NPOへの参加による現場生成型研究―フィールドワークからまなざす現場との交流―

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This paper discusses the necessity and method of “field generated research” based on participation with an NPO that supports a multicultural community. The paper begins by outlining, two reasons for using an NPO as a participation field site; (1) Since NPOs serve an indispensable role for foreigner in multicultural communities, such research allows for an examination of contemporary condition. (2) Since NPOs are basically an open and networked organization, an outsider could participate easily. The paper then considers two methods of “field generated research,” based on the author’s fieldwork experience with the NPO: (1) “sharing of field notes” is a proposal in which the researcher plays the information provider’s (informant) role and shares the information among the people in the field; (2) “joint descriptions of field notes” is a proposal which two or more persons write one set of field notes together and describe deep contents. Finally, for the further development of “field generated research,” the importance of intentional self-reflection of the participants in order to see the field objectively, and a consideration of the significance of involving various participants are discussed from the viewpoint of a synergistic effect.