Creolization of Modern Japan

全球化和克里奥尔化很可能是当今后殖民世界的两个截然不同的方面。这个项目的目的是从一个新的角度来讨论日本的现代化进程：克里奥尔化。本文主要分析了拉夫卡迪奥·哈恩的作品，重点分析了他对“克里奥尔”价值观的发现，以及他对西方文化与非西方文化之间关系的重新评估。并将他的思想与塞格伦等其他相关作家进行了比较。此外，还讨论了林文美子等与东南亚有关的日本作家的类似案例。这个小组的成员参加了几次国际专题讨论会，并阅读了关于这个问题的论文；从日本外务省（2001年9月）、哥德堡大学（2001年9月瑞典）、都柏林圣代学校（2001年9月）、台北大学（2002年4月台湾：“后殖民主义-台湾与日本”研讨会）、马提尼克市（2002年5月研讨会- l 'Itinaire d'un Exote）开始。后两次研讨会在当地报纸上刊登，引起了很大的关注，论文将被编辑出版，前者用中文和日语，后者用法语。在这些论文中，讨论了“克里奥尔化”的不同阶段和解释。这个研究项目最有趣的部分是，通过比较马提尼克岛、台湾和日本的现代化情况，很明显，作为“克里奥尔人”的问题和价值观并不局限于加勒比国家。全球化和克里奥尔化的动态在现代化和后殖民世界的普遍进程中可以不可避免地看到。因此，我们应该能够显示现代的问题。以一种不同的、具有启发性的方式。

Globalization and creolization may well be the two distinctive aspects that characterize the postcolonial world of today. The aim of this project was to discuss the process- of Japan's modernization from a new point of view: creolization.The approach was made by mainly analyzing the works of Lafcadio Haarn, focusing on his discovery of 'creole' values, and his revaluation of the relationship between the West and non- West cultures. His thoughts were also compared with other relevant writers such as Segalen. Furthermore, parallel cases of Japanese writers who were involved with South east Asia, such as Hayashi Fumiko, were also discussed.Members of this group participated in several international symposiums and read papers on the subject; starting from the Foreign Ministry of Japan (Sep. 2001), Goteborg University (Sweden Sep. 2001), Dublin Sundai School (Sep. 2001) , to Taipei University (Taiwan, April 2002: Symposium on Post-Colonialism-Taiwan and Japan), and the city of Martinique (May 2002, Symposium-L'Itinaire d'un Exote). The last two of these symposiums were featured in local newspapers, attracted much attention and the papers are to be compiled and published, the former in Chinese and Japanese, and the latter in French..In these papers, the different phases and interpretations of ' creolization ' are discussed. The most interesting part of this research project was that, by comparing the cases of modernization in Martinique, Taiwan and Japan with each other, it has became clear that the issues and values of being 'Creole' are not to be limited to the Caribbean countries. The dynamics of globalization and creolization can be seen inevitably in the universal process of modernization and the postcolonial world. Thus we should be able to show the problems of modern. Japan in a different and enlightening way.