Beyond work-life balance: A feminist anthropological approach to gender equality

该研究项目旨在探讨日常生活中女性化、私人领域培养的实践和价值观如何塑造日本政治工作的男性化、公共空间和实践，以建立一种超越“工作与生活平衡”的性别平等方法，重新评价工作本身中的家庭。通过揭示私人、家庭和亲密生活中出现的做法和价值观如何为公共决策过程提供信息，该项目旨在重新评估工作中通常被认为是女性领域的东西。该项目旨在为提出两性平等替代政策提供依据，但由于首席研究员调到海外研究机构，该项目不得不终止。然而，在终止前的有限时间内，取得了以下成果：1）我与大学学者进行了初步研究，采用了图形记录，摄影语音采访和合作民族志等创新方法。初步研究揭示了这些方法的有效性，并使我能够为方法创新研究奠定基础。2）我将上述研究结果作为博客文章发表，从而促进了知识的公开传播。3）我应邀在2021年澳大利亚国立大学人类学系的方法与理论研讨会上发表关于方法创新的演讲。因此，我为人类学领域的国际知识共享做出了贡献。

This research project set out to examine how practices and values cultivated in the feminized, private spheres of everyday lives shape the masculinized, public spaces and practices of political work in Japan to build an approach to gender equality that goes beyond “work-life balance” to revalue home in work itself. By revealing how practices and values that emerge from private, domestic, and intimate lives inform public policymaking processes, the project aimed to revalue what is often considered the feminine domains in work. The project aimed to provide a basis to propose alternative policies on gender equality.The project had to be terminated due to the principal researcher's relocation to an overseas research institution. Within the limited timeframe before the termination, however, the following outcomes were achieved:1)I conducted preliminary research with academics in universities, employing the innovative methodologies of graphic recording, photovoice interviews, and collaborative ethnographies. The preliminary research revealed the effectiveness of these methodologies and allowed me to build a foundation for methodologically innovative research.2)I published the results of the above research as blog articles, thereby facilitating the public dissemination of knowledge.3) I was invited to speak about the methodological innovations at the Australian National University Department of Anthropology's Method and Theory Workshop in 2021. I thereby contributed to the international knowledge sharing in the field of anthropology.