A Geographical Study on the Cross-Border Transnational Social Space of the Basque Country

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Kyoritsu Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Ishii Hisao 共立女子大学, 国際学部, 教授 (70272127)
• Research Collaborator: Millar Patty ボイジー, バスク博物館文化センター, 所長 ; Skivington Gretchen グレートベイスン大学, エルコ校, 教授 ; Nerea Mujika Ulazia デウスト大学, バスク研究所, 所長 ; Rosa Ma Arburua Goyeneche バスク大学, 教育学部サンセバスティアン校, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 文化地理学 / バスク地方 / バスクディアスポラ / モビリティ / トランスナショナル社会空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The object of this study was to clarify recent modification process of human and information mobility between the European Basque Country and Basque diasporas in the United States of America, and to investigate the Basque community revitalization which has been in progress in both areas. To accomplish this goal, a series of field survey was conducted in both areas, and various types of mobility, such as human migration, information movement, funds transfer, etc., were studied. A concept of “transnational social space” was applied in order to examine the phenomenon which are in progress simultaneously in geographically separated spaces.

Free Research Field

人文地理学