| Project/Area Number |
22KF0372
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| Project/Area Number (Other) |
22F22714 (2022)
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2023)
Single-year Grants (2022) |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
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| Research Institution | International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
安井 眞奈美 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 教授 (40309513)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
PACHECO RODRIGUE JAMILA 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 外国人特別研究員
PACHECO RODRIGUES JAMILA 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-03-08 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
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| Keywords | ikigai / embodiment / crisis / bodies / culture / emotions / 人類学 / 幸福 / 身体性 / 日本 |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
本研究では、「生きがい」の概念を調査し、危機的状況下における日本人女性の語りと「生きがい」の生活体験との関連性を分析する。全体として、本研究は、日本文化におけるウェルビーイング（幸福）の概念を理解し、より広い文化圏の女性が危機の際やその後に適応できるような提言につなげたいと考えている。
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The aim of this research was to explore ikigai ideas and times of crisis as an embodied experience and the role of the body in this experience.
First, I co-authored an article in which we explored broader ideas about the role of the body in coping with crises, such as the pandemic crisis, and the kinds of narratives people have to maintain their wellbeing during these challenging times. We used an anthropological lens, drawing on Mary Douglas's theory of risk and Havi Carel's phenomenology and the concept of 'bodily doubt'.
Second, in another co-authored article, I explored ikigai as a cultural embodied emotion and used Thomas Csordas' theory of embodiment to support the argument of ikigai as a cultural embodied emotion.
Third, I wrote about Japanese women's embodied narratives of personal crisis and explored notions of self and understandings of ikigai. I draw on Arthur Frank's notions of illness narratives and Havi Carel's phenomenological study of illness, extending Carel's framework to examine broader personal crisis as an embodied disruption of normality.
I was selected to be part of the Japan-US SCP Fellowship Network Program funded by the Japan Foundation. In this program I developed policy skills and presented a pitch idea for embodied ikigai and wellbeing in the Japan context.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project has progressed as the original plan. In my grant application I aimed at four articles during the four years of fellowship. Although publication process take time (e.g, rejection, resubmission, collaborations) the progress of this project was to my view satisfactory.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I have become interested in the wellbeing of coastal communities. I have started a collaboration on the wellbeing of AMA-san divers, their knowledge of the marine environment and their views on crises such as climate change. Additionally, I was awarded with a COI-NEXT GRANT from OIST (Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology) to start a project on fisheries (inshore fishers) in Okinawa, and the impact of climate change on their wellbeing and their work as fishers.
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