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SIETAR-Kansai - Past Monthly Programs

March 2002
A Study of Okinawan Identity in the Kansai Region

Percents:

Date:
March 17, 2002, Sunday (2:00pm-4:00pm)

Place:
(Takatsuki-shiritsu Shogai Gakushu Center, Room3)
Tel:0726-74-7700

Fee:
500 yen for members
1500 yen for non-members
1000 yen for students

Language:
English

Description of the Presentation:
This will be a presentation of research conducted on how members of one non-dominant cultural group in Japan, namely Okinawan immigrants and their descendants, interact and negotiate relations with members of the dominant Japanese culture. The study examines Okinawan perceptions of cultural Selfhood and Otherness on the basis of the following research questions: How do Okinawan immigrants and their descendants define their cultural self-identity? What kind of clashes are there between their own self-perceptions and how others perceived them? How do they negotiate relations with members of the dominant Japanese group?

Profile of the Presenter:
Lisa Rogers is originally from the U.S. She currently teaches English along with intercultural communication at Ritsumeikan University. The research presented here is research done for her thesis in the Masters of Intercultural Relations program administered jointly by Antioch University and the Intercultural Communication Institute. One of her main interests is cultural minorities in Japan.

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