An Anthropological Approach to Karate and Yoga as a part of 'Islamic' Culture in Contemporary Iran

• Project/Area Number: 26750266
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology (2016-2017); Hiroshima University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: KURODA Kenji 国立民族学博物館, 現代中東地域研究国立民族学博物館拠点, 特任助教 (00725161)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: イスラーム / 空手 / イラン / スポーツ / 身体技法 / 空手道 / スポーツ人類学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research made clear that Islamization after the revolution encouraged to indigenization of cultural matters which derived from Un-Islamiccultural context.
This result was based on my series of research on the development of Karate culture in contemporary Iran including before the revolution.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 『法学者の統治』体制における政治勢力としての法学者の行方―第12期イラン大統領選挙をてがかりに (2017)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Journal Title: 中東研究 Volume: 530 Pages: 70-82
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Pioneering Iranian Studies in Meiji Japan: Between Creating Modern Academism and Strategic Approach (2017)
  • Author(s): Kenji KURODA
  • Journal Title: Iranian Studies Volume: 50 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-20
  • DOI: 10.1080/00210862.2017.1303328
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Between Traditional Education System and Iranian ‘New Tradition’: New Phase of Export of Revolution. (2015)
  • Author(s): KENJI KURODA
  • Journal Title: Aisan Studies International Journal Volume: vol.1(1) Pages: 29-35
• [Presentation] イランにおける身体文化の現代的展開ーズールハーネから空手道場へ (2018)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Organizer: 第51回 関西イラン研究会
• [Presentation] 1396年抗議運動／騒乱にみられるイランの国家-社会関係の変容 (2018)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Organizer: 【笹川平和財団 主催】 中東情勢研究会「イランにおける抗議運動」
• [Presentation] Training Body for the Hidden Imam: the Creation of an Alternative Public Space and Indigenized Karate Culture in Contemporary Iran (2017)
  • Author(s): Kenji KURODA
  • Organizer: International Convention of Asia Scholars
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 近代日本のイランをめぐる知的系譜と権力構造: 明治期日本の「イラン研究」をてがかりに (2017)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Organizer: 国立民族学博物館現代中東地域研究拠点第6回現代中東地域研究レクチャーシリーズ
• [Presentation] Praying to God and Playing Karate: A Study on Indigenization of Japanese Sports in Contemporary Iran (2016)
  • Author(s): Kenji KURODA
  • Organizer: Workshop: "Global Flow of Cultural Knowledge and their Afterlives: Between Japan and the Middle East"
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-18
• [Presentation] Towse`e-ye Ertebatat-e Tarikhi beyn-e Iran va Japon dar Avayel-e Dowre-ye Modern: Iranshenasi dar Japon (2016)
  • Author(s): Kenji KURODA
  • Organizer: Jalase-ye Mo'affal-e Elmi beyn al-Melali, Anjoman-e 'Elmi-ye Daneshgah Esfahan
  • Place of Presentation: University of Isfahan イラン・イスラーム共和国
  • Invited
• [Presentation] "Mine is made of Silver": A Study on Religious Material and Consumption among Shiite Muslim in Mumbai (2015)
  • Author(s): Kenji Kuroda
  • Organizer: International Convention of Asia Scholars
  • Place of Presentation: Adelaide, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 「「嘘つき」から英雄へーー大型時代劇シリーズ『ムフタールナーメ』をめぐって (2015)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Organizer: イラン研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京外国語大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-29
• [Presentation] Digitalizing Holy Spaces and Religious Authorities among Shi'a Islam (2014)
  • Author(s): KENJI KURODA
  • Organizer: International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Studies
  • Place of Presentation: 幕張メッセ（千葉）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-18
• [Presentation] Material Culture and Religious Practice among Contemporary Twelver Shiite Muslims in Mumba (2014)
  • Author(s): KENJI KURODA
  • Organizer: International Workshop of Shiite Saint Veneration in Comparative Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Isfahan University（イラン）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-11
• [Book] イランにおける宗教と国家 (2015)
  • Author(s): 黒田賢治
  • Total Pages: 272
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版