National Identity of Korean Student Association in 1960-70's

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730504
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: KIM Wooja 立命館大学, 言語教育センター, 嘱託講師 (20516421)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ナショナリズム / アイデンティティ / 祖国 / 在日朝鮮人 / エスニシティ / 学生運動 / ディアスポラ / 帰属意識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to explore the ways an ethnic community in Japan constructs its national identity focusing on a student’s group of Koreans, who identified themselves with South Korea, in 60-70’s and describe its history.
Tracing its history based on the resources and interviews with the members of the group, it is revealed that their national identity cannot be explained well enough by the assertion of essentialist identity, but is constructed and maintained in the interaction between the Homeland, South Korea, through collective acts of solidarity with the student movement to democratization in South Korean society, and that “back home journey” and translated materials from Korea affected their sense of belonging.

Free Research Field

在日朝鮮人史