Abstract
This paper analyzes the logic and structure of making residents subject to the lower stratum of urban society—that is, the slum. The slum of Kyoto City has been spatially segregated by the Dowa administration, and constitutes the slum area and the Dowa district. The slum is adjacent to the Dowa district and is the area where numerous Korean Japanese (Zainichi) have lived. It seems that the slum is Zainichi and the Dowa district is Buraku people. Therefore, we tend to misunderstand that Zainici are out of accord with Buraku. However, Buraku people have transferred to the slum and their collectivities have been nurtured by both mixed environments. Advanced research does not adequately provide an understanding of this reality. This paper studies the factors that make residents subject to the slum, revealing the conditions of reorganization and uniting the subjects as well as demonstrating the residents' power. The slum is considered high mobility. The factor of making residents subject to Buraku and Zainichi in the area is a commonality among the residents; thus, there is the intention of antidiscrimination against attribution and region. Based on these points, rigid community organization, flexible and equal youth groups, and Christians have become the medium of both, which has created a diverse relationship. Moreover, through the tension and hostility toward the local administration, the development and autonomy of the local community has carried on.
