Care Work for the Elderly in the Global Age-Comparative Gender Analysis of Japan and Germany

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19510278
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Kazuko International Christian University, 教養学部, 教授 (60217015)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 感情労働 / 介護労働 / 日独比較分析 / 専門性 / 個別性 / 暗黙知 / 認知症 / 地域ケア

Research Abstract

Under the current framework of welfare regime both in Japan and Germany, care work both in terms of paid and unpaid would not be able to get solid evaluation. Formal knowledge has been considered as true knowledge which can be obtained through formal educational system, while 'tacit knowing', which is crucial for emotional work in care work, has not been appropriately recognized. In order for care work to be fully evaluated, society would be rebuilt based on the new value system emphasizing the aspects of qualified life and living of people.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 介護労働から見えることーペイドとアンペイドの狭間で (2010)
  • Author(s): 田中かず子
  • Journal Title: 女性労働研究 54巻 Pages: 72-88
• [Presentation] ジェンダーの視点で問い直す貧困と労働 (2009)
  • Author(s): 田中かず子
  • Organizer: 日本女性学会設立30周年記念特別企画
  • Place of Presentation: お茶の水大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-28
• [Presentation] Gender Analysis: Make the Invisible Visible, Knowledge Production and Challenges of Feminisms in the Glocal Era (2007)
  • Author(s): Kazuko Tanaka
  • Organizer: International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Ewha Womans University
  • Year and Date: 20071101-20071102
• [Presentation] Mapping Gender in Japan, Women's Studies in Asia: Trends and Challenges (2007)
  • Author(s): Kazuko Tanaka
  • Organizer: International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Silla University in Korea
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-25
• [Book] 感情労働としてのケア」シリーズ『ケアその思想と実践』第二巻「ケアすること」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 田中かず子
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] Gendering the Knowledge Economy : Comparative Perspectives((eds.) Sylvia Walby, Heidi Gottfried, Karin Gottschall, and Mari Osawa, Are Care-Workers Knowledge Workers?) (2007)
  • Author(s): Kazuko Tanaka with Makiko Nishikawa
  • Total Pages: 209-229
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• [Remarks] 田中かず子「介護と感情労働:「見えない労働」に正当な評価を」『女も男も:(特集)働きながら介護する』、no.111,pp18-23、2008
• [Remarks] 田中かず子「ケアー今共有したい視点」i女のしんぶん、「ケアとケアワークの現在を問う」連載、2008年12月10日号2面