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Process of inequality in local community: focusing on social space with regard to various differences

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370923
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionNara Women's University

Principal Investigator

YOSHIDA Yoko  奈良女子大学, 人文科学系, 教授 (70265198)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords差異 / 格差・不平等 / 社会空間 / 地域社会 / ジェンダー / 人種
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempts to explain existing power relations among various actors in the local community, focusing on whether issues of inequality are influenced by their geographical backgrounds. My field survey in Kin-cho (Okinawa prefecture) showed that population flows from other areas, especially isolated islands around the Okinawa mainland, towards the entertainment district around the U.S. military base, in contrast to local people who despise businesses affecting public morals. Of late, the previous entertainment district has become a “receptacle” that accepts Filipinas owing to the progress of globalization. My survey of the Sorachi area (Hokkaido prefecture) showed that coal miners and their families, who had moved from various parts of the country to the Sorachi coal-mining area, identified their village as living spaces based on their relationships with their neighbors.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Geography of Gender and Qualitative Methods in Japan: Focusing on Studies that have Analyzed Life Histories2016

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIDA Yoko
    • Journal Title

      Geographical review of Japan series B

      Volume: 89 Issue: 1 Pages: 4-13

    • DOI

      10.4157/geogrevjapanb.89.4

    • NAID

      130005311695

    • ISSN
      1883-4396
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 北海道夕張市の財政破綻から再生への取り組みと住民生活の現状-地域経済と高齢化が抱える問題-2015

    • Author(s)
      吉田容子
    • Journal Title

      奈良女子大学地理学・地域環境学研究報告

      Volume: Ⅷ Pages: 93-110

    • NAID

      120006658136

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Formation of entertainment district around the U. S. military bases after the war in Okinawa: the politics of gendered space2016

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIDA Yoko
    • Organizer
      The 33rd International Geographical Congerss(IGC)
    • Place of Presentation
      China National Convention Center in Beijing
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What kind of community could be a ‘last home’for the elderly?2014

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida Yoko
    • Organizer
      The Commision on Gender and Geography of the International Geographical Union, Pre-conference workshop in Warsaw
    • Place of Presentation
      Warsaw University
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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