Research on Live Change in Indonesia in the Post-Corona Era

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K12440
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: Naito Tagayasu 東海大学, 文化社会学部, 教授 (30269633)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 倉沢 愛子 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 名誉教授 (00203274)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: インドネシア / コロナ禍 / DX / コミュニティ / IT化 / 生活変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Corona disaster has resulted in the widening and fixing of inequality in Indonesian society. The general characteristics of Indonesian start-up entrepreneurs are that they are highly educated and come from wealthy backgrounds. However, when we look at the low-income class, we find that IT literacy is much higher among the younger generation, but the positive impact of this on career awareness is not necessarily high. The Corona disaster is thought to have spurred such a trend and worked in the direction of strengthening and reproducing the social structure that has been pointed out in the past. As Indonesia attracts attention as an emerging country, it can be pointed out that this could become a stumbling block to a new development strategy.

Free Research Field

国際社会学、東南アジア研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

一般的に新興国のDXについてはリープロッグへの期待から、先端的事例の紹介を中心とした言説が主流をなしている。しかしながら、インドネシアではコロナ禍を経て社会階層間の格差はむしろ拡大する傾向が見られる。本研究で得た知見はインドネシアのみならず広く世界で進行するDXを客観的に評価する機会を与えうる。投資をあおるような言説におどらされることなく地域を理解することの重要性を示し得れば社会的意義もまた大きいと考える。