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第7回（2021年） grand prize
Yoko Uema
うえま ようこ
Uema Yoko
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1972 （Kōza (now Okinawa City), Okinawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo, Japan → Okinawa, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- educational researcher, researcher, author, child welfare activist
- 活動期間
- 1990年〜
- 所属
- Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of the Ryukyus
- 影響を与えた人物
- Gen Hoshino
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan University (former) | — | Education | 修士 | — | Japan |
Tokyo Metropolitan University (former)
Education
学位:
修士
国:
Japan
Left doctoral program
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kinokuniya Jinbun Award | Running Barefoot: Girls of Okinawa's Night Districts | — | Kinokuniya Bookstore | 第4位 |
| 2021 | Watakushi, Tsumari Nobody Prize | — | — | Watakushi, Tsumari Nobody Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Okinawa Bookstore Awards | Giving the Sea | 沖縄部門 | Okinawa Bookstore Awards Committee | 大賞（沖縄部門） |
| 2021 | Honya Taisho (Booksellers' Award) | Giving the Sea | ノンフィクション部門 | Booksellers' Award Committee | ノンフィクション部門受賞 |
Kinokuniya Jinbun Award
2018
対象作品:
Running Barefoot: Girls of Okinawa's Night Districts
主催:
Kinokuniya Bookstore
結果:
第4位
Watakushi, Tsumari Nobody Prize
2021
主催:
Watakushi, Tsumari Nobody Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Okinawa Bookstore Awards
2021
対象作品:
Giving the Sea
部門:
沖縄部門
主催:
Okinawa Bookstore Awards Committee
結果:
大賞（沖縄部門）
Honya Taisho (Booksellers' Award)
2021
対象作品:
Giving the Sea
部門:
ノンフィクション部門
主催:
Booksellers' Award Committee
結果:
ノンフィクション部門受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Running Barefoot: Girls of Okinawa's Night Districts
2017年 Non-fiction / ReportageA reportage that accompanies young women living in Okinawa's night districts, documenting their living conditions, experiences of violence and poverty. Combining field-based knowledge and interviews, the book aims to make the voices of those involved visible.
female povertyviolenceyoung motherhoodOkinawa
Giving the Sea
2020年 EssayAn essay collection that gathers voices encountered in Okinawa and in field work. The book attends to the bodies and lives of those often considered to have small social voices, reflecting on memory and solidarity across short pieces.
memorysolidarityOkinawan communitysocial exclusion
全著作
- Running Barefoot: Girls of Okinawa's Night Districts (Ohta Publishing, 2017)
- Giving the Sea (Chikuma Shobo, 2020)
- Okinawa Children's Poverty White Paper (co-editor, Kamogawa Publishing, 2017)
- Towards a Society That Leaves No One Behind: On the Frontlines of Poverty and Inequality (co-author, Shinnihon Publishing, 2018)
- Living Locally: Sociology of Okinawan Communality (co-author, Nakanishiya Publishing, 2020)
- After Losing Words (co-author, Chikuma Shobo, 2021)
- NHK 100-Minute Classics Supplement: Feminism (co-author, NHK Publishing, 2023)
作風・主題
- 文体
- reportage-style narrationfieldwork-based interview writingmeasured, empathetic voice
- 頻出モチーフ
- Okinawan localityvoices of young womenviolence and poverty in everyday life
評価・遺産
Through field-based research and reportage, she has made the voices of young Okinawan women visible and influenced both academic and civic practice. Her works have had impact across media and music.
関連学会
- Japanese Society for Educational Studies
大衆文化への影響
- Influenced singer Gen Hoshino's songwriting (referenced Uema's books when creating 'Fushigi')
豆知識
- Left the doctoral program at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
- Published her first solo book, 'Running Barefoot', in 2017.
- Opened a shelter 'Oniwa' in 2021 to support pregnant and parenting young women.