JALT2025 - Tokyo

Investment and Identity in Study Abroad in New Zealand

Oct 31, 2025, 4:00 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Other Learners and Contexts Room 408

Speaker

Dr Maki Hignett (Nagoya University)

Description

This presentation examines how Japanese study abroad students in New Zealand navigate identity (re)positioning by reallocating effort across settings, principally between coursework and community. Using narrative inquiry, the study traces when and why investment shifts, focusing on structural and personal triggers. These event aligned reallocations recalibrate access to capital and ideological framings, shaping when participation resumes and how identities evolve over time, and offer a process based analysis that avoids undue flattening within site differences.

Summary

This presentation examines how Japanese study abroad students in New Zealand navigate identity (re)positioning by reallocating effort across settings, principally between coursework and community. Using narrative inquiry, the study traces when and why investment shifts, focusing on structural and personal triggers. These event aligned reallocations recalibrate access to capital and ideological framings, shaping when participation resumes and how identities evolve over time, and offer a process based analysis that avoids undue flattening within site differences.