AIM OF PROJECT: The purpose of this project is to clarify the current development of migration in light of complex acquisition of citizenship and residency, so as to investigate inclusion and exclusion of migrants and refugees from nation-states. In pursuit of this aim, we will consider the idea of nationality–membership in the nation-state–and citizenship–potential rights of citizens that usually accompany nationality–separately, and will explore the possibility of unilateral development for each. Modern phenomena such as activated transnational movement and prevalence of supra-national associations illuminate the difficulty of coping with human mobility by each country separately. It became irrelevant to consider migrants and refugees as deviant factors of the societies; instead, they require new ideas. Thus, the research questions will be: Is it possible to expect citizenship without nationality? How do the current nation-states tackle with the issues of nationality and citizenship? What is the relationship between citizenship and national identity? We will invite scholars who share an interest in the questions and investigate them through comparative study of institutions, policies and practices about citizenship.
Date/Time: 12 January 2013 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00, 13 January 2013 (Sun.) 9:30-15:30
Venue: Conference Hall - Winds, Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center “GRANSHIP” (12 Jan.) Center for Global Studies, Graduate School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka (13 Jan.)
Language: Japanese
12 January [open workshop]
Workshop “What are regugees?: Marginalized people in Asian and African countries”
Aiko NISHIKIDA (ILCAA)
“Refugees: Palestinian refugees after 65 years of Diaspora”
Yuko MIO (ILCAA)
“Migrants: Indiginized Chinese in Vietnam”
Shinya KONAKA (ILCAA Joint researcher, University of Shizuoka)
“Internally Displaced Persons: Neglected People in East Africa”
CHEN Tien-shi (ILCAA Joint research, National Museum of Ethnology)
“Stateless: How they are living in Japan”
Q & A between Panelists and the students
Presentation of the activity for international cooperation by Yoshiwara High school
Q & A by the students of Yoshiwara High school with panelists
13 January [closed meeting]
Shinya KONAKA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Shizuoka)
“Citizens without Citizenship: Internally displaced Persons among East African Pastoral Societies”
Kazuyori ITO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Shizuoka)
“The logic of state formation in the process of decolonization: Implications for the concept of citizenship in developing countrie”