Dissertation Research: Institutionalizing Multi-Culturalism in South Korea

论文研究：韩国多元文化主义的制度化

• 批准号: 0851404
• 负责人: Donald Nonini
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851404&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Institutionalizing; Multi; Culturalism

University of North Carolina doctoral student, EuyRyung Jun, under the guidance of Dr. Donald M. Nonini, will undertake research on how the idea of multiculturalism is developed and deployed in the wake of increased immigration. The research will be carried out in South Korea, which has experienced an increase in immigration for work and marriage. The notion of "damunhwa," which means "multi-culture" or "multiculturalism," as been developed and promoted by migrant centers, which are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concerned with immigrant issues. Interestingly, such practices focus more on the self-transformation of the native population than on problems encountered by migrants. This research will examine the activites pursued in the name of multiculturalism to explore their origins, their effects on the South Korean citizenry, and their consequences for immigrants. The researcher will undertake twelve months of fieldwork in the greater Seoul area using a mix of ethnographic and historic methods. Primary research sites will include the migrant centers, related state agencies, and citizens involved in working with migrants. Research methdologies include interviews, archival research, document analysis, and focus groups. The research objectives are to examine the relationship between local NGOs' damunhwa practices and the ethical normativity of tolerance of, and rights to, difference, and how they reconfigure or not the political and ethical fields of cultural difference in South Korea.This research is important because it will contribute to a new comparative social science of practices surrounding international immigration, including multiculturalism and human rights, and to better understanding of NGOs, their effects on public discourse, and their relationship to the state. In addition to these theoretical contributions, this study will help to understand the larger consequences of policies developed to help social minorities in Korea and beyond. The research also will contribute to the education of a social scientist.

北卡罗来纳州大学博士生，EuyRyung Jun，在Donald M.诺尼尼将研究如何在移民增加后发展和部署多元文化主义的思想。这项研究将在韩国进行，韩国经历了工作和婚姻移民的增加。“damunhwa”的概念，意思是“多元文化”或“多元文化主义”，是由移民中心发展和推广的，这些中心是关注移民问题的非政府组织。有趣的是，这些做法更多地关注本地人口的自我改造，而不是移民遇到的问题。本研究将探讨以多元文化主义名义进行的活动，以探讨其起源，其对韩国公民的影响，以及其对移民的后果。研究人员将在大首尔地区进行为期12个月的实地考察，使用民族志和历史方法相结合。主要研究地点将包括移民中心、相关国家机构和参与移民工作的公民。研究方法包括访谈、档案研究、文件分析和焦点小组。本研究的目的是探讨地方NGO的“大文化”实践与差异的容忍和权利的伦理规范之间的关系，以及它们如何重新配置或不重新配置韩国文化差异的政治和伦理领域。本研究的重要性在于，它将有助于建立一种新的比较社会科学，研究围绕国际移民的实践，包括多元文化主义和人权，更好地理解非政府组织，它们对公共话语的影响，以及它们与国家的关系。除了这些理论上的贡献，这项研究将有助于了解更大的后果，制定政策，以帮助社会少数民族在韩国和超越。这项研究也将有助于社会科学家的教育。