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Changes in Representations of Blackness in Japan

研究課題

研究課題/領域番号 22K01095
研究種目

基盤研究(C)

配分区分基金
応募区分一般
審査区分 小区分04030:文化人類学および民俗学関連
研究機関岐阜大学

研究代表者

JG Russell  岐阜大学, 地域科学部, 非常勤講師 (90262740)

研究期間 (年度) 2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
研究課題ステータス 交付 (2023年度)
配分額 *注記
4,160千円 (直接経費: 3,200千円、間接経費: 960千円)
2024年度: 1,560千円 (直接経費: 1,200千円、間接経費: 360千円)
2023年度: 1,300千円 (直接経費: 1,000千円、間接経費: 300千円)
2022年度: 1,300千円 (直接経費: 1,000千円、間接経費: 300千円)
キーワードblack diaspora / race / mukokuseki / dual heritage / colorism / representation / diversity / intersectionality / intersectional racism / social media / blackness
研究開始時の研究の概要

This project investigates: 1) the evolution of Afro-Japanese encounters through an examination of Japanese constructions of blackness and identification of the changes they have undergone as a result of demographic changes in Japan; 2) the impact of social media on representations of Japanese and people of African descendant.

研究実績の概要

During the research period, I: 1) prepared a project statement and preliminary online survey to collect basic background information on perspective participants that I posted to Facebook groups; 2) conducted in-person interviews with African-descended foreign residents in the Kanto, Kansai, and Chubu regions. I also reestablished contact with informants I interviewed more than thirty years ago during a previous study of topic, some of whom I hope to interview for this project; 3) monitored the internet and social media for articles that discuss the experiences of African descendant residents of Japan or that offer advice and information to blacks planning to visit Japan; 4) presented two invited online talks on the research topic: “Racial Profiling: E-lines, “Whiteness,” Anime, and the Contours of Colorism in Japan” (Univ. of Westminster, London, February 26) and “Racial Profiling, E-lines, ‘Mukokuseki,’ Anime, and the Changing Faces of Diversity in Japan” (Temple Univ., Japan, March 28); 5) published a chapter based on research produced by this study entitled “Redefining Japaneseness: Blackness, Whiteness, and the Discordant Discourse of Diversity in Japan” that was published in Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan, K.Tanaka and H. Selin (eds.), Springer, 2023:309-323; 6) attended in-person the Anthropology of Japan in Japan annual conference in Tokyo (Meiji Gakuin University, December 2-3, Tokyo) and both the virtual Association for Asian Studies conference (March1) and in-person conference in Seattle, Washington (March 14-17).

現在までの達成度 (区分)
現在までの達成度 (区分)

2: おおむね順調に進展している

理由

As a result of interviews conducted during the research period, I have more than doubled the number of perspective interviewees and expanded the range of regions covered. As of April 2024, in addition to Tokyo, Chiba, and Osaka, the list of prospective interviewees for in-person interviews now includes residents from Aichi, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Hyogo prefectures. In addition to these interviews, the study has expanded its scope to include the use of generative AI in the representation of blacks, particularly its recent use in Japan to generate photorealistic images of black people, particularly women, and to what extent such imagery replicates and/or subverts preexisting Japanese images of black people.
As for overseas travel logistics, the weakened yen has made it difficult to participate in overseas conferences because the funding necessary to cover hotel and meal expenses exceeded the fixed amount covered by the grant. Consequently, in order to attend the AAS conference in Seattle, I paid expenses that exceeded the allotted grant amount out of pocket.

今後の研究の推進方策

I hope to complete the bulk of the next wave of in-person interviews by the end of September or October, by which time I also hope to have expanded the in-person interviews to include those with residents living in regions of Japan not yet covered. Once these interviews are completed, my plan is to transcribe them in part or whole and use the information collected to produce a more expansive survey that will be administered online to social media users. In addition to following the Tokyo racial profiling case, I will also continue the collection and analysis of written materials, such as published memoirs written by black and mixed-heritage black Japanese, including Honda Takehiko's biography of Takahashi Emi, Senso no Otoshiko Rarabai (1995), Zeebra jiden: Hip Hop Love (2008), Suzuki Musashi's Musashi to Musashi (2021) and Takuan Amaru's 21st Century Japan Decoded: The Only Manual on Mental Health for Blacks in Japan (2022)

報告書

(2件)
  • 2023 実施状況報告書
  • 2022 実施状況報告書
  • 研究成果

    (4件)

すべて 2024 2023 2022

すべて 学会発表 (3件) (うち国際学会 1件、 招待講演 3件) 図書 (1件)

  • [学会発表] Racial Profiling: E-lines, “Whiteness,” Anime, and the Contours of Colorism in Japan2024

    • 著者名/発表者名
      John G. Russell
    • 学会等名
      University of Westminster, London
    • 関連する報告書
      2023 実施状況報告書
    • 招待講演
  • [学会発表] Racial Profiling, E-lines, "Mukokuseki,"Anime, and the Changing Faces of Diversity in Japan.”2024

    • 著者名/発表者名
      John G. Russell
    • 学会等名
      Temple University, Japan
    • 関連する報告書
      2023 実施状況報告書
    • 招待講演
  • [学会発表] Racial Profiling: E-lines, Cosplay, and the Contentious Discourse of Racial Diversity2022

    • 著者名/発表者名
      John G. Russell
    • 学会等名
      Researching Whiteness in a Transnational Pandemic Workshop, University of Amsterdam,
    • 関連する報告書
      2022 実施状況報告書
    • 国際学会 / 招待講演
  • [図書] Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan; Chapter 21: Redefining Japaneseness: Blackness, Whiteness, and the Discordant Discourse of Diversity in Japan pp. 309-3262023

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Kimiko Tanaka and Helaine Selin (eds.)
    • 総ページ数
      470
    • 出版者
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9783031363306
    • 関連する報告書
      2023 実施状況報告書

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公開日: 2022-04-19   更新日: 2024-12-25  

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