International population movements and multicultural societies
This is a new research seminar ("kenkyu-kai") commencing in Fall 2023. This seminar is suitable for students who wish to pursue a social scientific study of international population movements and related social phenomena. In the seminar, a strong emphasis will be placed on mastering the techniques and abilities necessary for conducting sociological research, whilst fostering an understanding of international migration and multicultural societies.
Throughout the semester, students will be expected to attend weekly seminars, having completed the assigned readings beforehand. In these sessions, both the instructor and students will discuss the readings in depth. Additionally, students will learn tools and methods of writing papers and conducting social scientific analyses.
Students will be expected to undertake independent (or group) research projects and share their progress periodically throughout the semester. While the expectation is that these individual or group research projects will focus on topics such as international population movements, migration and refugees, ethnicity, multiculturalism, etc., students may choose to research a topic that is not directly related to the aforementioned areas with the instructor's approval.
The instructor specializes in sociology and demography with a strong focus on quantitative approaches. However, students are welcome to pursue other approaches.
The books listed below are examples of what might be assigned to students throughout the semester. The final decision regarding the required readings will be made in October, after considering the specific interests and needs of the enrolled students:
例）研究方法に関するもの
・毛塚和宏, 2022, 『社会科学のための統計学入門――実例からていねいに学ぶ』講談社．
・小熊英二, 2022,『基礎からわかる論文の書き方』講談社現代新書.
・Salganik, M.J., 2018, Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, Princeton: Princeton University Press. (瀧川裕貴・常松淳・阪本拓人・大林真也訳, 2019, 『ビット・バイ・ビット――デジタル社会調査入門』有斐閣.)
例）テーマに関わるもの
・樋口直人・稲葉奈々子, 2023, 『ニューカマーの世代交代――日本における移民2世の時代』明石書店.
・Liu-Farrer, G., 2020, Immigrant Japan: Mobility and Belonging in an Ethno-Nationalist Society. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
・永吉希久子, 2020,『移民と日本社会――データで読み解く実態と将来』中公新書.
Please be aware that alterations to the course content or schedule may occur, depending on the number and the composition of students enrolled.