Chinese Indonesians on the Move within the International Relations of 20rh Century Asia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310183
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kitamura Yumi 京都大学, その他部局等, 准教授 (70335214)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 片岡 樹 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (10513517) ; 芹澤 知広 奈良大学, 社会学部, 教授 (60299162) ; 津田 浩司 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (60581022) ; 奈倉 京子 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (70555119) ; 横田 祥子 滋賀県立大学, 人間文化学部, 助教 (80709535)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKATANI Junko 大阪産業大学, 教養部, 准教授 (20609614)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: インドネシア / 華僑・華人 / 国際移動 / 脱植民地化 / 権威主義体制 / グローバル化 / ライフヒストリー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The focus of the project was to reflect on international relationships in 20th century through the life history of Chinese Indonesians who migrated to other countries as the result of domestic and international affairs.Though the consequences of the history do not manifest themselves in the same way, the process of decolonization and Cold War era political processes had implications for Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, including the Chinese Indonesians. However, there was a gap between the studies of Chinese Overseas and efforts to understand individual experiences as reflections of historical events. Through the project, the members conducted extensive fieldwork in the destination of Chinese Indonesians such as Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan. The outcome of the research projected not only the details of ones migration in relation with the international politics, but how the earlier migrants has developed new ties with Indonesia in the era of globalization.

Free Research Field

地域研究