| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
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| Research Abstract |
(1)Anthropological Research in Brazil
Anthropological fieldwork and academic exchange were carried out in Brazil (Feb.29-Mar.29,Aug16-Sept.8, 2004), focusing two main topics. First, the display and interpretation strategy of material folk cultures in museums as well as research institutions. Second, the actual production, circulation, and consumption of folk crafts in Brazil. In the latter, among other things, the folk pottery production in the lower Amazon region was the principal target of the present research, which made a very thorough study on the history and the restructuring process of the pottery production in Icoarci (Belem), Marajo Island, and Satarem in the State of Para. One of the recent trends worthy of note is the articulation of "prehistoric" pottery made by "now-extinct" indigenous peoples on the one hand, and cultural identity of present inhabitants of the Amazonian region vis-a-vis other places in and out of Brazil.
(2)Comparative Study of Pottery Production in the Americas and Japan.
Bibliographical research was carried out on the folk pottery production in the Americas, paying special attention to the various discourses surrounding it such as folklore studies, art, tourism, marketing, and nationalism. "Mingei"(Folk Craft) Movement in Japan was also studied in comparison with similar philosophy and movements of 20the century Brazil.
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