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2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Creating a Multicultural Japan: Ethnographic Study and Digital Oral Interview Archive of Social Integration by Civic Institutions Supporting Recent Migrants in Kanto

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K02006
Research InstitutionSophia University

Principal Investigator

Slater David  上智大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (70296888)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywordsarchive / oral narrative / refugees / civic engagement
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Over the past 5 years, as the world refugee crisis worsens, we have seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of asylum seekers in Japan. This is causing problems for the migration community and for Japan as a whole. The purpose of this research is to examine the new wave of refugees coming into Kanto area. We use oral narrative methods, digital media recording to speak to a) refugees themselves, b) the different groups and agencies supporting the refugees, c) the community reaction to the refugees. Since our goal is not only to research but also to improve the situation, we plan on disseminating information on both scholarly and popular media.
Due to covid-19, we had to narrow the concentrate our energies on the first of our goals--the oral narrative methodology of refugees themselves. As this is the most understudies migrant population in Japan, it seems important to focus here.

Remarks

As part of our proposal, we promised that we would provide our finding in a open source website, easily accessible in both firewall and language. To date, we have had thousands of views.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2022 Other

All Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Refugees in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      David Slater
    • Organizer
      University of Utah, Department of Sociology Lecture
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Refugee Voice as Method2022

    • Author(s)
      David Slater
    • Organizer
      Hokkaido University, Department of Modern Japanese Studies
  • [Presentation] Hustle, abuse and making ends meet: work in Tokyo as a refugee asylum seeker2022

    • Author(s)
      David Slater
    • Organizer
      Waseda University, WIAPS Colloquium
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Using Visual Data in Narrative Study2022

    • Author(s)
      David Slater
    • Organizer
      Ritsumeikan University
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Bait and Switch: Japan's Refugee Policy in Ukraine2022

    • Author(s)
      David Slater
    • Organizer
      Sophia University, 学術研究特別推進費
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Refugee Voices Japan

    • URL

      https://refugeevoicesjapannet.wordpress.com/

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Published: 2023-12-25  

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