Anthropological Inquiry into the Expansion of Red Wave Art and the Construction of Oceanic Collectivity

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25884039
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Cultural anthropology
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University (2014) Kyoto University (2013)
Principal Investigator	WATANABE Fumi 立命館大学, 政策科学部, 助教 (30714191)
Project Period (FY)	2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	人類学 / 芸術人類学 / オセアニア地域研究 / 地域主義 / 図像 / 文化人類学 / オセアニア / 民族誌 / オセアニア島嶼域 / 芸術
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Certain styles of visual arts and the worldview (“Red Wave Art”) has developed since 1990s in Fiji, which is now expanding toward the whole Pacific Islands region. This research has aimed to track down and analyse this dynamic expansion. During the project, it conducted participant observations, interview surveys, and acquisitions of both documents and digital pictures in Republic of Fiji, New Caledonia, Republic of Vanuatu, Republic of Palau, Guam, and State of Hawaii (United States of America), while also conducting the document researches in order to develop its theoretical framework of anthropology of art/s.

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