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Discourse Analysis of Construction and Collapse of Place Branding: the Case study of "Longevity" in Okinawa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03971
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Commerce
Research InstitutionOkinawa University

Principal Investigator

Toyokawa Sayaka  沖縄大学, 法経学部, 准教授 (20647226)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 高木 俊雄  昭和女子大学, グローバルビジネス学部, 准教授 (80409482)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords地域ブランド / Place Branding / ディスコース研究 / 沖縄 / 長寿 / ブランドの陳腐化 / CMS / ブランド / デイスコース研究 / Sap / SaP / 経営学 / マーケティング
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has examined how place brands are formed and how they develop and change, based on the following two questions: (1) How have the related parties of businesses and local governments attached significance and assigned value to resources for which the value of their presence in the community had not been identified previously? (2) How do the meanings attached to place brands change? In FY2016, theoretical developments and research currents were reviewed and topics were elucidated such as differences in strategic attachment of significance between cases in Japan and overseas. In FY2017, the case study of the longevity phenomenon in Okinawa Prefecture was investigated, and since FY2018 the study has analyzed transformations in this case, using discourse analysis and knowledge of SaP.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

地域ブランドが形成されていく過程を構築、崩壊、そして脱構築の3つのフェーズに分けて、CMSやSaPの観点を用いながらディスコース分析を検討を行なっていった。地域ブランドとして用いていた表象が崩れかけた場合、企業や自治体等の当事者はどのような行動をし、どのように脱構築していくのか、その過程をおいながら、地域ブランドを詳細に分析していくといった研究は、国内外においてまだ行われていない。そのためPlace Brandをいかに構築し、維持し、さらに崩壊の危機に直面した際に、どのように脱構築をしていくのかを事例を詳細に追ったことは、学術的インプリケーションに対しても貢献できたと考える。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2020 2019 2017 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The collapse of the 'myth of longevity' and the construction of alternatives: The case of the Okinawan health food industry2020

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Toyokawa and Toshio Takagi
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Organization and Discourse

      Volume: 1(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 22-30

    • DOI

      10.36605/jscos.1.1_22

    • NAID

      130007807844

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] The Failure and Reconstruction of Place Branding: The Case of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshio Takagi, Miyoko Suzumura and Natsuko Matsuno
    • Organizer
      The 4th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The collapse of the ‘myth of longevity’ and the construction of alternatives: The case of the Okinawan health food industry2017

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Toyokawa and Toshio Takagi
    • Organizer
      The Association of Japanese Business Studies
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Reconstruction and Deconstruction of Place Branding: How did the Okinawa Food Industry and Government use of "Longevity"2016

    • Author(s)
      Sayaka Toyokawa and Toshio Takagi
    • Organizer
      The Inaugural Annual Conference of International Place Branding Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Middlesex University, London
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 沖縄の業界地図 20172020

    • Author(s)
      大城淳、豊川明佳
    • Total Pages
      157
    • Publisher
      沖縄教販
    • ISBN
      9784863650756
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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