2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
日本におけるプレカリアート運動の文化実践とそのトランスナショナルなネットワーク
| Project/Area Number |
18F18704
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| Research Institution | Japan Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
澁谷 望 日本女子大学, 人間社会学部, 教授 (30277800)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
BROWN ALEXANDER 日本女子大学, 人間社会学部, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-11-09 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | precarity / anti-nuclear movements / social movements / transnational Japan / Asia-Pacific |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Phases two and three of the research project conducted between April 2019 and March 2021 involved an overseas field research and archival research expedition to Australia, taking in Cairns, Canberra, Darwin and Jabiru. Based on the intersection between notions of precarity and anti-nuclear movements identified during phase one, I focused on conducting interviews with activists involved in transnational networks of anti-nuclear activism involving Japan, Australia and Pacific Asia. These interviews revealed the intersection between precarious forms of transnational mobility, particularly Japanese working holiday makers in Australia and Australian exchange student experiences in Japan, and anti-nuclear activism after Fukushima. They also identified at the precarity of Indigenous peoples within the Australian legal framework and the way transnational networks have enabled these actors to articulate their struggles beyond national borders. The interview results suggested that a biographical ‘life history’ approach would enable us to best make sense of what is going on in transnational activist networks involving Australia and Japan. In Tokyo, I continued my ongoing participant-observation of precarity activist networks, including the peace movement in Tachikawa (Sunagawa area) and underground culture in Kunitachi and Koenji. Based on the research so far, we have learned that a long history of transnational activist networking underpins more recent networks.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research has continued in line with the timeline outlined at the outset of the project, with a realignment of geographical focus stemming from the results of the literature review. Three peer-reviewed research papers were submitted to high-ranking journals based on the research conducted so far as well as one peer-reviewed book chapter. Two of these papers have been accepted for publication in 2020 with one still under review. Papers were presented at conferences and symposia in Japan and one internationally at the Biennial New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The final phase of the research project between April and November 2020 will involve collecting some additional interviews primarily with individuals located Japan. Based on the biographical approach we presented at the New Zealand conference last year, we are analysing the results of interviews and archival research to identify networks and understand the way they have facilitated activism over time. One of the intriguing research questions that has arisen from the work so far is to what extent Japanese and Australian activist networks have intersected with movements in the Pacific Islands. Further archival research will be undertaken to try and map these histories. We are focusing in particular on cultural memory as a way of understanding continuity within activist networks on transnational scales even where there are discontinuities in terms of the individual actors involved. A book manuscript based on this research is at an advanced stage and will be finalised for submission to an academic publisher this year.
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