K Golovina
Biographic Data
| ID | 7188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Golovina |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Golovina |
| SIGNATURE | GOLOVINA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toyo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4380-3738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kinning through the “House in Kirinosawa”: How migrants craft togetherness, relatedness, and belonging across time
Blending discussion with ethnographic writing, this article examines repeated visits to a residence in Japan that functions as a space for events organized by migrants for migrants. Beyond the visible themes of these gatherings lie subtler processes through which the house becomes meaningful. The house is enlivened through storytelling and interactions with objects, practices that forge relatedness over time. These practices express the migrants’…
Integration of Russian-speaking male migrants in Japan: Exploring the interplay of immigration regime, marriage, and gender
This paper examines the current state of male migrant integration in Japan. While existing research concentrates on female marital migration, the intersection of migration and marriage for men remains underexplored. Our fieldwork-based research focuses on the integration experiences of Russian-speaking men from former Soviet Union countries, who are married to Japanese women and reside in Japan. We examine aspects of men’s integration, including …
From liminality of marital citizenship to precarity of denizenship in Japan: Female migrants from former Soviet states and their sense of belonging
‘Slowly, Steadily, Carefully’: Imagining a Better Tomorrow through Shinji Yamashita’s Public Anthropology
This special issue explores topics dear to Japanese anthropologist Shinji Yamashita—the nation-state, migration, diversity, globalisation, and tourism—spanning varied cultural and geographic landscapes. In this introduction, we show how the contributions in this collection extend the inquiries through which the authors of the articles have been guided and mentored by Yamashita over the years. The articles in this collection draw on Yamashita’s wo…
‘The Doll Wants to Breathe’: Russian-Speaking Migrant Women’s Practice of Wearing Japanese Kimonos
The kimono has undergone many transformations throughout its history; primarily worn by the Japanese on special occasions, the kimono now plays a role in the country’s tourism industry. Based on fieldwork, this article explores a previously understudied area of kimono use by first-generation Russian-speaking migrants in Japan. By examining when, how, and where migrants wear kimonos, the study analyses the role of the kimono in the process of inte…
The immigrant portal: Memory and war
This poem captures the unexpected memory that is triggered when an immigrant encounters a rose bush. The juxtaposition of time and space transforms the bush into a portal, evoking a paradoxical response of joyful reconnection alongside painful reminders of distance and loss. The poem illustrates how objects, whether natural or architectural, can serve as memory catalysts for immigrants, bridging disparate geographies and temporalities. These port…
Migrant art as embodied and relational homemaking: Integrating oneself in Japan through sensory materiality
Drawing on fieldwork with Russian-speaking migrants in Japan, this study proposes a holistic, migrant-agency-centered perspective on migration, art, and homemaking as processes that are quotidian, embodied, sensory, and relational. The paper incorporates scholarly approaches to indigenous art regarding the embodied nature of art and the inseparability of art from other aspects of social life. The study also draws on the relational, political, and…
Moving house in migrant narratives: The morphology of housing pathways from an anthropological perspective
Focusing on migrants’ experiences of moving house in the country of settlement, the study explores the housing pathways of Russian-speaking migrants in Japan over their life courses. This paper emphasizes the need for the anthropology of migration to consider not only the housing events but also the housing pathways experienced by cross-border migrants in receiving countries. It is argued that the act of moving from one accommodation to another p…
The House with the Red Roof: ” A Migrant-Owned Apartment in Japan and the Surrounding Relations of a “Society with Houses”
This paper explores the case of a migrant-owned apartment in Japan that has been rented to migrants for over a decade. The apartment, located in the “house with the red roof,” and people’s relations that develop within and around it are approached through the anthropological concept of “societies with houses.” The apartment is regarded not only as a dwelling but as an institution that governs relations in a loosely tied migrant society with house…
Making Waves and Grids through Drawings: A Visual Methodology for Migrant Homes, Housing, and Moving-Home Trajectories
This article describes the process of developing collaborative methods and the outcome for creating ex-situ digital drawings to depict the housing situations and movement trajectories of Russian-speaking migrants in Japan. The study presents a two-part methodology that was applied to ethnographic data, such as transcribed interviews, photographs, and fieldnotes. The first part focused on the emic specifics of the migrant experience of home and ho…
Skin-to-skin with the house: Senses and affect in the relationship of migrant Russian women in Japan with their homes
This paper examines how certain perceived attributes of Japanese houses affect and shape the bodies of their inhabitants – namely, Russian women in Japan. In turn, this relationship affects the women’s modes of being in the host country. Drawing on fieldwork data, I explore how the coldness and wetness of houses mediate the effects on the inhabitants’ senses, creating an affective experience of being “absorbed” by the physicality of one’s home. T…
Material Culture and Bricolage: Russian-Speaking Migrants in Japan Who Make and Procure Objects
this paper draws on data obtained through fieldwork with first-generation russian female migrants and an online survey of male and female russian-speaking migrants who reside in Japan. the research focuses on the migrants' material culture, in particular the objects that result from their 'do-it-yourself' (dIy) practices. I expand the traditional definition of dIy: for example, I extend the definition to include items modified to meet their owner…
Gender Contract in Online Commercials in Japan: A Critical Investigation of the Contemporary Discourse on the Work-Life Balance
This paper adopts a multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) approach and examines how recent online commercials produced in Japan articulate the discourses pertaining to the trending concept of work-life balance (WLB). Further, the study analyzes the narratives of working mothers in Japan who were asked to watch the selected videos and share their thoughts on WLB. As such, it investigates the effects of the discourses transmitted through co…
Moving house in migrant narratives: The morphology of housing pathways from an anthropological perspective
Focusing on migrants’ experiences of moving house in the country of settlement, the study explores the housing pathways of Russian-speaking migrants in Japan over their life courses. This paper emphasizes the need for the anthropology of migration to consider not only the housing events but also the housing pathways experienced by cross-border migrants in receiving countries. It is argued that the act of moving from one accommodation to another p…
Material Culture and Bricolage: Russian-Speaking Migrants in Japan Who Make and Procure Objects
this paper draws on data obtained through fieldwork with first-generation russian female migrants and an online survey of male and female russian-speaking migrants who reside in Japan. the research focuses on the migrants' material culture, in particular the objects that result from their 'do-it-yourself' (dIy) practices. I expand the traditional definition of dIy: for example, I extend the definition to include items modified to meet their owner…
Gender Contract in Online Commercials in Japan: A Critical Investigation of the Contemporary Discourse on the Work-Life Balance
This paper adopts a multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) approach and examines how recent online commercials produced in Japan articulate the discourses pertaining to the trending concept of work-life balance (WLB). Further, the study analyzes the narratives of working mothers in Japan who were asked to watch the selected videos and share their thoughts on WLB. As such, it investigates the effects of the discourses transmitted through co…
Skin-to-skin with the house: Senses and affect in the relationship of migrant Russian women in Japan with their homes
This paper examines how certain perceived attributes of Japanese houses affect and shape the bodies of their inhabitants – namely, Russian women in Japan. In turn, this relationship affects the women’s modes of being in the host country. Drawing on fieldwork data, I explore how the coldness and wetness of houses mediate the effects on the inhabitants’ senses, creating an affective experience of being “absorbed” by the physicality of one’s home. T…
Making Waves and Grids through Drawings: A Visual Methodology for Migrant Homes, Housing, and Moving-Home Trajectories
This article describes the process of developing collaborative methods and the outcome for creating ex-situ digital drawings to depict the housing situations and movement trajectories of Russian-speaking migrants in Japan. The study presents a two-part methodology that was applied to ethnographic data, such as transcribed interviews, photographs, and fieldnotes. The first part focused on the emic specifics of the migrant experience of home and ho…
The House with the Red Roof: ” A Migrant-Owned Apartment in Japan and the Surrounding Relations of a “Society with Houses”
This paper explores the case of a migrant-owned apartment in Japan that has been rented to migrants for over a decade. The apartment, located in the “house with the red roof,” and people’s relations that develop within and around it are approached through the anthropological concept of “societies with houses.” The apartment is regarded not only as a dwelling but as an institution that governs relations in a loosely tied migrant society with house…
Moving house in migrant narratives: The morphology of housing pathways from an anthropological perspective
Focusing on migrants’ experiences of moving house in the country of settlement, the study explores the housing pathways of Russian-speaking migrants in Japan over their life courses. This paper emphasizes the need for the anthropology of migration to consider not only the housing events but also the housing pathways experienced by cross-border migrants in receiving countries. It is argued that the act of moving from one accommodation to another p…
‘Slowly, Steadily, Carefully’: Imagining a Better Tomorrow through Shinji Yamashita’s Public Anthropology
This special issue explores topics dear to Japanese anthropologist Shinji Yamashita—the nation-state, migration, diversity, globalisation, and tourism—spanning varied cultural and geographic landscapes. In this introduction, we show how the contributions in this collection extend the inquiries through which the authors of the articles have been guided and mentored by Yamashita over the years. The articles in this collection draw on Yamashita’s wo…
‘The Doll Wants to Breathe’: Russian-Speaking Migrant Women’s Practice of Wearing Japanese Kimonos
The kimono has undergone many transformations throughout its history; primarily worn by the Japanese on special occasions, the kimono now plays a role in the country’s tourism industry. Based on fieldwork, this article explores a previously understudied area of kimono use by first-generation Russian-speaking migrants in Japan. By examining when, how, and where migrants wear kimonos, the study analyses the role of the kimono in the process of inte…
The immigrant portal: Memory and war
This poem captures the unexpected memory that is triggered when an immigrant encounters a rose bush. The juxtaposition of time and space transforms the bush into a portal, evoking a paradoxical response of joyful reconnection alongside painful reminders of distance and loss. The poem illustrates how objects, whether natural or architectural, can serve as memory catalysts for immigrants, bridging disparate geographies and temporalities. These port…
Migrant art as embodied and relational homemaking: Integrating oneself in Japan through sensory materiality
Drawing on fieldwork with Russian-speaking migrants in Japan, this study proposes a holistic, migrant-agency-centered perspective on migration, art, and homemaking as processes that are quotidian, embodied, sensory, and relational. The paper incorporates scholarly approaches to indigenous art regarding the embodied nature of art and the inseparability of art from other aspects of social life. The study also draws on the relational, political, and…
Kinning through the “House in Kirinosawa”: How migrants craft togetherness, relatedness, and belonging across time
Blending discussion with ethnographic writing, this article examines repeated visits to a residence in Japan that functions as a space for events organized by migrants for migrants. Beyond the visible themes of these gatherings lie subtler processes through which the house becomes meaningful. The house is enlivened through storytelling and interactions with objects, practices that forge relatedness over time. These practices express the migrants’…
Integration of Russian-speaking male migrants in Japan: Exploring the interplay of immigration regime, marriage, and gender
This paper examines the current state of male migrant integration in Japan. While existing research concentrates on female marital migration, the intersection of migration and marriage for men remains underexplored. Our fieldwork-based research focuses on the integration experiences of Russian-speaking men from former Soviet Union countries, who are married to Japanese women and reside in Japan. We examine aspects of men’s integration, including …
From liminality of marital citizenship to precarity of denizenship in Japan: Female migrants from former Soviet states and their sense of belonging
Sociology (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Japanese History and Culture (6 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works)