Associate Professor David Chapman
Associate Professor

David Chapman

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Background

David Chapman is Associate Professor and Reader in Japanese Studies at The School of Languages and Cultures, St Lucia campus, UQ. David’s research interests include the cultural and social history of the marginalized in Japanese society, human rights in Japan and Asia, citizenship and national identity in Japan, Japan in the Anthropocene and surveillance and the law in Japan.

Availability

Associate Professor David Chapman is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Education, Deakin University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology

Research interests

  • The marginalised in Japanese society (日本社会における疎外された人々)

    I have been privileged to work with many communities in Japan including the Korean Communities, Ogasawara Island descendants of Pacific Islander, European and American settlers, unregistered residents of Japan and Ryukyu Island communities. My interests also extend to social dimensions of gender, socio-economic status, legal status and linguistic background that often overlap with diverse ethnic heritage. 私は、在日韓国人コミュニティや、太平洋諸島の出身者、ヨーロッパ系、アメリカ系の先祖を持つ小笠原諸島の人々、未登録住民、琉球諸島のコミュニティを含む、日本の多くのコミュニティと共に活動する機会に恵まれてきました。また、私の関心は、性別、社会経済的地位、法的地位、言語的背景といった社会的側面にも及び、これらはしばしば多様な民族的な背景と重なり合っています。

  • Disaster and the Anthropocene in Japan (日本における災害と人新世)

    My latest work focuses on the Anthropocene in the Japanese context. In particular, I am interested in local culture/tradition and the human connection with the natural world in relation to disaster prevention. Disaster culture (防災文化) and (災害文化). 私の最新の研究は、日本の文脈における人新世に焦点を当てています。特に、災害予防に関連する地域の文化や伝統、そして、人間と自然界のつながりに関心を持っています。「防災文化」や「災害文化」といったテーマも探求しています。

  • Legal/non-legal Status in Japan (日本における法的・非法的な地位)

    I have researched how people are identified legally, socially and bureaucratically in Japan. In particular, I have a keen interest in the Family Registration system (the koseki 戸籍), Special Permanent Residents (特別永住者), unregistered (無戸籍者) and the Residency Registry (住民票). This research includes historical as well as contemporary contexts. 私は、日本における人々の法的、社会的、そして、官僚的な身分の識別方法について研究してきました。特に、戸籍制度（koseki）、特別永住者、無戸籍者、および住民票に強い関心を持っています。この研究には、歴史的な文脈だけでなく、現代的な背景も含まれています。

Search Professor David Chapman’s works on UQ eSpace

53 works between 1997 and 2024
All (53) Journal Article (32) Book Chapter (15) Conference Publication (1) Book (4) Edited Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 53 works

2014

Journal Article

Interrogating the periphery: identity, nationality, family registration and the Ogasawara Islanders

Chapman, David (2014). Interrogating the periphery: identity, nationality, family registration and the Ogasawara Islanders. Journal of Comparative Studies in Japanese Culture, 17, 11-28.

Interrogating the periphery: identity, nationality, family registration and the Ogasawara Islanders

2014

Journal Article

Australia–Japan relations: an alternative future

Chapman, David, Morris Suzuki, Tessa and Stevens, Carolyn (2014). Australia–Japan relations: an alternative future. Inside Story

Australia–Japan relations: an alternative future

2014

Book Chapter

The koseki

Chapman, David and Krogness, Karl Jakob (2014). The koseki. Japan’s household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification and documentation. (pp. 1-18) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315889757-1

The koseki

2014

Book Chapter

The koseki

Chapman, David and Krogness, Karl Jakob (2014). The koseki. Japan's household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification, documentation and citizenship. (pp. 1-12) edited by David Chapman and Karl Jakob Krogness. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315889757

The koseki

2014

Book Chapter

Managing "strangers" and "undecidables": population registration in Meiji Japan

Chapman, David (2014). Managing "strangers" and "undecidables": population registration in Meiji Japan. Japan's household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification, documentation and citizenship. (pp. 93-110) edited by David Chapman and Karl Jakob Krogness. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315889757

Managing "strangers" and "undecidables": population registration in Meiji Japan

2014

Book

Japan's household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification and documentation

David Chapman and Karl Jakob Krogness eds. (2014). Japan's household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification and documentation. Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia, London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315889757

Japan's household registration system and citizenship: koseki, identification and documentation

2013

Book Chapter

Discourses of multicultural coexistence (tabunka kyosei) and the 'old-comer' Korean residents of Japan

Chapman, David (2013). Discourses of multicultural coexistence (tabunka kyosei) and the 'old-comer' Korean residents of Japan. Critical Readings on Ethnic Minorities and Multiculturalism in Japan. (pp. 479-498) edited by Richard Siddle. Leiden, Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill.

Discourses of multicultural coexistence (tabunka kyosei) and the 'old-comer' Korean residents of Japan

2013

Book Chapter

Korean residents movement in Japan

Chapman, David (2013). Korean residents movement in Japan. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. (pp. 1-2) edited by David A. Snow and Donatella della Porta. Hoboken NJ United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470674871.wbespm321

Korean residents movement in Japan

2013

Book Chapter

No More 'Aliens': Managing the familiar with the unfamiliar in Japan

Chapman, David (2013). No More 'Aliens': Managing the familiar with the unfamiliar in Japan. Critical readings on ethnic minorities and multiculturalism in Japan. (pp. 813-829) edited by Richard Siddle. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

No More 'Aliens': Managing the familiar with the unfamiliar in Japan

2012

Journal Article

No more "Aliens": managing the familiar and the unfamiliar in Japan

Chapman, David (2012). No more "Aliens": managing the familiar and the unfamiliar in Japan. The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 10 (40), 1-6.

No more "Aliens": managing the familiar and the unfamiliar in Japan

2012

Journal Article

Immigration and Citizenship in Japan

Chapman, David (2012). Immigration and Citizenship in Japan. Asian Studies Review, 36 (3), 425-426. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2012.712648

Immigration and Citizenship in Japan

2012

Book Chapter

English is my home: citizenship, language and identity in the Ogasawara Islands

Chapman, David and Long, Daniel (2012). English is my home: citizenship, language and identity in the Ogasawara Islands. Language and Citizenship in Japan. (pp. 175-192) edited by Nanette Gottlieb. New York, NY, USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203144442

English is my home: citizenship, language and identity in the Ogasawara Islands

2012

Book Chapter

Identifying the periphery: Challenging citizenship, nationality and identity on the Ogasawara Islands

Chapman, David (2012). Identifying the periphery: Challenging citizenship, nationality and identity on the Ogasawara Islands. Living Intersections: Transnational Migrant Identifications in Asia. (pp. 193-211) edited by Caroline Pluss and Kwok-bun Chan. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science + Business Media. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2966-7_10

Identifying the periphery: Challenging citizenship, nationality and identity on the Ogasawara Islands

2011

Journal Article

Geographies of self and other: mapping Japan through the Koseki

Chapman, David (2011). Geographies of self and other: mapping Japan through the Koseki. The Asia Pacific Journal, 9 (29), 1-10.

Geographies of self and other: mapping Japan through the Koseki

2011

Journal Article

Different faces, different spaces: identifying the islanders of Ogasawara

Chapman, David (2011). Different faces, different spaces: identifying the islanders of Ogasawara. Social Science Japan Journal, 14 (2), 189-212. doi: 10.1093/ssjj/jyr003

Different faces, different spaces: identifying the islanders of Ogasawara

2009

Journal Article

Inventing Subjects and Sovereignty: Early History of the First Settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

Chapman, David (2009). Inventing Subjects and Sovereignty: Early History of the First Settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands. Asia-Pacific Journal-Japan Focus, 7 (24).

Inventing Subjects and Sovereignty: Early History of the First Settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

2009

Journal Article

Inventing subjects and sovereignty: Early history of the first settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

Chapman, David (2009). Inventing subjects and sovereignty: Early history of the first settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands. The Asia - Pacific Journal : Japan Focus, 24.

Inventing subjects and sovereignty: Early history of the first settlers of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

2009

Book Chapter

Zainichi Koreans in history and memory

Weiner, Michael and Chapman, David (2009). Zainichi Koreans in history and memory. Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity. (pp. 162-187) edited by Weiner, Michael. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Zainichi Koreans in history and memory

2008

Journal Article

Tama-Chan and sealing Japanese identity

Chapman, David (2008). Tama-Chan and sealing Japanese identity. Critical Asian Studies, 40 (3), 423-443. doi: 10.1080/14672710802274144

Tama-Chan and sealing Japanese identity

2008

Journal Article

"Minority women will change the world!": Perspectives on multiple discrimination in Japan

Chapman, David, Dales, Laura and Mackie, Vera (2008). "Minority women will change the world!": Perspectives on multiple discrimination in Japan. Womens Studies International Forum, 31 (3), 192-199. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2008.04.002

"Minority women will change the world!": Perspectives on multiple discrimination in Japan

Past funding

  • 2024
    Visualising Japan's Disaster Prevention Culture (bosai bunka): The Great East Japan Earthquake
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Sustainability, Longevity and Mobility
    The Japan Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Alexander Marks: Adventurer, businessman and Japan's first Consul in Australia
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Using Technology to Enhance Authentic Contexts: Effective and Exciting Approaches to Assessment in the Japanese Language Classroom
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Japan in Australia
    The Japan Foundation, Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Japan's invisible citizens
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor David Chapman is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Japan in Australia

    Japan has long been part of the social, cultural, political and historical landscape of Australia; compared with other Asian nations, it occupies a significant part of this space. However, in recent years, countries such as China and South Korea have become more visible, removing Japan from its position as Australia’s leading trading partner in Asia. Although the Japan-Australia relationship has been widely discussed, much less discourse has focused on Japan’s place within Australia and within the nation’s social, cultural and historical landscape. Past discussion has been about earlier enmity and misunderstanding as well as more recent close relations between the two countries. With the changing dynamics of Australia’s relationship with Asia there is a need for a fresh look at Japan within Australia and how Japan has been understood and conceptualized.

  • Legal/non-legal Status and Identification in Japan

    I have researched extensively how people are identified legally, socially and bureaucratically in Japan. In particular, I have a keen interest in the Family Registration system (the koseki 戸籍), Special Permanent Residents (特別永住者), unregistered (無戸籍者) and the Resdients Registry (住民票). This research includes historical as well as contemporary contexts.

  • Marginalised Communities

    I have been privledged to work with many communities in Japan including the Korean Communities, Ogasawara Island descendants of Pacific Islander, European and American settlers, unregistered resdients of Japan and Okinawans. My interests also extend to social dimensions of gender, socio-economic status and linguistic background that often overlap with different ethnic heritage.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Voices of Resilience: Exploring Linguistic Practices and Cultural Adaptations in the Santri Community's Response to Tidal Flooding in Kendal, Indonesia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Zane Goebel

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multicultural Co-living and Five Shared Values: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Protections for Multicultural Communities in Japan and Singapore

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ann Black

Completed supervision

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