Fall Semester Fieldwork Research
Due date for research proposals: to be announced
In the latter part of the semester you will, either in groups or individually, choose a particular organization (e.g. Polaris Project, Amnesty International, Japan Committee for Negros Campaign, Greenpeace, ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking), JATAN (Japan Tropical Forest Action Network), Free the Children, Global Village, Sarawak Campaign Committee, Asian Women’s Association, World Peace Now etc.) to focus an in-class presentation on. In preparation for the presentation, you will do a minimum of four hours of participant-observation research on the topic of your choice in an accessible location, taking field notes. You are free, indeed encouraged, to choose grassroots-based organizations that reflect your particular interests. During the presentation, in addition to providing a brief introduction to the group you visited, you will provide a discussion of your fieldwork experience on the research topic and setting, methods used, and data gathered, and evaluate the field experience (noting successes, setbacks, surprises, and adaptations). The grade will not be based on English proficiency or the relative “success” of the fieldwork, but on your analysis of the fieldwork project and critical evaluation of the group studied. This fieldwork research experience is intended to give you an opportunity to see for yourself the ways in which concerned citizens are taking action to create a better future for all as well as provide you with the chance to present your research findings and introduce the group or organization you chose for your project to your classmates.
I will expect a carefully prepared research proposal (typed - to be handed in for my records) with specific information regarding the particulars of the fieldwork proposal: Why did you choose this organization? What is the focus of your research? Why did you choose this focus? When are you visiting the organization? What type of questions do you intend to ask? How do you intend to participate in the activities of the organization? If you are going to form a group, one research proposal for the entire group (with everyone’s name and email address listed) will suffice. Individual oral presentations should be 10-15 minutes in length; in the case of group presentations, each group member will be expected to present for 5-10 minutes. This will require careful coordination and preparation by the group as a whole. We will reserve the last two class periods (three hours) for presentations of fieldwork research.
Suggestions of organizations to contact for fieldwork research
These are just suggestions to help you get started in your search for a grassroots-based organization that is involved in working for progressive social change in an area that you are particularly interested in. Keep in mind that there are a large number of organizations that are attempting to effect basic structural changes at the local, regional, national, and/or international level(s) of civil society. They all have in common a respect for such universal principles as human rights, social justice, and participatory democracy. For a more comprehensive listing of Japanese grassroots-based groups, please visit my Japan Links at: http://dgmoen.net/nihon-links.html. You are also free to choose an organization that you are already familiar with and support.
http://www.worldpeacenow.jp/ (World Peace Now!)
http://www.jca.apc.org/parc/index-j.html (Pacific Asia Resource Center)
http://www.seikatsuclub.org/ikiiki/stop_gmo/ine/keikaku.html (Stop GMO Campaign)
http://www.foejapan.org/aid/ (Friends of the Earth Japan)
Japan Committee for Negros Campaign, JCNC Nihon Negros Campaign Iinkai
ADDRESS Sun Rise Shinjuku bldg., 2-4-15 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-169-0072
PHONE +81-3-5273-8160 FAX +81-3-5273-8667
E-MAIL jcnc@jca.or.jp HOMEPAGE http://www.jca.apc.org/jcnc/
Asian Rural Institute, ARI Jun Gakko Hojin, Asia Gakuin
ADDRESS 442-1 Ohaza Tsukinukizawa Nishi-Nasuno-cho, Nasu-gun, Tochigi-329-2703 PHONE +81-287-36-3111 FAX +81-287-37-5833 E-MAIL ari@nasu-net.or.jp
HOMEPAGE http://www.ari.edu/
Global Village, GV
ADDRESS 1-13-16 Noge, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-158-0092
PHONE +81-3-3705-0233 FAX +81-3-3705-0255 E-MAIL gv@gn.apc.org
Shapla Neer-Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support
ADDRESS c/o Waseda Hoshi-en, 2-3-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-169-8611
PHONE +81-3-3202-7863 FAX +81-3-3202-4593 E-MAIL info@shaplaneer.org HOMEPAGE http://www.shaplaneer.org/ (Japanese only)
A SEED Japan, ASJ
ADDRESS 3-7-26-612 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-160-0023
PHONE +81-3-3349-5404 FAX +81-3-3349-5412 E-MAIL asj@jca.ax.apc.org
HOMEPAGE http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/~aseed/front.html (Japanese only)
Greenpeace Japan
ADDRESS Yoyogi Kaikan bldg., 1-35-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-151-0053
PHONE +81-3-5351-5400 FAX +81-3-5351-5417 E-MAIL gri@interlink.or.jp HOMEPAGE http://www.nets.ne.jp/GREENPEACE/ (Japanese only)
Japan Tropical Forest Action Network, JATAN Nettairin Kodo Network ADDRESS Megumi bldg., 6-5 Uguisudani-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-150-0032
PHONE +81-3-3770-6308 FAX +81-3-3770-0727 E-MAIL jatan@igc.apc.org
Sarawak Campaign Committee, SCC
ADDRESS Mejiro bldg., 3-17-24 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo-170-0031
PHONE +81-3-3954-3510 FAX +81-3-3951-1084 E-MAIL scc@kiwi.ne.jp HOMEPAGE http://www.kiwi-us.com/~scc/ (Japanese only)
Act Against Aids AAA Un’ei Jimukyoku
ADDRESS 1-9-20 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-150-0012
PHONE +81-3-3447-0419 E-MAIL aaa@www.hudson.co.jp
HOMEPAGE http://www.hudson.co.jp/AAA/index.html (Japanese only)
Amnesty International Japanese Section, AIJ
ADDRESS Sukai Esuta bldg., 2-18-23 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-169-0051
PHONE +81-3-3203-1050 FAX +81-3-3232-6775
E-MAIL webmaster@amnesty.or.jp HOMEPAGE http://www.amnesty.or.jp/
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking), Japan
ADDRESS 1-12-4 Yuhigaoka, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka-561-0864
PHONE +81-6-6846-7360 FAX +81-6-6846-7360
E-MAIL mayasonozaki@softhome.net
HOMEPAGE http://tenkomori.org/ecpat.htm (Japanese only)
Japan International Center for the Rights of the Child, JICRC
Kokusai Kodomo Kenri Center
ADDRESS 2-30 Chaya-machi, Kita-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka-530-0013
PHONE +81-6-6375-5466 FAX +81-6-6371-7804
E-MAIL jicrc@sun-inet.or.jp HOMEPAGE http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~jicrc
The Campaign to Stop the Prostitution of Asian Children and to Protect Their Rights, CASPAR Asia no Jido Baishun Soshi wo Uttaerukai
ADDRESS 1-6-12 Koda, Ikeda-shi, Osaka-563-0043
PHONE +81-727-53-6457 FAX+81-727-53-6457 E-MAIL marvel@interlink.or.jp
The International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism Japan Committee, IMADR-JC Han Sabetsu Kokusai Undo, Nippon Iinkai
ADDRESS 3-5-11 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo-106-0032
PHONE +81-3-3568-7709 FAX +81-3-3568-7709
E-MAIL HBGO2174@nifty.ne.jp
Campaign for Future of Filipino Children, CFFC Philippine no Kodomotachi no Mirai no Tameno Undo
ADDRESS c/o ACCE Jimusho, 37-1 Sayama Kumiyama-cho, Kuze-gun, Kyoto-613-0034 PHONE +81-774-43-8734 FAX +81-774-44-3102
HOMEPAGE http://www.mediawars.ne.jp/~ji3nip/cffc (Japanese only)
Feminist and Related Women’s Organizations
Asian Women’s Association (Ajia Onna-tachi no Kai) Address: 14-10-211 Sakuragaoka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150 Phone: (033) 505-7070. Activities: Action for Asian women, especially for working women from Southeast Asia.
Support Center Tachiyori Address: 14-10-211 Sakuragaoka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150 (033) 463-9752. Activities: Provide Asian women in Japan with support and advice.
Asian Women Workers’ Center (Ajia Joshi Rodosha Koryu Senta) Address: 2-3-18-34 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169 Phone: (033) 202-4993. Activities: Seminars, lectures, newsletter publication.
Pacific Asia Resource Center: PARC (Ajia Taiheyo Shiryo Senta: PARC) Address: 1-30-402 Jimbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101. Fax: (033) 232-6775. Activities: Rethinking Japan’s relationship with Asia, PARC Free School, Publications, Research links. http://www.jca.apc.org/parc/index-j.html
Amnesty-Japan Team for Women and Human Rights (Amnesty Nihon Josei to Jinken Chiimu) Address: 2-3-22 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. Phone: (033) 203-1050. Fax: (033) 232-6775. Activities: Protecting women’s human rights.
LIP: Lesbians in Pain (Ijimerarekko no Kai: LIP) Address: c/o Regumi Studio, Nakazawa Bldg. 3F, 23 Araki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160. Phone: (033) 226-8314. Activities: Support for lesbians.
Women’s Association Against Police Sexual Violence (Keisatsu no Seiboryoku o Yurusanai Onna-tachi no Kai) Address: c/o Sakazume, 2-29-2-1215 Takashimadaira, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Activities: Abolition of sexual violence by the police against women; meetings only open to women.
Women’s Network Against Sexual Violence (Seiboryoku to Tatakau Onna-tachi no Nettowaku) Address: c/o Project Tatakau Akazukin, P.O. Box 35, Fussa Post Office, Fussa-shi, Tokyo 197. Activities: Campaign against pornography and sexual harassment.
Women Opposed to War (Senso e no Michi o Yurusanai Onna-tachi no Renrakukai) Address: c/o Nihon Fujin Kaigi, 1-33-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113. Phone: (033) 816-2057. Activities: Meetings for peace; workshops on the Peace Constitution.
Tokyo Rape Crisis Center (Tokyo Gokan Kyuen Senta) Address: P.O. Box 7, Joto Post Office, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136. Phone: (033) 207-3692. Activities: Telephone counseling; newsletter publication.
Association Against Prostitution (Baibaishun Mondai ni Torikumukai) Address: Kyofukaikan, 2-23-5, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku_ku, Tokyo 169. Phone: (035)386-4041.
Activities: Research on issues of prostitution and environment with an emphasis on child prostitution, sex tours, and comfort women; newsletter publication.
Counseling Group for Filipino Brides (Firipin no Hanayome o Kangaerukai) Address: c/o Fujin Minshu Kurabu, 3-31-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150. Phone: (033) 402-3238. Activities: Campaign against the importation of women.