Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia
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Publications by our project members on the current research focus include…
We welcome everyone to the following upcoming events December 2021: Public…
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QuaMaFA team successfully organized the annual conference of the VSJF, which is the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan. The conference took place from November 3rd to 5th, 2023, at the Japanese-German Center in Berlin’s Dahlem district, surrounded by the stunning autumn colors. The conference attracted nearly…
With great pleasure, we would like to announce that the registration is open for the annual VSJF (German Association for Social Science Research on Japan) Conference 2023, taking place on November 3-5 at JDZB (Japanese-German Center Berlin) in Berlin. QuaMaFA organizes this year’s conference “Labor and (im)mobility in Japan…
First published as a blog post of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, 3 June 2022 (https://www.mmg.mpg.de/940281/blog-hof-how-covid-19-changed-migration). After nearly two years of border restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian states started to relax their pandemic-induced immigration measures by the end of…
UPCOMING SCREENING INFORMATION 1. 26 June 2023 (12:00 to 13:30), RMIT University Melbourne (AUS), School of Media and Communication, Building 9, Level 2, Room15, RSVP: https://bit.ly/44DZgX3 (English subtitles only) 2. *8 July 2023 (15:00 to 17:00), Kobe University, Research Institute of Economic and Business Administration, (Annex, 2nd Floor), Details & RSVP: https://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/seminar/seminar_all/2023/202307081500.html 3. *9…
QuaMaFA team organized Graduate student summer school on 18-19 July 2022 at Goethe University Frankfurt. The summer school was titled “Innovative research designs and methods in Asian migration research: Embarking on fieldwork in the 2020s”. This event aimed to offer a platform to jointly discuss methodological challenges, opportunities, and…
This is a brief report from Joohyun (Justine) Park about the 1st fieldwork in South Korea. She conducted her interviews and film interviews for 7 weeks (20 Sep-5 Nov 2021). This report aims to present the preparation and process of her fieldwork and to introduce the plan for data…
At the end of year 2021, QuaMaFA project members got together for a two-day status symposium at University of Duisburg-Essen. The purpose of this meeting was to receive feedbacks on our group and individual research projects from experts, Prof. David Chiavacci (Professor in Social Science of Japan, University of…
It’s our pleasure to announce that we, as QuaMAFA, will present our individual project as a panel for the first time at an academic venue. For those participating in the 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), please join our session on Thursday 26th August, from 17:15-18:15 JST (10:15-11:15…
After virtual kick-off and methods workshops in March and April respectively of this year, all project members assembled in Berlin for the first in-person filming workshop from July 12–14. The three-day workshop was led by Dr. Megha Wadhwa (FU Berlin), who already in the past has used documentary films…
