The Interrelationship and Consequences of Multicultural Co-livingi and Exclusionism: Towards a Theorization through a Comparative Analysis of Japan and Australia

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02070
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Shiobara Yoshikazu 慶應義塾大学, 法学部(三田), 教授 (80411693)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 多文化主義 / 多文化共生 / 排外主義 / 移民・外国人 / オーストラリア / 日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to elucidate the effectiveness and limitations of official multicultural co-living/multiculturalism principle and policies in suppressing exclusionism towards ethnic and cultural minorities, and to propose a new theoretical perspective for analyzing the relationship between multicultural co-living/multiculturalism and exclusionism through a comparative analysis of Japan and Australia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which overlapped with most of the research period, field research was difficult, and the focus was shifted to the analysis of text data and theoretical analysis. Nevertheless, approximately 30 research outputs were published between 2020 and 2023, including one English co-authored book and two Japanese translations. Based on these results, a monograph is expected to be published in 2024. Therefore, the research objectives were largely achieved.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の意義は、2010年代以降停滞していた批判的多文化共生研究を活性化し、新たな理論的視座と分析枠組みを提案することで、1990年代以降急増してきた日本における事実上の移民としての外国人住民の増加と、それに伴って顕在化してきた社会的対立や政治的論争に対して貢献することにあった。とりわけヘイトスピーチやレイシズム、マイクロアグレッションを含むマイノリティへの排外主義を理解し、それに立ち向かうための発想の転換を提起することを試みた。研究成果の発表とそれらをもとにした単著の公刊によって、こうした学術的・社会的意義を達成できたと評価する。