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Tha Deskilling of Workers in Contemporary Japan: from Perspectives of Sociology of Knowledge

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01993
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Fukuchiyama (2020-2022)
Hitotsubashi University (2018-2019)

Principal Investigator

Kurata Yoshiki  福知山公立大学, 地域経営学部, 教授 (60161741)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 津崎 克彦  四天王寺大学, 人文社会学部, 講師 (00599087)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords熟練 / 知識社会学 / 批判的実在論 / 知識の内在説 / 知識の外在説 / 熟練の陳腐化 / ヒューマンエンハンスメント / 知識に関する規範サークル / 熟練衰退 / 学術知 / 実践知 / 哲学的自然主義 / 知識・熟練研究 / 職場集団
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we define skill as the knowledge that workers use to perform their tasks. We aim to improve the theoretical study of the workers’ skill in the field of social sciences. The main research of critical literature studies was performed on the sociology of work and sociology of knowledge. We also surveyed theories and concepts on skills developed by philosophy, anthropology, pedagogy, and organizational studies. As a result of the research, we could get a new and original logical geography which could be applied to the workers’ skill in the workplace.
By adopting this framework, we are able to explain true problems of workers’ skill in contemporary Japan. We can also present many important research questions which has been lost in the mainstream academic discourses on skill.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

1980年代から1990年代にかけて、日本企業の良好なパフォーマンスを現代日本の職場における労働者の熟練によって説明しようとする経営学や労働経済学の研究が日本の内外において通説として受容されていた。他方、日本経済が低迷を続ける00年代以降においては、情報技術分野などを事例とした、職場における労働者の熟練衰退に言及する学術的な言説が登場するようになった。本研究は、これらの既存研究とは全く異なる視点から熟練概念を再定義するとともに、熟練研究のための新たな論理地図を開発した。これによれば、人工知能などの新技術が労働者の熟練衰退をもたらす、といった議論が根拠のないものであることを示すことができる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Open Access: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Intellectuals Who Defend the Foreign Workers Policy Neglecting the Existence of Migrants(2): Plain Japanese and Japanese Language Schools2020

    • Author(s)
      井上徹、倉田良樹
    • Journal Title

      一橋社会科学

      Volume: 12 Pages: 37-68

    • DOI

      10.15057/31042

    • NAID

      120006812545

    • ISSN
      1881-4956
    • Year and Date
      2020-03-19
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Intellectuals Who Defend the Foreign Workers Policy Neglecting the Existence of Migrants(1): Multicultural Co-existence Society2020

    • Author(s)
      井上徹、倉田良樹
    • Journal Title

      一橋社会科学

      Volume: 12 Pages: 27-36

    • DOI

      10.15057/31041

    • NAID

      120006812544

    • ISSN
      1881-4956
    • Year and Date
      2020-03-19
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] From Theory of Structuration to Sociology of Knowledge (4)2019

    • Author(s)
      倉田良樹
    • Journal Title

      一橋社会科学

      Volume: 11 Pages: 69-95

    • DOI

      10.15057/30513

    • NAID

      120006712041

    • ISSN
      1881-4956
    • Year and Date
      2019-08-07
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] はじめに「日本の外国人労働者--働く現場と産業・歴史から考える」2018

    • Author(s)
      津崎克彦
    • Journal Title

      津崎克彦編著「産業構造の変化と外国人労働者--労働現場の実態と歴史的視点」明石書店(図書所収論文)

      Volume: - Pages: 9-16

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 第1章「 現代日本における産業構造の変化と外国人労働者」2018

    • Author(s)
      津崎克彦
    • Journal Title

      津崎克彦編著「産業構造の変化と外国人労働者--労働現場の実態と歴史的視点」明石書店(図書所収論文)

      Volume: - Pages: 17-47

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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