645
Understanding Social Problems through Narratives By Insiders. Part I

Wednesday, July 16, 2014: 3:30 PM-5:20 PM
Room: Booth 60
RC38 Biography and Society (host committee)

Language: English

This session seeks to explore the constructed reality of social problems through narratives told by insiders. When we consider social problems, we try to solve them from outsiders’ perspectives by regarding them as problems to society. In this session we would like to understand social problems by listening to insiders’ narratives about them. In doing so, we may see what the most important aspect of the problems for those facing them is and provide a different insight into the problems from that of outsiders. Topics in social problems in this session will include the relationship between doctors and patients with HIV tainted blood, that between nurses and terminal care patients, that between ethnic minorities and majorities and the other related ones. Anyone who has conducted life story interviews with insiders of any social problem is encouraged to attend this session and discuss the problem from multiple perspectives.
Session Organizers:
Tazuko KOBAYASHI, Hitotsubashi University, Japan and Mamoru TSUKADA, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
Chair:
Tazuko KOBAYASHI, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Co-Chair:
Mamoru TSUKADA, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
645.1
Scums Of The EARTH: A Critical Analysis Of ‘Humanness' In Host Society from10 Life Stories Of Poor Immigrants In Johannesburg, South Africa (Oral Presentation)
Christal Oghogho SPEL, University of Helsinki, Finland

645.2
You Are a Dark Person after All (Oral Presentation)
Baukje PRINS, Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

645.3
Polish in the Hague: The Stories of Long Term Migrants (Oral Presentation)
Karijn NIJHOFF, Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

645.4
The Non-Nationalized Narrative of Two Korean School Graduates (Oral Presentation)
Miyuki HASHIMOTO, Rikkyo University, Japan

645.5
How Do Students View Their Mentor-Student Relationship?: A Cross-Case Analysis of　Narratives of Academic Harassment in Japanese Graduate Education (Oral Presentation)
Yayoi YUKAWA, Hiroshima University, Japan

645.6
Experiences of Difficulties Faced By Hikikomori People within Everyday-Life: From the Perspective of View of Intimacy (Oral Presentation)
Kohki ITOH, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

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