The maritime sector between global and local: indigenous labour, entrepreneurship, and imperial statehood in the African Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s
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16K02999
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Historical studies in general
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | maritime / Maritime labour / European shipping firms / East Africa / Western Indian Ocean / Labour markets / Globalization / Ethnicity / French shipping firms / crew lists / Djibouti harbour / German Lloyd / maritime labour / shipping firms / global history |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the early twentieth century “coloured” seamen became part of a globalizing maritime labour market for European steamships. The study investigated the recruitment, voyages, and ethnic composition of engine crews from East Africa. Especially Somali seamen were employed as firemen shoveling coal into the steam engines. The research concluded that Somalis occupied a niche market for engine crews in British tramp shipping. The propensity of Somali seafarers for employment in this market to some extent reflects an ethnic stigmatization by employers. However, the research also showed that Somali seamen were not bound by their ethnic origins and operated as individuals in a globalizing labour market. Somali seamen not only worked on the route through the Suez Canal to Asia, but also on voyages across the Atlantic to North and South America in ethnically diverse crews.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
従来「有色人種」船員の機関士は,インドのラスカール船員の研究としてのみ注目されてきた。しかし,アジアの他の地域やアフリカの船員もまた,ヨーロッパの海上労働市場に参入していた。本研究は,グローバル化するヨーロッパの交易における東アフリカ出身の機関士に焦点を合わせることで,グローバル化する労働市場における民族性の役割と個人の主体的活動の重要性を明らかにするものである。英仏独の船会社は,スエズ運河を介してアフリカとアジアに向かう航路を運航していた。1920～30年代には日本人船員も現れており,日本にとっても関係の深いテーマである。資料としては、英仏独の政府や自治体の記録、航海日誌等を幅広く用いた。
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