"Boom in International Development Studies" in China: Exploring the Potential of Knowledge Production in Non-Western Societies

2024 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23K17097
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: WANG Muyun 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特任助教 (00968513)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Keywords: 国際開発 / 知識生産 / 言説分析 / 中国 / 日本 / 非欧米社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through this KAKEN project, I published one sole-authored book, four co-authored books, and eight academic papers, generating multifaceted research outcomes. In the first half of the research, I conducted a detailed examination of the formation process of development studies in China. As a result of this work, my sole-authored book "Introduction to Chinese Development Studies" received the 28th Okita Award for International Development Studies. In the latter half of the project, I conducted comparative analysis of the formation processes of development studies in Japan, China, and South Korea. To analyze the differences between Japanese and Chinese development studies with greater precision, I implemented systematic literature analysis of academic journals. Furthermore, as a methodological approach for international development research that takes into account researchers' positionality, I led collaborative research employing auto-ethnographic methods with international students.

Free Research Field

国際開発研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

まず、中国など非欧米社会の開発思想を学術的に位置づけることで、従来の欧米中心的な理論に代わる多様な視点を提供し、グローバルな開発論をより包摂的なものに変える基盤を築くことを試みた。次に、日中韓の開発学を比較することで、政治的対立を超えた学術的相互理解を促進し、将来の地域協力に向けた知的インフラを整備したのである。最後に、留学生のオートエスノグラフィーにより、当事者の視点を学術研究に組み込むアプローチの可能性を探り、再帰的・批判的開発論の具体的な行い方を示したと考える。本研究事業は、学術界の多様性の促進と国際協力の施策において、実践的価値を持つ知的資源であると考える。