1988 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Comprehensive Study on the Cultural Contact and Fusion in the Gulf
Project/Area Number |
63043069
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Research
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | Field Research |
Research Institution | International University of Japan |
Principal Investigator |
ISHIDA Susumu Professor, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, 国際関係学研究科, 教授 (20011976)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAHASHI Kazuo Assistant Professor, Social and Economic Studies, The University of the Air, 社会と経済コース, 助教授 (00179475)
KATAKURA Motoko Professor, 2nd Research Department, National Museum of Ethnology, 第2研究部, 教授 (60055308)
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Project Period (FY) |
1988
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Keywords | Thr Gulf / Migrant Workers / 文化接触 |
Research Abstract |
Results of interviews on personsl histories of some migrant workers and Dubais in Dubai, U.A.E. show that many of migrant workers came to work in Dubai through introduction by family members, relatives or friends and life style of Dubai people has been changinging considerably influenced by imported goods, apparatuses, but the Dubais are keeping many traditional things and customs. In Bahrain, there were many cross cultural conflicts between Saude Arabians and local Bahrainis caused by opening of the Causeway. Statistical analysis of migrant workers in Kuwait shows that their number is not decreasing in 1985 after the oil glut.
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Research Products
(4 results)