Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to try to reform the theoretical framework of interpretation and to present new interpretations of representations about Koreans in Japan. Characteristic features from new studies of intercultural education, in order to make clear new perspectives of relationism and the politics of culture, will be described. Nowadays, it is said that the most interesting theoretical problems of description are methods of representation. It is important for all Human Scientists to exhaustively reconsider the negative influences of essentialism as the old perspective. To reinforce the framework of Critical Theory about culturs, to present rich and "thick" views of the meaning systems of a delimited set of subjects, and to represent the broader system of political economy that links them to other subjects, who are also richly portrayed in their own world, calls for a new experimental theory and method. Texts of educational administration for foreigners and dealing with certain problems, for exmple, narratives of "the other people," representation of the identities of foreigners themselves, discrimination against ethnic minorities and so on, will be examined. The composition of this paper is as follows. I. The subject of this paper. II. Reformation of theoretical framework (1)The characteristic new studies of intercultural education (focusing on educational studies about Koreans in Japan) (2) Reformation of Critical Theory about cultures. III. Representation of Korean People in texts (1) "Macro-causality" of the texts: "outside"contexts (2) Representation of Korean People in the texts: "inside"contexts IV. Conclusion and Future Prospects
