2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study on the Continuity and Change of the Okinawan Community in Metropolitan Honolulu, Hawai` i

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21720322
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research Institution	Shizuoka University
Principal Investigator	HARA Tomoaki 静岡大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (00287947)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	ハワイ / 沖縄 / コミュニティ / トランスナショナル
Research Abstract	The Okinawan community in Hawaii has become a significant object of historical and ethnographic studies in cultural anthropology and its neighboring disciplines these days. This study focuses on the continuity and change of the Okinawan community in Metropolitan Honolulu that tries to promote and perpetuate Okinawan culture. The study revealed that the contemporary Okinawan community has diversified its membership in terms of ethnicity or ideology, and that this internal diversity of the community has become an important source of its strength.