Welcome to Higashimura’s Homepage (updated on June 3, 2016)
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.
Publications
http://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/global/faculty/members/dicos/higashimura-en.html
What
I am doing at GSID (education)
Seminar for doctoral students
<Research
Topics of the students>
Vietnamese refugee families in Japan
Indonesian communities in Japan
Globalization of cosplay
Comparative study on perceptions of art
brut
Perception of Japanese pop culture in
India
Moroccan female migrants
Foreign Residents and community
activities
etc.
Seminar for Master’s students
<Research
Topics of the students>
Migrants and their access to the universal
healthcare in Thailand
Employment promotion of international
students in Japan
etc.
Titles of doctoral dissertation and
master’s theses of my seminar students in recent years
<Doctoral
Dissertation>
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>
Thailand Northern Hill Tribes through
the Eyes of the Western World: A Discourse Analysis of Tourism Brochures
Cultural Nationalism in Japanese
Cultural Diplomacy: Representations of Japanese Culture in International Youth
Exchanges Programmes
Children’s perspectives of gender roles
concerning housekeeping: effects from perceptions toward their parents (in
Japanese)
Exploring Karen Students’ Reactions to
Thai Teachers’ Immediacy: Effects of Intercultural Classroom Communication
Vietnamese Workers in Japan:
Characteristics, Current Situation and Future Prospects
Multilateral Functions of Ceramic
Industry in Seto City: New Efforts of a Traditional
Industry (in Japanese)
Contemporary Colonial Constructs:
Investigating the Perceived Effects of ‘Colonial Mentality’ and ‘Damaged
Culture’ in Philippine Society
The Education Process of Brazilian Nikkeijin in Japanese Schools and Their Insertion into
Japanese Society: the Case of Chiryu
Assistance for Refugees in Nagoya (in
Japanese)
Management of Participatory Community
Forestry and Participation of Residents: A Case Study on the Community Forestry
Activities in Mondolkiri Province, Cambodia (in
Japanese)
A Study on Advertisements That Deal with
Social Problems: Taking Examples of United Colors of Benetton (in Japanese)
Transmigrating Asian Women and Care Work
(in Japanese)
Creation and Utilization of ”Self-Reliance”
in Eritrea (in Japanese)
People Who Choose “Long-Stay”: Focusing
on Japanese “Long-Stayers” in Chiang Mai, Thailand (in Japanese)
Multiculturalism and Roles of NGOs in
Canada: Focusing on Chinese Immigrants in GVRD, British Columbia (in Japanese)
Formation and Development of Action
Groups and Environmental Ideologies in anti-Development Movements of Narmada
Valley (in Japanese)
The Japanese Canadians in Japan
Tourism Development in the Angkor
Archeological Area of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Overseas Fieldwork (OFW):
We visited Yogyakarta, Indonesia in
September 2011.
Preliminary
visit (in February 2011)
We will visit Kampong Thom Province,
Cambodia in August – September 2012.
Lectures: “Multi-ethnic Society” (spring
semester), “International Labor Migration” (fall semester)
Contact:
Please
email:
higashimura[at]gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp (replace [at] with
@).