| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study elucidated the mechanisms of materiality in modern pottery-making in Africa, which include multi-layered human-object relationships, comparing them with the technological features of the techniques used to produce pots as recently as 15 years ago. It was found that (1) potters in southwestern Ethiopia use the same raw materials as those used 15 years ago, such as clays and fuels, to produce pots; (2) potters make their living by selling their pots as daily utensils at periodic markets; and (3) technological differences among potters were respected , and potters continued to innovate pottery techniques, using customers’ orders as an opportunity to create new varieties of pots. This study examined potters’ techniques as innovative practices related to social relationships between potters and users. This has been driving people in southwestern Ethiopia to use and produce pots since 15 years.
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