Transnational Identity: The Struggles of Being and Becoming a Japanese Female Professor in a Neo-"Kokusaika" Phase of Japan

Autor/in	Nonaka, Chisato
Titel	Transnational Identity: The Struggles of Being and Becoming a Japanese Female Professor in a Neo-"Kokusaika" Phase of Japan
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 15 (2020) 3, S.234-251 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/1745499920946201
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Women Faculty; Foreign Countries; International Education; Study Abroad; Teacher Attitudes; Doctoral Degrees; Personal Narratives; Self Concept; Faculty Mobility; Educational Experience; Professional Identity; Females; Asians; Educational Policy; Human Resources; Gender Differences; Cultural Awareness; College Students; Peer Relationship; Language Styles; Japanese; English (Second Language); Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Ausland; Internationale Erziehung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Lehrerverhalten; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Erlebniserzählung; Selbstkonzept; Bildungserfahrung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Humankapital; Geschlechterkonflikt; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Collegestudent; Peer-Beziehungen; Sprachstil; Japaner; Japanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approached (though now tentatively postponed to 2021), Japan stepped up on its nationwide "kokusaika" ("internationalization") campaign to prepare for the big moment. This frenzied internationalization movement is not a new trend for Japan, particularly in the education sector where since the 1980s, the government has advanced a number of megaprojects in the name of "kokusaika." Having completed my PhD in the United States on the internationalization of Japanese higher education, and having returned to Japan to begin working as a faculty member at a national university, I look into the development of my transnational identity through incidents, moments, and practices against the rhetoric and realities of "kokusaika." This article argues that my analysis of the "kokusaika" phenomenon has shifted along with the changing tenor of my transnational experience from being a PhD student in the United States to becoming a Japanese female professor back in Japan. My transnational experience, as demonstrated in the article, helps put my own theorization of "kokusaika" in perspective, while also posing questions regarding "shifting transnationality" in knowledge production. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01