Social Change in 20 Century's Asia and Life course of the Elderly:

本研究旨在通过探讨东亚和东南亚老年人的生命历程，关注家庭事件，并结合20世纪的社会变迁来认识20世纪的亚洲历史。我们关注女性的经历，如怀孕、分娩、家务和照顾老人。研究方法有问卷调查法和深度访谈法，对4个国家、5个地区的生命历程进行问卷调查。研究对象是1920至1940年间出生的人。我们纠正了中国(大连)223例，韩国(首尔和大邱)197例，菲律宾(老挝)75例，日本(名古屋)81例。通过分析各个社会的数据，我们发表了一些关于生命历程和社会变迁的发现。密集访谈的焦点有两个，一个是关于20世纪亚洲老年人的生命历程和社会变迁，另一个是关于快速全球化下的当代亚洲的生命历程和跨国移民。我们发表了关于殖民时代西化的现代家庭性别规范如何渗透到精英女性中，当代亚洲社会如何出现跨国人生历程等主题的研究成果。除了这些学术出版物，我们还邀请中国和韩国的合作研究人员，为公众举办国际研讨会，为社会做出贡献。

The purpose of this study is to understand Asian history in 20^<th> century by exploring life course of the elderly in East and Southeast Asia focusing on family event and considering it with reference to social change in 20^<th> century. We focused on 'women's experiences such as pregnancy, childbirth, housework and care for the elderly. There are two research methods ; questionnaire survey and intensive interviews.We hold questionnaire survey on life course in 5 areas, 4 countries. The objects are people who were born during 1920^<th> to 1940^<th>. We corrected 223 cases in China (Dalian), 197 cases in Korea (Seoul and Daegu), 75 cases in Philippines (Laoag), 81 cases in Japan (Nagoya). We published some findings on life course and social change by analyzing the data in each society.There are two focuses of the intensive interviews ; one is on life course of the elderly and social change in 20^<th> century's Asia, the other is on life course and transnational migration in contemporary Asia under rapid globalization. We published some findings about the themes such as how westernized modern family-gender norms had penetrated into elite women during colonial era, how transnational life course is emerging in contemporary Asian societies.In addition to these academic publications, we made social contribution by inviting co-researchers from China and Korea and holding international seminar for the general public.