아이누의 주체화와 공생사회 ―오가와 류키치(小川隆吉)를 중심으로―

Abstract

This paper aimed to encourage a reflection on Japan’s symbiotic society through the subjectification process of the Ainu people, centered on Ryukichi Ogawa, who has devoted himself to restoring their deprived rights and human rights. First, we can see that Ogawa experienced ethnic trauma in the middle-class discriminatory structure between Koreans and the Ainu. Next, his composite identity as a Korean, Ainu, and Japanese cast him as a perpetrator against colonial Koreans under Japanese imperialism, and he also suffered from guilt and remorse. Next, we see that Ogawa sought to reveal the daily discrimination and violence against the Ainu people that took place in the name of education, research, and scholarship. Finally, Ogawa’s effort to return Ainu remains was a struggle to heal the historical wounds caused by colonial rule and to restore the self-respect and identity of the Ainu people, as symbolized by the slogan "What is Ainu's is Ainu's." Furthermore, this entailed restoring the deprived indigenous people's rights and self-determination, demonstrating the realization of a symbiotic society in which diversity can coexist.