Profile
- Areas of specialization: Sociology, modern history of Japan
- Research topics: Ainu-Japanese relations in modern Japan. It is a crossover of both sociology and history. My research interest is based on emergence and changes of ethnic-related problems accompanied by development. I also have broad interests in the majority/minority relations in modern nation-states, relations between migration and multiculturalism, effects and representations of development and modernization in the post-war period, etc.
- https://profs.provost.nagoya-u.ac.jp/html/100002675_en.html
What I am doing at GSID (education)
- Seminar for doctoral students
<Research Topics of the students>
- Marginalization of physically disabled people in Laos
- The Mosuo community in Southwest China from the viewpoint of cultural anthropology
- Social welfare of migrant caregivers in Thailand
- Social history of Filipino populism
- Filipino community in Japan
- Chinese migrants’ perception of integration in Japan
etc.
- Seminar for Master’s students
<Research Topics of the students>
- Korean Chinese community in Japan
- Survival strategy of refugees in Thailand
- Child rearing of Muslims in Japan
- Agricultural development in Papua New Guinea
- Working experience of international students in Japan
- Representation of Asians in American films
- Comparison of Chinese students in Japan and UK
- Identity politics of Third Culture Kids
- Perception of Chinese workers in Japan
- Participatory development of ethnic minorities in Viet Nam
etc.
- Titles of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses of my seminar students in recent years
<Doctoral Dissertation>
- Boundary Work of Everyday Domains in Migration: A Sensory Ethnography of Nikkei Manadonese in Oarai (NiMO)
- Negotiating with Anime and Manga in India: The Personal Pleasures and Politics of Transnational and Transcultural Fandom
- A Critical Perspective on Art Brut within a Deleuzian Context
- The Quest for Social Security among the Indigenous Peoples in the Upland Areas of Cambodia: Livelihood Diversification among Phnong Civil Servant Families
- Identity Shifts in Ancestral Homeland: Migrant Narratives of Filipino Nikkeijin Workers in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- The Kona Coffee Japanese Community Experience on the Big Island of Hawaii: Formation and Change of a Rural Ethnic Community Focusing on the Issei and Nisei
- Beyond Otherness and Marginalization: Filipino Transnational Migrants’ Socio-Political and Cultural Attempts to Reposition Themselves in “Multicultural Japan”
<Master’s Theses>
- Ethnic Business Development: A Case Study of African Traders in Guangzhou
- Research on the Labor Participation of Chinese Migrant Brides in Japan
- A Study of Accessing Social Welfare and Quality of Life of International Migrant Workers in Thailand: Perspective of Migrants and Social Workers
- Muslim Refugees in America: Discrimination, Healthcare Activities, NGOs’ Roles, and Gender Differences
- Current Living Conditions and Social Security of the Elderly Japanese Brazilians in Aichi Prefecture （in Japanese: 愛知県におけるブラジル人高齢者の生活実態と社会保障）
- Study of Low-Skilled Myanmar Migrants in Bangkok and their Utilization of Thailand’s Universal Healthcare Insurance
- Job Hunting and Working Experience of Chinese Students in Japan (in Japanese: 中国人留学生の日本での就職活動と就業体験)
- Thailand Northern Hill Tribes through the Eyes of the Western World: A Discourse Analysis of Tourism Brochures
- Lectures: “Multi-ethnic Society” (spring semester), “International Labor Migration” (fall semester)
Contact:
Please email: higashimura[at]gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp (replace [at] with @).