanding the Philippines, Japan, and the Contemporary World.” Presented at the 4th Philippine Studies Conference in Japan, Hiroshima University, November 17-18 2018.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Japanese-Style Fieldwork Involving Multiple Visits over a Long Period of Time: Empathy, Commitment, and Mutual Reflections.” Presented at the Havrrd-Yenching Institute (HYI 90th Anniversary Alumni Conference), Jin Jiang Hotel, Shanghai, China, June 23 2018.
• Aoyama, Waka. “To Become “Christian Bajau”: The Sama Dilaut’s Conversion to Pentecostal Christianity in Davao City, Philippines, 1997-2005 (Religionization at Margins in Insular Southeast Asia: Introducing Recent Southeast Asian Studies in Japan).” Presented at the Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, March 20 2018.
• Aoyama, Waka. “On Personal Names: How Can We Respond to People Who Are Stigmatized?” Presented at the Harvard-U Tokyo Conference, January 2017.
• Aoyama, Waka. “To Become ‘Christian Bajau”: The Sama Dilaut’s Conversion to Pentecostal Christianity in Davao City, Philippines.” Presented at the 10th ICOPHIL Conference, Similan University, Philippines, July 2016.
• Aoyama, Waka. “Creating Living Space against Social Exclusions: The Experience of the Sama-Bajau in the Urban Philippines.” Presented at the SEASIA Conference, Kyoto International Conference Center, December 2015.
• Aoyama, Waka. “What Do Disasters Reveal about the Society?: A Case Study of the Fire That Hit the Sama-Bajau Community in Davao City.” Presented at the PSA (Philippine Studies Association), The National Museum of the Philippines, November 2014.