Papers by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
Short article for the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan that explains how the JET Programme ha... more Short article for the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan that explains how the JET Programme has guided me towards my current career path and Ph.D. thesis.
European Political Science
Political theorists and scientists have published extensive scholarship on the political represen... more Political theorists and scientists have published extensive scholarship on the political representation of the marginalised. Some notable and widely cited scholars include Jane Mansbridge, Anne Phillips, Iris M. Young, Suzanne Dovi, and Melissa Williams. They have mostly focused on the importance of representation of women and argue that such representation enhances the functioning of representative democracies. This strand of literature has made significant contributions to contemporary research, especially on studies showing how and why political representation matters. Underdiscussed, nonetheless, is how such classic studies should be taught in a classroom in the context of global movements, namely #BlackLivesMatter, #StopAsianHate, and #MeToo, where various marginalised identities intersect when subjected to oppression. We contest and strengthen some of these ideas in extant scholarship promoting diversity politics by taking intersectional and decolonial approaches. We advocate for prioritising intersectionality over diversity and for decolonising teaching political representation by centring the feminist works of BIPOC and Global South scholars. By challenging both the absence of minoritised women as political actors as well as scholars-as a matter of the production of knowledge and as political activism-we create an inclusive learning environment. We enable both the educators and students to reflect on their positionalities and furthermore achieve the long-term goal of equality in the classrooms, political institutions, and beyond.
European Political Science, 2023
Political theorists and scientists have published extensive scholarship on the political represen... more Political theorists and scientists have published extensive scholarship on the political representation of the marginalised. Some notable and widely cited scholars include Jane Mansbridge, Anne Phillips, Iris M. Young, Suzanne Dovi, and Melissa Williams. They have mostly focused on the importance of representation of women and argue that such representation enhances the functioning of representative democracies. This strand of literature has made significant contributions to contemporary research, especially on studies showing how and why political representation matters. Underdiscussed, nonetheless, is how such classic studies should be taught in a classroom in the context of global movements, namely #BlackLivesMatter, #StopAsianHate, and #MeToo, where various marginalised identities intersect when subjected to oppression. We contest and strengthen some of these ideas in extant scholarship promoting diversity politics by taking intersectional and decolonial approaches. We advocate for prioritising intersectionality over diversity and for decolonising teaching political representation by centring the feminist works of BIPOC and Global South scholars. By challenging both the absence of minoritised women as political actors as well as scholars-as a matter of the production of knowledge and as political activism-we create an inclusive learning environment. We enable both the educators and students to reflect on their positionalities and furthermore achieve the long-term goal of equality in the classrooms, political institutions, and beyond.
Routledge, 2020
This chapter explores the consequences of nostalgic sentimentality from those participating on cu... more This chapter explores the consequences of nostalgic sentimentality from those participating on cultural exchange. Positive engagement with our nostalgic imagination can be found in our encounters of unfamiliar places and people. By dissecting the reflections of those on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET), we can observe the transition of individual sentiment and imagination for a place over time. The portrayal of Japan shifted over the course of the 1980s to the 2010s. For the participants, Japan is initially an imaginary place, that then transforms into the mundane over the course of the experience, leading back to a nostalgia that becomes transmigratory over distance of time and place. This process has been effective for enhancing Japanese interests abroad through these individuals through the effects of globalisation. Through the lens of everyday life theory this paper exhibits how these shifts emerge through the participants dialogues, becoming receivers and contributors of knowledge on Japan. The study demonstrates how the particular can make an impact upon the overall transmission of society and culture abroad. This research found that nostalgia buffered the development of negative conclusions, changed participants’ viewpoints over time resulting in a transmigratory nostalgia.
The Sociological Review Magazine, 2019
Cultural exchange programmes such as JET have become part of a growing diplomatic agenda within p... more Cultural exchange programmes such as JET have become part of a growing diplomatic agenda within politics and international relations. This study investigates how the participants process their experience on the programme to demonstrate the link between soft power, memory and nostalgia. The participants promote Japan abroad by portraying images and ideas of Japanese culture and society to others. Applying everyday life theory will reveal intimate connections that attach these individuals to Japan, which contributes to soft power. This study contributes to the scholarly discussion by using the experience of 24 participants (alumni and present) on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) and former BET and MEF schemes from the 1980s to 2010s. Through their narratives we can uncover how the participants contribute to the development of soft power from the bottom-up. By using a theoretical framework consisting of everyday life theory, (everyday life and phenomenology), this resear...
Featured article by the 'We are Tomodachi' Japanese Governmental Magazine about my research on th... more Featured article by the 'We are Tomodachi' Japanese Governmental Magazine about my research on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme, Nostalgia and Soft Power Diplomacy.
Short article for the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan that explains how the JET Programme ha... more Short article for the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan that explains how the JET Programme has guided me towards my current career path and Ph.D. thesis.
This paper was created through a 9 month process which consisted of working with a language partn... more This paper was created through a 9 month process which consisted of working with a language partner at Hokkaido University. I presented this paper for the Tandem Language Learning Project at Hokkaido. This work is not complete and is a work in progress.
Spotlight East Asia @ Sheffield / 18/08/2016
By Dr Peter Matanle, Sharleen Estampador Hughson an... more Spotlight East Asia @ Sheffield / 18/08/2016
By Dr Peter Matanle, Sharleen Estampador Hughson and Joel Littler
At the end of June 2016 the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) and Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) collaborated to host a special research training seminar delivered by Dr. Kazuyo Hirose of Japan Space Systems. The five day seminar, attended by researchers from across the university, gave participants the opportunity to learn about how to use Quantum GIS (Geographic Information System) software to map remote sensing satellite imagery, and GPS (Geographical Positioning Systems) for live ground level verification. In this way social science data can be used creatively to visualise and then answer a broad range of research questions (See the table below for examples of the types of research that these methods can enhance).
The Sheffield Institute for International Development, 2018
Nostalgia as an extension of soft power can be used as a manipulative tool to distort facts, trut... more Nostalgia as an extension of soft power can be used as a manipulative tool to distort facts, truths and to create doubt via mass media. In recent times, this distortion has been widespread with warnings of ‘fake news’, ‘echo chambers’, and ‘confirmation bias’, even sparking the reemergence of ignorance or agnotology as a timely discourse. Russia’s interference with the American elections has brought up concerns of the U.S’s vulnerability through social media and online hate has pressured MPs to confront Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to take down far right hate material. These post-truth manifestations point towards our human need to feel validated and to belong. But to do that has often required pointing out those who do not ‘belong’ and those who are not worthy of that shared identity (U.S. Army discharging immigrants, UK Windrush scandal, refusal of refugees in the EU).
Book Reviews by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
Sociological Review, 2019
https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/book-review-realising-the-city-edited-by-camilla-lewis-jess... more https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/book-review-realising-the-city-edited-by-camilla-lewis-jessica-symons/
Urban theory has predominantly focused on megalopolises of the global north. Realising the City has expanded this terrain to the global south by drawing attention to the contemporary development of Manchester city, where the former city-centered growth model had failed the greater periphery. Between 2010-2016, residents saw a reduction to their public services and opportunities. This once thriving city of the north, experienced severe austerity that brought worsening conditions to these surrounding areas. However, through a remarkable devolution of power, Manchester City and its regional councils, have been given localised control to manage their own futures. The chapters presented in this work disentangle the complexities of urban creation. Through the agency of individuals, multiple worlds collide and diverge. This work takes a unique urban ethnographic approach that does not dichotomise the urban/suburban divide.
Conference Presentations by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
JET Alumni Association UK and the British Association of MEXT Scholars presents
A JETAA UK Acade... more JET Alumni Association UK and the British Association of MEXT Scholars presents
A JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) Event
Hosted by the JETAA Scotland Chapter
Supported by
The Embassy of Japan
The University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
And Japan Local Government Centre, London
19 March 2021
18:00 -19:00
This seminar explored how JET has been beneficial in changing attitudes towards Japan through grass roots diplomacy. This was done through examining the deepened connections and experiences past participants developed over their time the programme and beyond. Sharleen’s past research concentrated on soft power from the bottom, however, found that a transmigratory form of nostalgia was key to maintaining the connections over time.
She found that the participants went through stages of imagining the unfamiliar through transmitted ideas, experiencing the realities of everyday life in the host communities that then led to a transformation of memory affixed to place that became beneficial for self-worth and long-term engagement with Japan after the programme.
Sharleen Hughson PhD (University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies 2017 and Executive Secretary of the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee) will present her research on how the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) and former BET and MEF schemes from the 1980s to 2010s contributed to positive engagement with Japan from bottom-up, exploring how memory and nostalgia are powerful tools for diplomacy.
This seminar was organised by the JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/11375...], one of a number of new SIGs for alumni wanting to use their JET experience and network professionally.
Event Schedule
5 min Introduction by Dr Peter Matanle from the University of Sheffield
5 min Overview of BAMS by Michael Cowell, Chair of BAMS
15 min Presentation on Past and Future Research on the JET Programme by Dr Sharleen Estampador-Hughson
15 min Panel of former JET participants and MEXT scholars and Q & A from the audience.
10 min Message from JETAA
10 min Closing comments
Talks by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
Research featured in the Japan TImes, by WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH
Japan's soft power has been booste... more Research featured in the Japan TImes, by WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH
Japan's soft power has been boosted immeasurably by its decades-long policy of recruiting foreign graduates to come and teach in the country, according to a study by a British-based researcher.
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Papers by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
By Dr Peter Matanle, Sharleen Estampador Hughson and Joel Littler
At the end of June 2016 the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) and Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) collaborated to host a special research training seminar delivered by Dr. Kazuyo Hirose of Japan Space Systems. The five day seminar, attended by researchers from across the university, gave participants the opportunity to learn about how to use Quantum GIS (Geographic Information System) software to map remote sensing satellite imagery, and GPS (Geographical Positioning Systems) for live ground level verification. In this way social science data can be used creatively to visualise and then answer a broad range of research questions (See the table below for examples of the types of research that these methods can enhance).
Book Reviews by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
Urban theory has predominantly focused on megalopolises of the global north. Realising the City has expanded this terrain to the global south by drawing attention to the contemporary development of Manchester city, where the former city-centered growth model had failed the greater periphery. Between 2010-2016, residents saw a reduction to their public services and opportunities. This once thriving city of the north, experienced severe austerity that brought worsening conditions to these surrounding areas. However, through a remarkable devolution of power, Manchester City and its regional councils, have been given localised control to manage their own futures. The chapters presented in this work disentangle the complexities of urban creation. Through the agency of individuals, multiple worlds collide and diverge. This work takes a unique urban ethnographic approach that does not dichotomise the urban/suburban divide.
Conference Presentations by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
A JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) Event
Hosted by the JETAA Scotland Chapter
Supported by
The Embassy of Japan
The University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
And Japan Local Government Centre, London
19 March 2021
18:00 -19:00
This seminar explored how JET has been beneficial in changing attitudes towards Japan through grass roots diplomacy. This was done through examining the deepened connections and experiences past participants developed over their time the programme and beyond. Sharleen’s past research concentrated on soft power from the bottom, however, found that a transmigratory form of nostalgia was key to maintaining the connections over time.
She found that the participants went through stages of imagining the unfamiliar through transmitted ideas, experiencing the realities of everyday life in the host communities that then led to a transformation of memory affixed to place that became beneficial for self-worth and long-term engagement with Japan after the programme.
Sharleen Hughson PhD (University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies 2017 and Executive Secretary of the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee) will present her research on how the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) and former BET and MEF schemes from the 1980s to 2010s contributed to positive engagement with Japan from bottom-up, exploring how memory and nostalgia are powerful tools for diplomacy.
This seminar was organised by the JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/11375...], one of a number of new SIGs for alumni wanting to use their JET experience and network professionally.
Event Schedule
5 min Introduction by Dr Peter Matanle from the University of Sheffield
5 min Overview of BAMS by Michael Cowell, Chair of BAMS
15 min Presentation on Past and Future Research on the JET Programme by Dr Sharleen Estampador-Hughson
15 min Panel of former JET participants and MEXT scholars and Q & A from the audience.
10 min Message from JETAA
10 min Closing comments
Talks by Sharleen Estampador Hughson
Japan's soft power has been boosted immeasurably by its decades-long policy of recruiting foreign graduates to come and teach in the country, according to a study by a British-based researcher.
By Dr Peter Matanle, Sharleen Estampador Hughson and Joel Littler
At the end of June 2016 the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) and Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) collaborated to host a special research training seminar delivered by Dr. Kazuyo Hirose of Japan Space Systems. The five day seminar, attended by researchers from across the university, gave participants the opportunity to learn about how to use Quantum GIS (Geographic Information System) software to map remote sensing satellite imagery, and GPS (Geographical Positioning Systems) for live ground level verification. In this way social science data can be used creatively to visualise and then answer a broad range of research questions (See the table below for examples of the types of research that these methods can enhance).
Urban theory has predominantly focused on megalopolises of the global north. Realising the City has expanded this terrain to the global south by drawing attention to the contemporary development of Manchester city, where the former city-centered growth model had failed the greater periphery. Between 2010-2016, residents saw a reduction to their public services and opportunities. This once thriving city of the north, experienced severe austerity that brought worsening conditions to these surrounding areas. However, through a remarkable devolution of power, Manchester City and its regional councils, have been given localised control to manage their own futures. The chapters presented in this work disentangle the complexities of urban creation. Through the agency of individuals, multiple worlds collide and diverge. This work takes a unique urban ethnographic approach that does not dichotomise the urban/suburban divide.
A JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) Event
Hosted by the JETAA Scotland Chapter
Supported by
The Embassy of Japan
The University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
And Japan Local Government Centre, London
19 March 2021
18:00 -19:00
This seminar explored how JET has been beneficial in changing attitudes towards Japan through grass roots diplomacy. This was done through examining the deepened connections and experiences past participants developed over their time the programme and beyond. Sharleen’s past research concentrated on soft power from the bottom, however, found that a transmigratory form of nostalgia was key to maintaining the connections over time.
She found that the participants went through stages of imagining the unfamiliar through transmitted ideas, experiencing the realities of everyday life in the host communities that then led to a transformation of memory affixed to place that became beneficial for self-worth and long-term engagement with Japan after the programme.
Sharleen Hughson PhD (University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies 2017 and Executive Secretary of the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee) will present her research on how the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) and former BET and MEF schemes from the 1980s to 2010s contributed to positive engagement with Japan from bottom-up, exploring how memory and nostalgia are powerful tools for diplomacy.
This seminar was organised by the JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/11375...], one of a number of new SIGs for alumni wanting to use their JET experience and network professionally.
Event Schedule
5 min Introduction by Dr Peter Matanle from the University of Sheffield
5 min Overview of BAMS by Michael Cowell, Chair of BAMS
15 min Presentation on Past and Future Research on the JET Programme by Dr Sharleen Estampador-Hughson
15 min Panel of former JET participants and MEXT scholars and Q & A from the audience.
10 min Message from JETAA
10 min Closing comments
Japan's soft power has been boosted immeasurably by its decades-long policy of recruiting foreign graduates to come and teach in the country, according to a study by a British-based researcher.