Abstract Paying attention to the history of urban governance in postwar Japan, this article discusses how decades of governmental neglect and social exclusion gave rise to alternative practices and technologies of care in marginalized enclaves. In Kotobuki, a former day laborers’ district (yoseba) in Yokohama, the single-room occupancies known as doya have become care facilities for the impoverished elderly and people with disabilities, who are being embraced into a nexus of care sustained by local supporters. Two different groups appear central to this process: local resident (zainichi) Koreans, and Japanese leftists. The case of Kotobuki exemplifies how the resilient search by these two groups for an alternative future has transformed an underclass enclave into a uniquely protective dwelling place for the marginalized.

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另一个城市：日本下层阶级的替代性基础设施

摘要 本文关注战后日本城市治理的历史，讨论了数十年的政府忽视和社会排斥如何导致边缘化飞地的替代实践和护理技术。在横滨的旧日工区寿 (yoseba)，被称为 doya 的单人房已成为贫困老人和残疾人的护理设施，他们被当地支持者所支持。两个不同的群体似乎是这个过程的核心：当地居民（在日）韩国人和日本左派。Kotobuki 的案例说明了这两个群体对另类未来的弹性探索如何将一个下层阶级的飞地转变为边缘化群体的独特保护住所。