An Anthropological Study on 'Dento-yasai' and Local Develoment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26370971
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Cultural anthropology
Research Institution	Ibaraki Christian University (2015-2016) Kwansei Gakuin University (2014)
Principal Investigator	SUZUKI Shinsuke 茨城キリスト教大学, 文学部, 助教 (30573175)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	地域振興 / ローカリティ / 文化人類学 / 民族誌 / 伝統野菜
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study provides a database and ethnographic records on 'Dento-yasai' movement in present day Japanese society. 'Dento-yasai' or 'traditional vegetable'is a title of local varieties which has been widely noticed as one of resources of local development since the late 1980s. Field researches revealed that on-going revival movement of Dento-yasai is not mere commodification of local varieties but has potential for empowering local community and re-activating its locality. Ethnography on Dento-yasai and re-activation of locality shows unique characteristics of creative processes of new locality in modern Japanese society.