Toward an alternative 'multicultural co-existence' in Japan : an action research for community organization by use of local history

作为研究的第一阶段，我向大坂市生野区的当地居民介绍了那里的日本人和韩国人之间的关系。为此，笔者采取了两种方法：第一，在笔者和当地NPO的几位职员的共同合作下，向当地市民分发了《生野区的共存之城》小册子;第二，在当地市民的集会和区事务所举办的论坛上，介绍了生野区的社会历史地图。此外，我还发现了支持少数民族的基层社会运动的材料，这对第二阶段的研究很有用。在这一年中，笔者对资料进行了整理，目的是建立数据库。关于生野区的地方历史展览，我提供了一系列航空照片，描述了朝鲜人集中地区的空间形式的转变。此外，这些照片也被用于当地高中的教育材料。

As the first phase of my research, I have given the local residents in Ikuno ward, Osaka City, historical knowledge of the relationship between Japanese and Koreans there. The author has adopted two methods for this : first, I distributed the pamphlets, 'co-existence town Ikuno', to local citizens under the mutual cooperation between the author and several NPO staffs in the area ; second, I made presentations of social and historical maps of Ikuno ward at the meetings of local people and the forums held by theward office. Moreover, I found the material on grass-roots social movements for the support of ethnic minorities which is useful for the second phase of the research. In this year, the author has organized the material for the purpose of the establishment of database. With respect to the exhibition of the local history of Ikuno ward, I offered a series of aerial photographs that described the transition of the spatial form of the Korean-concentrated area. In addition, these photographs are also used for the educational material in the local high school.