Social psychological research on the development and the spread of Okinawans' transnational networks

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: KATO Junzo 琉球大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (30388649)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野入 直美 琉球大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (90264465) ; 前村 奈央佳 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50632238) ; 金城 宏幸 琉球大学, 法文学部, 名誉教授 (50274874) ; 酒井 清 (酒井アルベルト) 琉球大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (50458692) ; 山里 絹子 琉球大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (00635576)
• Research Collaborator: MEIRELES Gustavo ; ISHIHARA Ayaka
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 海外移民 / 沖縄 / 県系人 / 越境的ネットワーク / 受容 / 世界のウチナーンチュ大会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the actual states of transnational networks among Okinawan descendants and to examine the impact of the Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival on the development and the spread of transnational networks.
Results of Studies 1-3 found that the existence of Okinawan descendants’ networks tend to be on one extreme or the other. The studies also found that for Okinawan descendants, the Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival contributed to the formation of a network with the parent prefecture, which connects each Okinawan descendant’s country and region to Okinawa, a transnational network that connects countries, and to a local network that connects people within the same country or region.

Free Research Field

社会心理学