研究成果

　Border control of Australia’s northern waters has been a serious political issue. The panel analyses the cross-border movements of people in the region from historical and transregional perspectives.
　Speakers specialized in the fields of Australian studies and Indonesian studies will present papers with a special focus on Japanese pearl divers and indentured workers, Indonesian fishermen, and ‘boat people’. The panel will also identify various border management systems in the region by looking into how the ‘borders’ were institutionalized and how their management affected livelihood activities and migrations.
　Focusing on trans-border activities, we would like to shed light on ‘borders’ from the perspective of people’s livelihood and to reassess the relevance of their controls. We believe the panel will provide a new approach to Australian studies with the framework of border studies.