Blending Ethnicities: Perceptions of East Asian Identities Today (original) (raw)

Abstract

The widespread Confucian revival in East Asia, along with the rapid socio-economic development of certain nations in that region, coincided with thorough examinations of nationhood, ethnicity, and cultural identity in theory, research, and policies on a global level. Following an era of imperialism, a presumed shared set of ideas and values – a sort of common worldview – allowed for the perceptions of East Asia as a relatively homogeneous whole, regardless of the many conflicts that had previously occurred between its peoples. This chapter examines contemporary academic research to determine who is perceived as East Asian when sampling populations today. Scholars blend nations into this collective label indicating ethnic and cultural belonging, and special focus is placed on discerning which nations are included and in what way. Case studies of methodological approaches in referential literature analyze whether research designs have begun to take into account the vast cultural diversity of East Asia, current trends of multiculturalism and globalization, and massive migrations, as well as how Japan is positioned within these methodologies. As today's science is likely the basis of tomorrow's policies, this study offers a relational approach to ethnic and cultural identities, while stressing the importance of responsible research.

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