Research Activities
Research Projects
Middle Eastern Family in Transition (2017_2_40_005)
Outline
The
Middle
Eastern
family
has
been
undergoing
major
changes
in
the
context
of
current
demographics,
ideological
shifts
and
economic
developments,
including
decreasing
birthrate,
aging
population,
growing
concern
for
human
rights
and
gender
equality,
and
increasing
instability
of
employment
under
neo-liberal
economic
policy.
This
project
aims
to
elucidate
the
dynamism
of
family
transformation
by
looking
at
the
aspects
of
the
multiplicity
of
institutions
(law,
cultural-religious
norm)
and
personal
experiences
living
under
the
institutions
based
on
literature
research
and
ethnographic
research.
The
study
particularly
focuses
on
the
institutions
related
to
and
personal
experiences
of
“the
vulnerable”
members
of
family
such
as
women,
children,
elderly
and
disabled
persons.
Period
April 2017 - March 2019
Members of the Research Project
| [ Organizer ] | Murakami Kaoru |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Iwasaki Erina (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia Univ.) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Okado Masaki (Researcher, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, National Institutes for the Humanities, Center for Transdisciplinary Innovation) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Kazuaki Takemura (Junior Fellow, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Toriyama Junko (Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, J.F.Oberlin University ) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Hosoya Sachiko (Fellow, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) |
Publications
- Ajia Keizai (in Japanese)