Creating Ibasho for Immigrant Children: Community Engagement and Collaboration in Japan and the United States

• Project/Area Number: 15K17387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Tokunaga Tomoko 慶應義塾大学, 国際センター(三田), 特任講師 (60751287)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 居場所 / 移民 / 協働 / コミュニティ / 教育支援 / 子ども / 連携 / NPO / ニューカマー / 日米比較

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research explored the ways in which communities build network and provide educational support for immigrant children in the United States and Japan. The NPOs in the United States took strength-based approach and provided child-centered educational support, often in collaboration with various educational actors. This study also took action research approach and the researcher collaborated with local communities to create ibasho for immigrant children and examined the possibilities of community based participatory research.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] ノースイースタン大学(米国)
• [Journal Article] 多文化クラスにおけるチーム・エスノグラフィーの教育実践 (2017)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子、井本由紀
  • Journal Title: 異文化間教育 Volume: 46 Pages: 47-62
  • NAID: 130008154158
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 異文化交流の先にあるもの－大学における越境する教育実践－ (2017)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子
  • Journal Title: 授業づくりネットワーク Volume: 27 Pages: 26-31
• [Journal Article] Multicultural Education in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Journal Title: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education Volume: -
  • DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.65
  • ISBN: 9780190264093
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] ‘We Dominate the Basement!’: How Asian American Girls Construct a Borderland Community (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Volume: 29(9) Issue: 9 Pages: 1086-1099
  • DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1201162
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Beyond Integration or Inclusion: Reimagining the Role of Support Classes for Minority Students in Japanese Schools (2017)
  • Author(s): Jennifer McGuire, Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: The Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2017
  • Place of Presentation: トロント（カナダ）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 多文化の若者によるエンパワメントと居場所づくり－定時制高校におけるクラブ活動の実践－ (2017)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子、角田仁
  • Organizer: 異文化間教育学会第38回大会
• [Presentation] Becoming “Asian” in America: Consumption Practices among Asian American Girls (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: 日本教育学会第76回大会
• [Presentation] 定時制高校における多文化の若者の居場所づくり－高校・大学・NPOの協働によるクラブ活動の実践－ (2017)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子
  • Organizer: 第24回多文化間精神医学会学術総会
• [Presentation] “To Find a Better Way to Live a Life in the World”: Co-Constructing Ibasho with Chinese Immigrant Youth in the United States (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Autoethnographic Exploration of Ibasho Project with Chinese Immigrant Youth in the United States (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of Anthropology of Japan in Japan
• [Presentation] Building Ibasho, Creating Homes on the Move: The Experiences of Asian Immigrant Girls in Japan and the US (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: Learning Outside the Lines: A Conference on Children and Youth in an Interconnected World
  • Place of Presentation: カレッジパーク（アメリカ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-29
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] アメリカにおけるアジア系移民の教育支援―NPOの可能性に着目して― (2016)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子
  • Organizer: 日本教育社会学会第68回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学（名古屋市、千種区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-17
• [Presentation] Reimagining Minorities in Japanese Education: Possibilities of International Collaborative Course in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: 20th Annual Conference of The Asian Studies Conference Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 国際基督教大学（東京都、三鷹市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 多文化クラスにおけるエスノグラフィーの教育実践 (2016)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子
  • Organizer: 異文化間教育学会第37回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 桜美林大学（東京都、町田市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-05
• [Presentation] Inclusion and Exclusion of Minorities in Japanese Education (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: 日本教育社会学会第67回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 駒澤大学（東京都、世田谷区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-09
• [Presentation] Negotiating Hybrid Roles as Researchers: Reflections of Two Ethnographic Studies on Minority Education in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga, Christopher Bondy
  • Organizer: 19th Annual Conference of The Asian Studies Conference Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学（東京都、港区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] How Asian American Girls Create Ibasho/Home at a Community-Based Organization (2015)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association 2015
  • Place of Presentation: シカゴ（アメリカ）
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Learning to Belong in the World: An Ethnography of Asian American Girls (2018)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Total Pages: 156
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9789811084782
• [Book] Growing Up in Multicultural Japan: Diversifying Educational Experiences of Immigrant Students. In Yonezawa, A., Kitamura, Y., Yamamoto, B., & Tokunaga, T. (Eds). Japanese Education in a Global Age: Sociological Reflections and Future Directions (2018)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga, Misako Nukaga, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Book] 「グローバル社会を生きる移民の子どものエンパワメント－アメリカのNPOの取り組みから－」明治学院大学教養教育センター・社会学部編『明治学院大学教養教育センターブックレット２ 外国につながる子どもたちと教育－「内なる国際化」に対応した人材の育成－』 (2017)
  • Author(s): 徳永智子
  • Total Pages: 102
  • Publisher: かんよう出版
  • ISBN: 9784906902842
• [Book] 「越境する『私たち』と教育のフィールドワーク－対話的オートエスノグラフィーの試み－」佐藤慎司・佐伯胖編『かかわることば：参加し対話する教育・研究へのいざない』 (2017)
  • Author(s): 井本由紀、徳永智子
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
  • ISBN: 9784130530897
• [Book] Breaking in or Dropping out? Filipina Immigrant Girls Envisioning Alternative Lives in a Globalized World. In Tsuneyoshi, R. (Ed). Globalization and Japanese "Exceptionalism" in Education: Insider's Views into a Changing System (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Total Pages: 216
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781138915350
• [Book] Co-producing Glocal Knowledge: Possibilities of International Education Courses in Japan. In Selvi, A. & Rudolph, N. (Eds). Conceptual Shifts and Contextualized Practices in Education for Glocal Interaction: Issues and Implications (2017)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga
  • Total Pages: 245
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9789811064203
• [Book] “I Feel Proud to Be an Immigrant”: How a Youth Program Supports Ibasho Creation for Chinese Immigrant Students in the US. In Ma, Wen & Li, Guofang (Ed.). Chinese-Heritage Students in North American Schools: Understanding Hearts and Minds Beyond Test Scores (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomoko Tokunaga、Chu Huang
  • Total Pages: 282
  • Publisher: Routledge