| Project/Area Number |
14390043
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
DANIEL Long Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Humanities, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (00247884)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ELDRIDGE Robert Osaka University, School of International Public Policy, Associate Professor, 大学院・国際公共政策研究科, 助教授 (50335329)
KONISHI Junko Shizuoka University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70332690)
CUNNINGHAM Paul Rikkyo University, College of Tourism, Professor, 観光学部, 教授 (90173682)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥8,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥4,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000)
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| Keywords | Ogasaware Islands / Bonin Islands / Chichiiima / sociolinguistics / ethnomusicology / international relations / tourism studies / identity |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, we examined the identity of the "Westerners" of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, a community of non-ethnic-Japanese people who are Japanese citizens from the time their ancestors were naturalized in the latter 19^<th> century. We looked at the ways in which they maintain their unique identity on the one hand, and are being assimilated into mainstream Japanese society on the other. The approaches used were from the fields of the four researchers, namely, linguistics, musicology, international relations and tourism studies. We studied the subtleties of the ways in which they mix the English and Japanese languages into a unique island language variety, the ways in which islanders are preserving the dances and songs brought from Micronesia and collectively known as the Nanyo Odori or "south seas dances", the ways in which both ethnic Japanese and "Westerners" participated in the political processes leading to (and sometimes opposing) the reversion to Japanese authority in 1968, and the ways in which the Westerners view tourism as a means to economically maintain their community and the educate outsiders about their unique heritage.
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