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2013 年度 実績報告書

日本は移民国家か?日本とオーストラリアにおける移住者の市民意識と帰属感の比較研究

研究課題

研究課題/領域番号 23330169
研究機関早稲田大学

研究代表者

FARRER GRACIA  早稲田大学, アジア太平洋研究科, 准教授 (70436062)

研究分担者 田嶋 淳子  法政大学, 社会学部, 教授 (20255152)
イシ アンジェロ  武蔵大学, 社会学部, 教授 (20386353)
川上 郁雄  早稲田大学, 日本語教育研究科, 教授 (30250864)
研究期間 (年度) 2011-11-18 – 2015-03-31
キーワードimmigrant mobility / belonging / identity / socioeconomic gap / fieldwork
研究概要

During this financial year, our project team's major efforts were made in the following two areas. First, based on the data we have already accumulated and in order to be able to conduct meaningful comparative analysis, we adjusted the focuses of the project and did a new wave of data gathering. In particular, Farrer (PI) aimed to compare the first generation immigrants' socioeconomic mobility patterns and their sense of belonging in Japan. Since data on Nikkei Brazilians was not sufficient, she and her research assistant conducted fieldwork--both participant observation and focus group discussion--among this group of immigrants in Kanto Area. This research effort gives insights to the causes for different mobility trajectories between different immigrant groups in Japan, especially in accounting for the socioeconomic mobility gap between Nikkei Brazilians and the Chinese and Koreans. In addition, after finishing gathering the data in Australia, Kawakami (CI) continued to gather data among second-generation Vietnamese immigrants in Japan, so as to be able to compare their identity and belonging in these two different immigrants contexts.
The other main research activity this year was data analysis and preparing research reports for publication. Tajima (CI) and Zhao (Research Collaborator) presented their research paper at the Japanese Society of Sociology Annual Conference. Farrer presented at several international conferences and symposiums. One of her articles is published in Asian Pacific Migration Review (SSCI journal).

現在までの達成度 (区分)
現在までの達成度 (区分)

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理由

The project's original plan is to understand the immigrant situation in Japan in order to gauge whether Japan is on its way to become an immigrant country. In order to gain perspectives, we proposed to compare immigrants' identity and belonging first among different immigrant communities (Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos and Nikkei Brazilians) in Japan; second between the first and second generation immigrants; and finally comparing immigrant outcomes in different social and institutional contexts-- Japan and Australia. After three years' research efforts, we managed to more or less follow the original plan with some adjustments.
We have now gathered sufficient data and will be able to do the following: 1) Comparing the socioeconomic mobility patterns and sense of belonging among first generation immigrants from China, Korea, the Philippines and Brazil, and understanding the causes for gap between these groups; 2) Comparing the first and second generation Chinese immigrants' sense of belong in Japan; 3) Comparing the second generation Chinese immigrants' different identity outcomes and their reasons in Australia and Japan; and 4) Comparing Vietnamese youth's incorporation and identity in Australia and Japan.
We have also found out that parts of original proposal were realistic. For example, we have realized it was not possible to find perfect comparison between second generation Brazilians in Australia and in Japan. We have also adjusted some methods in data collection to maximize information input.
Overall, the research has been progressing according to plan.

今後の研究の推進方策

Next year will be the final year of this research project. We have three major goals. First, we would like to finish data analysis and disseminate our research findings internationally. Aside from presenting at international conferences and submitting journal articles individually, we plan to organize an international symposium at Waseda University. It is tentatively titled: Where Do We Belong: First and Second Generation Immigrants in Australia and Japan. All project participants will deliver their research results at the symposium. Moreover, we plan to make this symposium an international event, and will solicit research papers related to this symposium publicly.
Second, the PI still needs to collect more data on Nikkei Brazilians, especially narrative data from individual interviews. This fieldwork effort will be completed in the first half of the financial year.
Finally, the PI will prepare the application for next year's research funding. Based on the findings from this project, we have realized that the issue of socioeconomic gap among immigrant groups in Japan needs immediate attention otherwise new underclasses might emerge among immigrants. What is the pattern of immigrants' socioeconomic locations in Japan and why do different immigrant groups fair so differently? Although qualitative research has helped us see some of the causalities, a more comprehensive understanding needs a larger scale quantitative survey. We plan to continue this line of inquiry in the future project.

  • 研究成果

    (9件)

すべて 2014 2013 その他

すべて 雑誌論文 (4件) (うち査読あり 1件) 学会発表 (5件) (うち招待講演 3件)

  • [雑誌論文] Acculturation, Belonging, and Citizenship among Newcomer Immigrants in Japan2014

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 雑誌名

      Peace and Culture (青山大学紀要)

      巻: 6(1) ページ: 149-156

  • [雑誌論文] Asian Multiculturalism in the Regional Framework2014

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 雑誌名

      Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (Waseda)

      巻: 22 ページ: 37-46

  • [雑誌論文] Chinese Newcomers in Japan: Migration Trends, Profiles and the Impact of the 2011 Earthquake2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 雑誌名

      Asian and Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ),

      巻: 22(2) ページ: 231-257

    • 査読あり
  • [雑誌論文] 留日新華僑:当代中国人移居日本形態及特征分析2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      劉双(Liu-Farrer,Gracia)
    • 雑誌名

      華人研究国際学報

      巻: 5(2) ページ: 1-22

  • [学会発表] Understanding the Gap: Newcomer Immigrants’ Economic Practicesand Meaning Making in Japan2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 学会等名
      VSJF Annual Conference
    • 発表場所
      Berlin, German
    • 年月日
      20131121-20131123
    • 招待講演
  • [学会発表] 中国系移住者に関する比較社会学的研究(1)2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      田嶋淳子、趙衛国
    • 学会等名
      日本社会学会第86回大会
    • 発表場所
      慶応義塾大学
    • 年月日
      20131012-20131013
  • [学会発表] Chinese Newcomers in Japan: Migration Trends, Community Characteristics and the Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 学会等名
      International Convention of Asia Scholars
    • 発表場所
      Macau, China
    • 年月日
      20130624-20130626
  • [学会発表] Global Opportunities, Ethnic Resources and Transnational Strategies: Newcomer Immigrants’ Economic Practices in Japan2013

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 学会等名
      Transnational Sociology Symposium
    • 発表場所
      Hitotsubashi University
    • 年月日
      20130622-20130622
    • 招待講演
  • [学会発表] Multicultural Coexistence, Local Belonging and Identification among Immigrants in Japan

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Liu-Farrer, Gracia
    • 学会等名
      2013 Jean Monnet Chair & SSK International Conference―Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and Asia
    • 発表場所
      Korea University
    • 招待講演

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公開日: 2015-05-28  

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