Imperfectionist Aesthetics: Philosophy, Art, Culture
Project/Area Number |
19K00143
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
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Research Institution | Kansai University |
Principal Investigator |
James Kirwan 関西大学, 文学部, 教授 (60275295)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
山口 惠里子 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (20292493)
大石 和欣 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (50348380)
Cheyne Peter 島根大学, 学術研究院人文社会科学系, 准教授 (90542382)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
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Keywords | imperfection / aesthetics / literature / art / architecture / ethics / Aesthetics / Imperfection |
Outline of Research at the Start |
This is an interdisciplinary project, involving philosophy, art, architecture, music, literary theory, urban studies, and cultural studies, that will investigate the positive role played by the concept of imperfection in aesthetic experience. It will seek to establish the defining features of imperfectionism as an aesthetic outlook and as a method, and to examine how can it be applied to give aesthetic, cultural, ethical, and environmental benefits.
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2023 a collection of a selection of the papers from the conference '(Im)Perfectionist Aesthetics' held at Kansai University in 2020, supplemented by newly commissioned papers on the same topic was published by Routledge with the title 'Imperfectionist Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life' (ISBN 9781032170091), it was edited by Peter Cheyne. The book contains 27 contributions by different scholars. The book presents interdisciplinary research on the aesthetics of perfection and imperfection. Broadening this growing field, it connects the aesthetics of imperfection with issues in areas including philosophy, music, literature, urban environment, architecture, art theory, and cultural studies. It is intended to appeal to a broad range of scholars and advanced students working in philosophical aesthetics, literature, music, urban environment, architecture, art theory, and cultural studies. Since the publication of the book the team has been preparing a Japanese translation of the work to be published by the University of Tokyo Press. There was no further research work done during 2023 because the project was finished.
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Report
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Research Products
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