Networking in the Indian Ocean Region

研究小组最初提出了以下目标：1。从球形和上下文的角度描述印度洋地区的独特特征；2 .在海洋和陆地的背景下为该地区建立一个分析框架；评估全球化对民族、种族、地方或群体认同的影响，并对该地区的未来有展望。在这些主要目标下开展了下列活动：为了阐明商业和银行界之间网络化的显著特征，二是开展理论事业；收集有关南亚侨民的原始资料。该小组的成果包括出版了三份讨论文件。它们分别是《南亚侨民——其阶段》[1999]、《日本南亚移民社区的历史与活动》[1999]和《跨越边界——南亚侨民与东道国社会》。另一本名为《世界系统和网络》的书将在几年后由东京大学出版社出版。该小组还组织了题为“人口流动研究：南亚移徙比较研究”的国际会议-研讨会（1998年）和“民族国家”和南亚跨国力量国际会议（2000年），特别是第二届会议（跨越领域：媒体和南亚）。除此之外，团队还在日本财团举办的两会上做了几次公开讲座，并收集了有关南亚侨民的资料。

The research team proposed the following objectives initially :1. to describe the distinctive features of Indian Ocean region from spherical and contextual points of view,2. to build an analytical framework for the region in the contexts of sea and land, and3. to assess the impact of globalization upon the identities of nation, ethnicity, locality, or group and to have prospects on the future of the region.Under these primary objectives the following activities were launched :1. to clarify the conspicuous features of networking among the business and banking communities,2. to launch theoretical undertakings, and3. to collect source material on South Asian Diaspora.The products of the team, among others, have been the publication of three discussion papers. They are South Asian Diaspora - Its Phases [1999], History and Activities of South Asian Migrant Communities in Japan [1999], and Crossing Borders - South Asian Diaspora and Host Societies. Another book titled The World System and Networking is to be published in a few years from the University of Tokyo Press.The team also organized the international conference-seminar titled Studies on Population Movement Comparatives Studies on South Asian Migration (1998) and the International Conference on The 'Nation-State' and Transnational Forces in South Asia (2000), especially the second session (Crossing the Spheres : Media and South Asia). Besides these the team gave several public lectures in the two sessions organized by the Japan Foundation, and collected sources on South Asian Diaspora.