Public-Private Distinction and Citizenship Education in Contemporary China

• Project/Area Number: 25K05925
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: 陳 思聡 九州大学, 人間環境学研究院, 准教授 (80733162)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: publicness-privateness / citizenship education / contemporary China

Outline of Research at the Start

Citizenship is a public concept, but the public-private relationship is not dichotomous but dynamic. How the public-private distinction is perceived and interpreted has consequences for citizenship awareness, understanding and action. This project critically appraises the intellectual debates and empirically investigates the discursive construction of the public- private distinction in citizenship education to explore educational implications for promoting public awareness and action for liberty, equality and democracy in contemporary China.