| 研究課題/領域番号 |
19K13453
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| 研究機関 | 北海道大学 |
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研究代表者 |
CLERCQ LUCIEN 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 特任准教授 (30749578)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| キーワード | Ainu / Identity / Multiculturalism / Miscegenation / Hafu / Hybridization / Indigenous / Reconstruction |
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| 研究実績の概要 |
The main purpose of this second year of research was to pursue our study of the socio-cultural transformations of the Ainu of Hokkaido, who are an indigenous peoples of the northern latitudes of the northern hemisphere. One of our purpose was to determinate how they fit into japanese identity, as Japan is often perceived as an ethnically and culturally homogeneous whole.
We were able to write 2 articles wich has brought to light 2 types of results:
1.Japan does not seem to be such an ethnically and culturally homogeneous country. The foundations of "japanity" would rather be like a complex set of different and varied socio-cultural identities. Japanese identity itself is not fixed but rather relies on logics of inclusion or exclusion of otherness, depending on various circumstances. These processes seem to be rooted to racial purity and state racism supposed to guarantee the foundations of a healthy nation in both Japan and the United States, in a strong context of imperial rivalry.
2.The Ainu have implemented identity reformulation strategies designed not to disappear, through comparison with other oppressed minorities. Native American influence was important in shaping the claims of indigenous rights claimed by the Ainu.
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| 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
Thanks to this funding, we were able to obtain essentials books and documents that helped us to investigate this question, closely related to the complexity of japanese identity and the struggles of indigenous peoples.
Since the epidemic situation due to the Corona virus did not allow us to continue our field work as planned, this funding is all the more important.
It also made possible the translation into Japanese of articles which will also soon be published in French. Thanks to this, we are progressing at a correct pace. As we cannot do new fieldwork at the moment, we are therefore continuing to analyze the results of our previous fieldwork and to study important written and iconographic documentation.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
Given the regular progress of our investigation despite the difficult epidemic context, we will now be able to begin the third stage of our work.
We will try to show the different reactions of the Ainu to Japanese colonization by studying the resistance and adaptation strategies developed by some of its thinkers. To do this, we will continue to analyze the work of an Ainu activist called Nukishio Kizo. He wrote a manifesto for his people in 1934 and an amazing collection of poetry to describe the situation and culture of his people. This literature will help us better understand who are the Ainu and the vast indigenous community of which they belong.
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