Multiple Transformations in the Caste and Dalit Movements in Globalizing India and the UK

• Project/Area Number: 16K16659
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Maya 東京外国語大学, その他部局等, 研究員 (30725180)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 南アジア / インド / カースト / ダリト運動 / グローバル化 / 移民 / イギリス / 経済自由化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines the impact of globalization on caste and Dalit movements in contemporary India and the UK, using a case study of the Balmiki community. In India, it is noteworthy that public litigation activities, as a new form of manifestation of inequality and injustice, have been increasingly observed among the Balmiki community since the 1990s. This study reveals the awareness of justice and rights from interviews with the Balmikis in North India.
For further research, this project expanded the field to the UK. Caste practices are not uncommon and have been widely observed in British Asian communities. Based on interviews and extensive fieldwork in Birmingham, where most of the Dalit diaspora settled and established religious caste organizations, this study explores their migrant experiences and sociocultural connections across geopolitical boundaries and organizational challenges against caste hierarchies.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

カーストは人びとの日常生活に関わる問題であるが、その実態を理解することは、統計資料も少なく困難である。本研究の成果は、これまで蓄積されてきたインド国内を対象としたカースト、ダリト運動の研究に加えて、グローバル化の観点からインド国外の事例（イギリス）も検討することにより、従来の研究であまり焦点化されてこなかったダリト移民の歴史と移民の反カースト運動への関与を示し得たことである。国境を越えて、故地と移民先をつなぐ人的、資金面でのネットワーク形成、自カースト・コミュニティと深い関わりをもつ詩聖崇拝がインドとイギリスの両国でも観察されたことは、現地調査の成果といえよう。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Wolverhampton(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Warwick(英国)
• [Journal Article] （書評）「関根康正・鈴木晋介編『南アジア系社会の周辺化された人々』明石書店、2017年」 (2018)
  • Author(s): 鈴木真弥
  • Journal Title: 南アジア研究 Volume: 29 Pages: 225-230
• [Journal Article] Exclusivity rather than Inclusion: Dalit Assertion in Contemporary Urban India (2017)
  • Author(s): Maya Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Senri Ethnological Studies 96: Structural Transformation in Globalizing South Asia Volume: 96 Pages: 109-124
  • NAID: 120006382857
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] 現代ダリト運動におけるグローバル化とローカルな実践の重層的展開――イギリスのダリト移民調査から (2020)
  • Author(s): 鈴木 真弥
  • Organizer: 2019年度第6回南アジア地域研究東京外国語大学拠点（FINDAS）研究会（科研16K16659と共催）
• [Presentation] The Transnational Anti-caste Movement and the ‘Confused’ Identity of the Dalit Diaspora in the UK (2019)
  • Author(s): Maya Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 現代インドのカースト、ダリト（旧不可触民）の声と運動の視点から (2018)
  • Author(s): 鈴木真弥
  • Organizer: かわさき市民アカデミー2018年度前期世界史講座『インド史』
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Contesting Justice and Dalit Rights in the Post-Ambedkar Era (2018)
  • Author(s): Maya Suzuki
  • Organizer: INDAS-South Asia/Martin Chautari), International Symposium “Peaceful Development of South Asia”
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Transnational Anti-caste Movement and identity in British Society (2017)
  • Author(s): Maya Suzuki
  • Organizer: 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] カースト差別、格差に抗う――デリーからロンドンへの道 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木真弥
  • Organizer: 大阪経済法科大学アジア太平洋研究センター・市民アカデミア講座『インド万華鏡②――衣食住から紡ぐ多文化共生世界』大阪経済法科大学アジア太平洋研究センター
  • Place of Presentation: 東京麻布台セミナーハウス（東京都港区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-13
  • Invited
• [Presentation] インド万華鏡②――衣食住から紡ぐ多文化共生世界 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木真弥（コーディネーター）
  • Organizer: 大阪経済法科大学アジア太平洋研究センター・市民アカデミア講座
  • Place of Presentation: 東京麻布台セミナーハウス（東京都港区）
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-20
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Law and Justice from the Bottom: The Public Interest Litigation Movement in Contemporary India (2016)
  • Author(s): Maya Suzuki
  • Organizer: The Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology
  • Place of Presentation: University of Vienna (Austria)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] ようこそ！南アジア世界へ――地域研究のすすめ（執筆箇所：第12章第5節「南アジア系移民の世界」） (2020)
  • Author(s): 石坂晋哉・宇根義己・舟橋健太編
  • Total Pages: 304
  • Publisher: 昭和堂
  • ISBN: 9784812219188
• [Book] Examining Stigmatization of Leather Industry: By Focusing on the Labor Forms of Dalits and Buraku (FINDAS International Conference Series 4) (2020)
  • Author(s): Awaya, Toshie, Tomotsune, Tsutomu and Maya Suzuki (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 69
  • Publisher: The Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• [Book] Gender and Ethnicity in Bangladesh: Life as a Rohingya Refugee (FINDAS International Conference Series 3) (2019)
  • Author(s): Awaya, Toshie and Maya Suzuki (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 56
  • Publisher: The Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• [Book] “Justice and Human Rights at the Grassroots Level: Judicial Activism by the Dalits” in Tatsuya Yamamoto and Tomoaki Ueda (eds.) in Law and Democracy in Contemporary India Constitution, Contact Zone, and Performing Rights (2018)
  • Author(s): Maya SUZUKI
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9783319958361
• [Book] Literary Intervention and Political Culture in South Asia(FINDAS International Conference Series 2) (2018)
  • Author(s): Awaya, Toshie and Maya Suzuki (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 93
  • Publisher: The Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• [Book] インド文化事典 (2018)
  • Author(s): インド文化事典編集委員会編
  • Total Pages: 770
  • Publisher: 丸善出版
  • ISBN: 4621302353
• [Book] Women’s Work in South Asia in the Age of Neo-liberalism (FINDAS International Conference Series 1) (2017)
  • Author(s): Awaya, Toshie and Maya Suzuki (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 119
  • Publisher: The Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies