Toward a Clarification of the Methodology of Ibasyodukuri to Support Youth Development: Focusing on the Procedures of Mundane Interaction from a Conversation Analysis Perspective

Abstract

  In discussion of the methodology of ibasyodukuri (that is, how to make a place safe, secure, and comfortable for the youth; Tanaka 2001), scholars have generally focused on the ways in which practitioners are engaging with young people.

  Previous work has assumed the professional expertise of practitioners and centered it. This emphasis, however, unintentionally obscures the fact that (at least) some practices are mundane—in the sense that ordinary people can do them. Thus, an approach that includes ordinary practices from such a viewpoint is lost.

  In this paper, we propose a research program focusing on everyday interaction (such as chitchat and banter) between youth and practitioners and describes the ways that this is achieved through common sense knowledge. The program, following the principles of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, describes the procedures used by the practitioners in and through interaction with youth.