2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Migration infrastructure and Nepali student-migration to Japan
| Project/Area Number |
19K13923
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHRESTHA TINA 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, その他(招聘研究員) (10832470)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | international migration / Nepal / Japan / student workforce / education mobility / inter-Asian migration |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In FY 2023-2024, I made an international research trip to Hong Kong and joined the South Asia Initiative (CUHK) to begin research on Nepali migrants and diasporic communities in Hong Kong. I attended domestic conferences, including paper presentation at the Japan Association for South Asian Studies at Kobe University (Sept. 2023). I published an article "Infrastructural casualties: educational intermediaries and casualization of Nepali student workforce in Japan," in Applied Mobilities. In the latter half, I was invited for several talks and seminars to promote my book Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-seeking work in Nepali New York: Martin Chautari, Kathmandu (Feb 2024), Kathmandu University (Feb 2024), Chinese University of Hong Kong (March 2024), University of Toronto (March 2024).
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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
Research is progressing smoothly. I have a forthcoming peer-reviewed article titled, “Infrastructural mediation and vulnerability in Nepal-Malaysia labor migration,” in Current Anthropology, 2024.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
This academic year, I will mainly devote my time completing my research project, writing, and research-related translation and transcribing work.
Other Research Scheme:
Draft submission of an edited book proposal, titled /Nepali Transregional Mobilities: Aspirations and Inter-connections/ to Martin Chautari Press, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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| Causes of Carryover |
One of the main reasons for incurring amount: I did not make international research trips to North America and Europe as initially planned and attended workshop via online (University of Toronto).
Usage plan for this fiscal year: book purchase; publishing cost; annual membership fees for professional associations and meetings
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