Blar i forfatter "Uzawa, Kanako"

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    • A comparison between Japan and Norway regarding ILO Convention No. 169 

      Uzawa, Kanako (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-11-08)
      Who defines indigenous peoples, and in whose interests does the definition serve? If there is a definition that is regulated in relation to indigenous peoples, how much does it the protect rights of indigenous peoples? Considering these questions as my point of departure, I have chosen to do a comparative study on the Sami in Norway and the Ainu in Japan in the context of ILO Convention No. 169. ...

    • "Crafting Our Future Together": Urban Diasporic Indigeneity from an Ainu Perspective in Japan 

      Uzawa, Kanako (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-02-21)
      This dissertation discusses living experiences and stories of urban Ainu youth, Indigenous people of Japan in the twenty-first century. I have weaved my own experiences as a Tokyo Ainu into the discussion in order to illustrate forms of Ainu cultural revitalization in cities. In the thesis, I ask: What attributes in cities facilitate the process of Ainu cultural revitalization? The dissertation ...

    • Urespa (“Growing Together”): the remaking of Ainu-Wajin relations in Japan through an innovative social venture 

      Uzawa, Kanako; Watson, Mark K. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-09)
      Urespa, meaning “to grow together” in the Ainu language, is a social venture founded at Sapporo University in 2010. The Urespa club brings Indigenous Ainu and Wajin (i.e. non-Ainu) students together in a curriculum-based environment to co-learn the Ainu language and Ainu cultural practices. The initiative’s aim is to restory the conventional narrative of Otherness in Japan by creating a transformative ...