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Revitalising/Re-imagining the Commons in an era of social and environmental change: A Next step in Commons Research

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K12454
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 64060:Environmental policy and social systems-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Delaney Alyne  東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 准教授 (70823441)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 三俣 学  兵庫県立大学, 国際商経学部, 教授 (10382251)
齋藤 暖生  東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 講師 (10450214)
山下 詠子  東京農業大学, 地域環境科学部, 准教授 (10733561)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsforestry commons / fisheries commons / semi-urban commons / governance / social capital / collaboration / commons / revitalization / fisheries / forestry / community / Japan / stakeholder engagement / コモンズ / 森林コモンズ / 沿岸コモンズ / 漁民の森 / 新居住者 / 森林整備 / 郊外コモンズ / コモンス / 伝統コモンズ / 郊外のコモンズ / commons theory / urban commons
Outline of Research at the Start

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mismatch of commons boundaries, users, and benefits in contemporary Japanese society. Today, commons resource and benefits are often mismatched, with underuse becoming a problem. This project investigates Japanese fisheries, forestry, and urban commons in order to
identify how commons can be re-imagined and/or re-vitalized.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study how Japanese forestry and fisheries commons are at risk through misfit -e.g.,demographic/environmental change- and to uncover commoners’ efforts and solutions to address such misfit through Re-imaginings and revitalizations of commons. RE-IMAGININGS include ecosystem-wide thinking, such as cases in which fishers planted trees. REVITALIZATIONS included opening commons areas to the outside public or accepting new residents as commoners. In Aichi, a communal forest was opened as a mountain bike riding area for young employees (outsiders) of a locally factory. The employees built mountain bike trails and also participated in the regular joint work of taking care of the forest commons with the traditional commoners. In the FISHERIES case, commons also opened up after outsiders joined cooperative fisheries work groups as a means to adapt to the 2011 post-tsunami situation. Though significant changes were not made,any opening up was a change.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

我々の調査によれば、コモンズへの部外者の参加に躊躇や課題を見出すことは珍しいことではなく、文化的にも同様の状況が観察された。例えば、沿岸のコミュニティ(獅子舞-地元文化遺産)や地域の漁業などである。部外者と話し合い、彼らの信頼と相互尊重を得る機会が与えられれば、ためらいながらも変化をもたらすことができる。ガバナンスの課題は残るが、努力なしには、コモンズとその要素が社会にもたらす利益は失われかねない。

Building communication and trust with outsiders can benefit both commons and commoners.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (61 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Peer Reviewed: 14 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (32 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 26 results,  Invited: 11 results) Book (7 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 森林の恵みと私たちの暮らし2024

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Journal Title

      月刊地理

      Volume: 572 Pages: 10-13

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] From vulnerability to viability: A situational analysis of small-scale fisheries in Asia and Africa2023

    • Author(s)
      Dias Ana Carolina Esteves、Armitage Derek、Nayak Prateep Kumar、Delaney Alyne、et al.、
    • Journal Title

      Marine Policy

      Volume: 155 Pages: 105731-105731

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105731

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Gender, a key dimension for the future of maritime cultural heritage?research: cases from Europe and East Asia2023

    • Author(s)
      Frangoudes Katia、Herry Juliette、Mylona Dimitra、Vanlaer Colin、Delaney Alyne
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Studies

      Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1007/s40152-023-00316-2

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 「Lowering Mountains, Raising Walls: Impacts of Rebuilding in Coastal Miyagi Communities」IN Japan's Triple Disaster: Pursuing Justice after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Nuclear Accident2023

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne Elizabeth
    • Journal Title

      Routledge Press

      Volume: 100 Pages: 233-249

    • DOI

      10.4324/9781003340737-17

    • ISBN
      9781003340737
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 英国イングランドにおける自然アクセス制の実態―Cleeve Hill CommonとEpping Forestにおけるアンケート調査を中心に2023

    • Author(s)
      三俣学・齋藤暖生
    • Journal Title

      経済学論叢

      Volume: 75 Pages: 71-99

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「“内”と“外”、そして“境界”」林業経済学会編「特集:森林・林業と日本の排外主義」2023

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Journal Title

      林業経済

      Volume: 2023 Pages: 25-26

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 自然とのかかわりをどのように取り戻せるかー現代日本社会への自然アクセス制の示唆2022

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Journal Title

      日経研月報

      Volume: 533 Pages: 533537-533537

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] DRONE REMOTE SENSING FOR THE CONTROLLED CAPTURE OF SIKA DEER (<i>CERVUS NIPPON</i>): CASE STUDY IN VILLAGE OF YAMANAKAKO2022

    • Author(s)
      Miura N.、Saito H.、Hada T.
    • Journal Title

      The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

      Volume: XLIII-B3-2022 Pages: 927-932

    • DOI

      10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b3-2022-927-2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Long-Term Changes in Relationship between Water Level and Precipitation in Lake Yamanaka2022

    • Author(s)
      Kuraji Koichiro、Saito Haruo
    • Journal Title

      Water

      Volume: 14 Issue: 14 Pages: 2232-2232

    • DOI

      10.3390/w14142232

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] People’s outdoor behavior and norm based on the Right of Public Access: a questionnaire survey in Sweden2022

    • Author(s)
      Saito Haruo、Mitsumata Gaku、Bergius Niclas、Shimada Daisaku
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Forest Research

      Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Pages: 19-24

    • DOI

      10.1080/13416979.2022.2123301

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Considering Social Sustainability in Eco-Certification for Small-Scale Fishing?Why and How?2021

    • Author(s)
      Autzen Mathilde Hoejrup、Delaney Alyne Elizabeth
    • Journal Title

      Human Organization

      Volume: 80 Issue: 1 Pages: 61-71

    • DOI

      10.17730/1938-3525-80.1.61

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pulling mechanisms and pushing strategies: How to improve Ecosystem Approach Fisheries Management advice within the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy2021

    • Author(s)
      Ramirez-Monsalve P.、Nielsen K.N.、Ballesteros M.、Kirkfeldt T.S.、Dickey-Collas M.、Delaney A.、Hegland T.J.、Raakjaer J.、Degnbol P.
    • Journal Title

      Fisheries Research

      Volume: 233 Pages: 105751-105751

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105751

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] アイヌ共用林は「アイヌの森」復権の決め手となるか:自律的森林利用に向けた課題2021

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Journal Title

      現代の理論

      Volume: 25

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Commentary 1 to the Manifesto for the Marine Social Sciences: fisheries2020

    • Author(s)
      Steins Nathalie A.、Toonen Hilde M.、Delaney Alyne E.
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Studies

      Volume: 19 Pages: 125-127

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Progress and Current State of Forest Producers’Cooperatives2020

    • Author(s)
      山下 詠子
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Forest Economics

      Volume: 66 Issue: 3 Pages: 26-39

    • DOI

      10.20818/jfe.66.3_26

    • NAID

      130008006500

    • ISSN
      0285-1598, 2424-2454
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 入会林野に由来する共有名義の森林の現状と課題2020

    • Author(s)
      山下詠子
    • Journal Title

      関東森林研究

      Volume: 71 Pages: 221-224

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Roles of Local Communities and Self-rules for sustainability of the Commons: A Case Study of Common Forest in the Ohara Region2020

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Cultural Studies

      Volume: 74 Pages: 67-89

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 36 Denmark and Japan: Comparative Stories of Transitions and Challenges2020

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Journal Title

      TBTI Global Books Series; Li and Namikawa (eds): In the Era of Big Change: Essays About Japanese Small-scale FIsheries

      Volume: 1 Pages: 329-336

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 「日本の沿岸地域の本質的な価値」うみ・ひと・くらしフォーラム」のリレートーク2020

    • Author(s)
      デレーニ・アリーン
    • Journal Title

      月刊漁業と漁協

      Volume: 5 Pages: 13-15

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 「コモンズの環境思想―閉鎖と開放をめぐって2019

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Journal Title

      環境思想・教育研究

      Volume: 12 Pages: 111-121

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] “Communities” in Coastal Danger Zones: Thinking about Protection Holistically2024

    • Author(s)
      Delaney, Alyne
    • Organizer
      Frontlines of Protection International Workshop: Thinking and defining protection against disasters in times of environmental disruptions
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Riding Rising Tides: the importance of environmental education and trans-disciplinary research for sustainability in coastal Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Delaney, Alyne
    • Organizer
      TBTI Small-scale Fisheries Symposium: Asia Pacific Region
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Smooth sailing for the new concept of "umigyo" in coastal Japan? An Introduction to Lessons Learned from the European Union's FLAG Program Experience2023

    • Author(s)
      Delaney, Alyne
    • Organizer
      国際漁業学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Coastal lives, coastal living: Exploring synergistic interacions between coastal cultures and coastal environments2023

    • Author(s)
      Delaney, Alyne
    • Organizer
      GPJS International Workshop, Oceans and places of exchange and imagination: Pacific, Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] "Coastal lives, coastal living: Exploring synergistic interacions between coastal cultures and coastal environments"2023

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      GPJS International Workshop “Oceans as places of exchange and imagination: Pacific, Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean”
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] "Comparative Perspectives on Blue Justice for Coastal Communities and Small-scale Fisheries"2022

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney, Sebastian Linke
    • Organizer
      Mirai 2.0 International Research and Innovation Week
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] "Bettering the world through engaging with the world: Small-scale fishers’ and local stakeholders’ creative engagement with broader society"2022

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      4th World Small-scale Fisheries Congress (4WSFC)- Asia Pacific Region
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prompting Memory: uncovering place attachment in the face of coastal change in Tohoku Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      55th Research Conference of the Japanese Society for Cultural Anthropology
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Voices of Genba2021

    • Author(s)
      Yinji Li, T. Namikawa, S. Harada, A. DELANEY, H. Oshima, K. Soejima, Y. Kajikawa, T. Fumoto
    • Organizer
      World Oceans Week, TBTI event
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sustainability of Small-scale Fisheries and the Commons: A Comparison of Western Countries and Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      Japan International Fisheries Research Society (JIFRS) Annual Symposium
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Expanding commoner “belonging”: collaborative exchange among forest and coastal commoners for healthier forest and coastal commons2021

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Biennial Meeting: Forest Commons
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A sea change in Japanese small-scale coastal fisheries2021

    • Author(s)
      Alyne Delaney
    • Organizer
      8th World Fisheries Congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What is community viability really about? Ingredients for changing the fate of small-scale fisheries in the era of blue growth: a case study of the Inatori community, Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Yinji Li Izumi Seki, Tamano Namikawa, Sachiko Harada, ALYNE DELANEY, Wei Xu
    • Organizer
      MARE People and the Sea XI
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How can we promote collaborative forest governance beyond the strong excludability? Case study at Shimokarato, North district, Kobe, Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Gaku Mitsumata
    • Organizer
      International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Biennial Meeting: Forest Commons
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Transformation of forest commons in Japan: examining functions and stakeholders2021

    • Author(s)
      Haruo Saito
    • Organizer
      International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Biennial Meeting: Forest Commons
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What are the conditions that enable collaboration between commons groups and the outside2021

    • Author(s)
      Utako Yamashita
    • Organizer
      International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Biennial Meeting: Forest Commons
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Time for Blue Justice, even here? Japanese Fisheries in the Face of a Perfect Storm2021

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      2021 IASC Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons (Virtual) Conference- International Association for the Study of the Commons
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Transformation of Fishing Industries2021

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      A Decade to the Great East Japan Disaster” International Symposium
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Going Against the Tide: Coastal Perspectives on Reimagining the World2021

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      Hasekura League 6th annual Japanese Studies symposium: Yonaoshi: Envisioning a Better World
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Remodeling the concept of bundles of rights to consider degrowth in a different way2020

    • Author(s)
      Mitsumata Gaku
    • Organizer
      Kyoto 2020: IASC RIHN Online Workshop on Commons, Post-Development and Degrowth In Asia
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The ‘Whys’ and ‘How-Tos’ on Getting the Word Out on Commons Practice and Scholarship2020

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      Kyoto 2020: IASC RIHN Online Workshop on Commons, Post-Development and Degrowth In Asia
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Coastal Commons in Japan Today: A Sea Change?2020

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      World Commons Week- International Associaton for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Maritime Cultural Heritage of Matsushima Bay (Japan): Mitigating Threats; Expanding Opportunities2020

    • Author(s)
      Delaney Alyne
    • Organizer
      UNESCO-ICHCAP 2020 Maritime Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Webinar Series
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 協働を通じた森林協治は可能か? ―6年間の試行錯誤を通じて2020

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Organizer
      2020年度日本造園学会 (オンライン開催)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 入会林野における機能分離と排他性に関する試論2020

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Organizer
      第131回日本森林学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Rights of Public Access to Nature as a Means to Rebuild the Relationship between Humans and Nature: Reconsideration of the history of Irihama-right (a right of common access to the shore) movement in Japan, 1970s2019

    • Author(s)
      三俣学
    • Organizer
      IASC International Association for the Study of the Commons- 17th Biennial Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Increasing public access to natural landscapes where individually exclusive property ownership reigns supreme: cases from North Carolina in the United States.2019

    • Author(s)
      斎藤暖生
    • Organizer
      IASC International Association for the Study of the Commons- 17th Biennial Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Foraging culture of mushrooms in Japan: background and recent trends.2019

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Organizer
      The 10th International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Changes in the membership requirements of Common Property Forests in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      山下詠子
    • Organizer
      IASC International Association for the Study of the Commons- 17th Biennial Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 入会林野に由来する記名共有林の現状と課題2019

    • Author(s)
      山下詠子
    • Organizer
      第9回関東森林学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lives and lifeways in the new “seawall era”2019

    • Author(s)
      デレーニ・アリーン
    • Organizer
      The Politics and Pitfalls of Maritime Governance, workshop
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 学生と若手漁師で考える日本漁業の将来2019

    • Author(s)
      デレーニ・アリーン
    • Organizer
      全国漁業協同組合連合会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] ほんとうのエコシステムってなに? : 漁業・林業を知ると世界がわかる2023

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Total Pages
      2
    • Publisher
      農山漁村文化協会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 新興する薪ビジネス.テーマで探究2023

    • Author(s)
      齋藤暖生
    • Total Pages
      2
    • Publisher
      農山漁村文化協会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 入会林野と所有者不明土地問題-両者の峻別と現代の入会権論2023

    • Author(s)
      高村学人・古積健三郎・山下詠子編
    • Total Pages
      398
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 自然アクセス : 「みんなの自然」をめぐる旅2023

    • Author(s)
      三俣 学
    • Total Pages
      224
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • ISBN
      9784535587656
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 森の経済学2022

    • Author(s)
      三俣 学、齋藤 暖生
    • Total Pages
      272
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • ISBN
      9784535559936
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] なぜ「水面上の生命」を守る必要があるのか?」 Essay _in_ Jentoft, S. Life Above Water, Japanese translation (Li & Namikawa)2022

    • Author(s)
      デレーニ・アリーン
    • Total Pages
      246
    • Publisher
      TBTI Global Book Series
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Toward a Sustainable Japanese Economy: Beyond the Triple Failures of Market, Government and Institutions2021

    • Author(s)
      Gaku Mitsumata
    • Publisher
      インプレス R&D
    • ISBN
      9784295600657
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] SEAQUEST

    • URL

      https://www.seaquest-miyagi.jp/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Sustainability Challenges in Sweden and Japan: comparative perspectives on governance and the environment for coastal communities and small-scale fisheries2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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