Being 'hafu' on/offline: discursive constructions of mixedroots Japanese identities in Facebook group interactions and offline personal narratives

这项研究探讨了“哈福”身份是如何通过线下和线上交流来构建的。“Hafu”（基于英语单词“half”）是一个标签，用于指父母一方是日本人，另一方是另一个国籍/种族的人。这个词被认为是有问题的，因为它混淆了种族，文化和语言的差异，并将混血日本人定位为“纯”日本人的附庸。尽管如此，许多混血日本人称自己为“Hafu”，如Facebook群组“Hafu aru”和“Hafu Japanese”。在过去的十年里，许多这样的团体出现了，为地球仪上的“混血儿”之间的接触创造了前所未有的机会，并通过共同的“混血儿”身份将不同背景的日本人聚集在一起。这两个Facebook群组拥有超过6,000名成员，每天都有涉及多语言实践的频繁互动，似乎是一个充满活力和有意义的身份和社区建设网站。本研究揭示了“哈福”身份是在语言和互动中建构起来的，并通过考察Facebook用户在线上建构的身份如何反映在其离线叙述中，来探讨在线和离线交流之间的相互关系。最后，分析将集中在与种族，文化和语言有关的意识形态是否可能在数字环境中表现出来，并通过数字化得到促进。

This research examines how 'hafu' identities areconstructed through offline and online communication.'Hafu' (based on the English word 'half') is a label used torefer to individuals with a Japanese parent and a parent ofanother nationality/ethnicity. The term is consideredproblematic as it conflates ethnic, cultural and linguisticheritage, and positions mixed-Japanese people as inferiorto the 'pure' Japanese. Despite this, many mixed-Japaneserefer to themselves as 'hafu', as can be seen in Facebookgroups 'Hafu aru' and 'Hafu Japanese'. Many such groupshave emerged over the past decade, creatingunprecedented opportunities for contact between 'hafus'across the globe, and bringing together mixed-Japanesepeople of diverse backgrounds through a shared 'hafu'identity. With over 6,000 members and frequent dailyinteractions involving multilingual practices, both Facebookgroups appear to be dynamic and meaningful sites ofidentity and community construction. This study considershow 'hafu' identities are constructed in language andinteraction, and explores the interrelations between onlineand offline communication by examining how the identitiesconstructed online are reflected in the Facebook users'offline narratives. Finally, the analysis will focus onwhether ideologies related to ethnicity, culture andlanguage might be manifested in and promoted viacommunication in digital environments.