PDF Report (English)ミャンマーにおける向都移動／エーヤワディー・デルタからヤンゴン・ラインタヤ地区へ
対象とする問題の概要 向都移動とは農村部から都市部へ向かう人口移動のことである。ヤンゴンでは現在、都市周辺部において工業団地の建設が進んでいる。その中で1番最初に開発され、ミャンマーにおいて最大の工業地区となっているのが、ヤンゴン北西部の…
フィールドワーク・レポート
Social Dynamism in the Korean Diaspora (Koryo-saram) in Contemporary Kazakhstan
Research background
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, as a newly independent nation-state, has made great efforts for the national integration of its multiethnic populace. It is the most important issue for the nation, which could pursue two incompatible methods of national integration: multiethnicism or, Kazakh-ethnocentrism.
Research purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate how Kazakhstan Koryo-saram (Koreans), who became Kazakhstani citizens once the nation gained independence, have responded to the two methods of the integration and how their society has changed. In my fieldwork, I conducted interviews with representatives of the main institutions of Kazakhstani Korean society, such as the Association of Koreans in Kazakhstan, the editorial office of the Koryo Ilbo (a Korean-language newspaper), the Korean television and Korean radio station, the Korean Cultural Center, and the Almaty branch of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.
Results/Achievements
My research yielded two findings. The first is that the current activities of the Koryo-saram provided insight into the direction of their activities in the past, present, and future. The second is about identity of the Kazakhstan Koryo-saram. By examining trends within the community, we can see that the Kazakhstani Koryo-saram are building their identity as a part of the Kazakhstani nation, while at the same times as one of the minority groups in a multiethnic Kazakhstan. The community can be compared to Koryo-saram societies in other former Soviet areas where Koreans moved to seek a better environment.
Plans for further research
It would be necessary to examine the factors that make up the identity of the Kazakhstani Koryo-saram and to compare them to those of the Koryo-saram in other former Soviet areas.
- レポート：Lee Jinhye（Year of enrollment: AY2015）
- 派遣先国：Kazakhstan
- 渡航期間：August 3rd, 2018 to August 13th, 2018
- キーワード：Kazakhstan, collapse of the Soviet Union, Koryo-saram, Korean diaspora, identity