A study on homeland maintenance by migration: Korean-Chinese migrants' remote commitment to mother village

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20197
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0108:Sociology and related fields
• Research Institution: Otani University
• Principal Investigator: XU YANHUA 大谷大学, 文学部, 助教 (50909504)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 移民 / 出身地 / ホームランド / コミュニティ / 中国朝鮮族 / 遠隔地

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research, as one of the studies on immigration and homeland relationships, clarified that immigrants are connected directly to their home countries, not just through traditional familial or remittance-based relationships. It revealed that immigrants, even when physically distant from their home countries, remain connected to their home country's institutions through perspectives of remote participation, specifically in terms of voting, utilization of various subsidies, and enrollment in social insurance.
Throughout the entire three-year research period, fieldwork could only be conducted twice in the final year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and immigration restrictions at the study sites. The collected data resulted in one submitted paper and one presentations at academic conferences.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、遠隔地参加に着目することで、移民現象のより包括的な理解に貢献することに学術的意義がある。
また、生存危機が危ぶまれる重要な転換期を迎えている中国朝鮮族農村社会において、国境を越えて激しく人が移動するグローバル化社会における国際移民の行き先研究に新たな展開をもたらすことで社会的意義がある。