An analysis of geographical spaces from the viewpoint of gender

本研究的目的在于厘清性别关系，探讨性别空间建构的过程，并借由性别概念与女性主义的地理研究观点，验证地理空间如何性别化。而在日本，由于这方面的研究落后于英语国家，为了使研究者之间有共同的理论框架，我们翻译了英国女性主义地理学家G.Rose的《女性主义与地理学》（Polity Press，1993），该书在英语国家得到了很高的评价。我们能够获得丰富的知识储备（该结果已于2001年作为Chijin-Shobou的翻译版本出版）。在我们的翻译版本出版之后，我们开始翻译D.Massey的一些论文，这些论文在后现代之后的新背景下发展了替代空间理论，并得到了研究生课程的研究合作者（杉山和原口）的帮助。(This结果也是在一段时间后将时间表作为翻译版本发布）。从女性主义的角度进行的研究在日本尚处于起步阶段。在这个项目中，我们有机会与海外研究人员交流，积极向国外发送我们的信息，并旨在为我国女性主义地理学的发展奠定基础。通过每年在国外召开的学术会议上五位研究者的报告，在一定程度上达到了我们的目的。特别是在2002年，包括研究合作者（山田）在内的四人在匈牙利Bekescsaba举行的第三届国际批判地理学会议上作了口头报告。这是一个展示日本地理学家如何在东亚背景下努力解决性别问题的重要机会。

The purpose of this research is to make clear the gender relations investigating the process in which gendered spaces come to be constructed while verifying how geographical spaces would be gendered by adopting the concepts of gender and feminist's viewpoint for geographical research. However, in Japan, since this kind of research is behind English-speaking countries and to have common theoretical framework among investigators, we translated Feminism and Geography (Polity Press and 1993), written by G.Rose who is one of the feminist geographers in UK, which has received high evaluation in English-speaking countries. And we were able to get a rich store of knowledge (this result is already published as a translated version from Chijin-Shobou in 2001). Following the publication of our translated version, we began to translate some papers of D.Massey which develops alternative space theory in the new context after postmodern getting an assistance of research cooperators who are in graduate course (Sugiyama and Haraguchi). (This result is also publishing schedule as a translated version after a while). The research using the feminist's viewpoint is still in the early stage in Japan. In this project we had an opportunity to communicate with overseas researchers by sending our information towards the foreign countries actively and aimed also at foundation-making which develops the feminist geography of our country into the next stage. A certain degree, our goal was attained by presentations of five investigators in the academic meeting held in the foreign countries every year. Especially in 2002, four persons including a research cooperator (Yamada) made oral presentations in 3rd International Critical Geography Conference, Hungary Bekescsaba. It was very significant chance to show how Japanese geographers struggle to gender issues in the context of East Asia.