Reconsidering "Transboundary Cultures" and the "Territoriality" of Cultural Identity

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21653045
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Wako University
Principal Investigator	CHURIKI Eri 和光大学, 現代人間学部, 准教授 (50386520)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Keywords	社会学 / 空間概念 / 領域性 / アイデンティティ
Research Abstract	We reconsider the questions of cultural identity and "territoriality" examining discourses on borderland cultural identity and a sovereign entity under international law but lacking a territory of its own. Research results indicate that Nation-State-centric thinking is embedded in the connections usually made between cultural identity and territory, and point to the necessity of a non-territorial concept of cultural space.