Historical Research on the Lives of Mexican Children Living in Poverty

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02562
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Aoki Toshio 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(総), 教授 (40304365)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: メキシコ / 子ども / 貧困 / 福祉 / 児童労働

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on poor children, orphans, and abandoned children living in Mexico City from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, and examines what kind of life these children led and what kind of support was provided to these children and their families who were forced to live in poverty and hardship, based on primary historical documents stored in the historical archives of Mexico's relevant institutions. The study also explores the problems inherent in state welfare policies and identify strategies for the survival of children and their families living in poverty.

Free Research Field

メキシコ教育社会史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、メキシコにおける貧困家庭の子どもなど恵まれない子どもたちの保護や養育、また管理統制に関わる国家の意図や制度を考察した上で、そうした意図や制度のもと、貧困のなかに生きる子どもやその家族がどのように生きてきたのか、その歴史を明らかにするところに学術的意義がある。また、そうした子どもや家族の生活実態とそれに対する支援を検討することは、福祉政策のもつ意義や問題点を検討するとともに、貧困、虐待、児童労働など子どもをめぐる今日的課題を考えるための視座を事例研究を通じて提供する。