2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Spatial organization in Indian society in Japan : focusing on De-territorialization and Re-territorialization
| Project/Area Number |
20520685
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAWA Munenori 神戸大学, 大学院・人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (40235453)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 移民 / エスニシティ / グローバル化 / インド系移民 / 脱領域化 / 再領域化 |
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| Research Abstract |
I used the theory about Giddens's modernity, and I considered the process in which Indians community in Japan was reorganized under globalization, using the concept of de-territorialization and re-territorialization. Relating with the IT industry under the globalized economy, I clarified the feature of Indian immigration and analyzed the trend of Indian immigration centering on IT engineer. In Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo where a new living-together-in-a-concentrated-community place of Indian new migrants, I investigated the process in which "their own place" different from the longtime permanent home on condition of communication by face to face contact through the Internet that is a new communication tool.
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