Survey of Multicultural Conviviality in Hokkaido and Empirical Study on the Construction of a Support System

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22205
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: SHIKIBU Ayako 北海道大学, 高等教育推進機構, 研究員 (00885486)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 地域日本語教育 / 多文化共生 / 地域活性化 / 外国人人材受け入れ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to understand the status of efforts in each region regarding multicultural conviviality with foreigners in Hokkaido and to create a model for such efforts.To this end, a survey was administered to all 179 local governments and 13 private organizations in Hokkaido. The number of responses to the was 93. Of these, 38 were engaged in activities with multicultural conviviality as the keyword.
The activities were found to be diverse and detailed, ranging from the promotion of cross-cultural understanding and the provision of Japanese language study to consultation on daily life.
Based on the results of this survey, we considered it too early to create a model for future activities, and decided to leave this as an issue to be addressed in the future.In addition, it became clear that there were no staff members among the main personnel involved in the activities, and that the system is being established on a volunteer basis.

Free Research Field

地域日本語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、地域における多文化共生のありようを、北海道という地理的に特徴ある地域の実際から捉え、地域ごとの特性を把握しつつ、地域、人口、産業別と特徴の類型化を試みることである。社会的意義は、調査過程で創出されたネットワークである。今回の調査を冊子にまとめ、全自治体に還元し、さらに「第1回地域日本語教育シンポジウム」で発表したたことで、広く共有できたことである。自治体間や団体、実践者等とつながったり、現状や課題を寄せてくれたりと、関係構築ができたことである。