An Autoethnography of "Non-Tojisha"

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Other Title
  • 「非当事者」のオートエスノグラフィ
  • Through a Contrapuntal Writing with a Zainichi, Korean Resident in Japan
  • ある在日朝鮮人との対位法的記述を通して

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<p>Tojisha is an attributed subject of primary social needs and who has achieved a proactive positioning about such needs. This is an autoethnography by non-Tojisha who does not have "anything to tell" through half a lifetime. In this article, I take up a life history of a Zainichi, Korean resident in Japan; who shares the same year and place of birth, and the interest in South Korea's Democracy Movement with myself. Through this contrapuntal writing, I attempted to reveal "the process of imperialism" embedded in my life history, through our majority-minority relationships. This unveils two things: firstly, my "trifle" memories were dug up by Tojisha's stories. Secondly, it is a majority's privilege to be silent forgetting the memory. Also, in my case, the process of decolonizing soul is gradual although the experience as a minority is kinetic. Both of us go through epiphany but I could not unlearn my privilege until I wrestled with colonialism in myself through writing.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390858076770105344
  • DOI
    10.14890/jjcanth.87.2_243
  • ISSN
    24240516
    13490648
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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