Ethnography of subjectification for residence in Japanese condominium

towards an intersubjective approach for“housing lives”

Abstract

In this sociological research, we explore the process of subjectification in the Japanese condominium. Firstly, we point out two ideal types of subject-image,‘consumer’and ‘citizen’, in legislative discourse on condominium management Secondly, we refer to literature on housing regimes and propose a sociological framework on plurality and plasticity of housing provision. Thirdly, we describe the process of reflexive discussions between sociologists and owner-occupiers of a large scale condominium complex named “White Hill”in the suburb of Tokyo. Consequently, we can share the understanding (we call “demystification”process) that their organizational subjectification can be seen as bureaucratization in Japanese corporatism.