Returning to the "Imagined Homeland": Diaspora Remigration and the Challenges of Multicultural Coexistence in the Post-COVID World

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K20124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0106:Political science and related fields
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Lee Jinhye 立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, 助教 (20896831)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ディアスポラ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on Koryo Saram, Korean diaspora in the former Soviet Union regions, and examines the transformation and fluidity of the ethnic identity of diasporas who have re-migrated to their homeland. The potential for international multicultural coexistence is also explored, and the following three points are specifically addressed. First, this study presents a chronological analysis of the fundamental structure of the factors that prompted Koryo Saram to migrate to South Korea. Second, the patterns of their migration are clarified and the specific characteristics associated with it highlighted. Lastly, this study covers the social integration of the Koryo Saram in the host society, considering the increased migration of Koryo Saram to South Korea and formation of residential areas with high concentrations of Koryo Saram, and presents the possibilities for international multicultural coexistence.

Free Research Field

地域研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

歴史的故国に再移住したコリョ・サラムを事例とした本研究は、コリアン・ディアスポラの類型に対する総合的な理解に寄与し、他のディアスポラ再移住研究に比較時点を提供し、コロナ後世界の多文化社会に対する理解の底辺拡大に寄与したことで学術的な意味がある。また、故国に再移住し二重のディアスポラとなっている集団のエスニック・アイデンティティの変容についての最新の知見は、マジョリティによる統合の対象とみなされてきたディアスポラ的議論に対して、さらにはディアスポラ研究へも新たな視座を提供するだけでなく、多様化かつ複合化する多文化共生研究において新たな理論形成に貢献することで学術的及び社会的意味をもつ。