Change and Creation of Folk Society

1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 07451073
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: HIRAYAMA Kazuhiko University of Tsukuba, Institute of History and Anthropology Professor, 歴史・人類学系, 教授 (10092529)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FURUIE Shimpei University of Tsukuba, Institute of History and Anthropology Lecturer, 歴史・人類学系, 講師 (40173520) ; SANO Kenji University of Tsukuba, Institute of History and Anthropology Associate Professor, 歴史・人類学系, 助教授 (90131127) ; TAKAKUWA Mamoru University of Tsukuba, Institute of History and Anthropology Professor, 歴史・人類学系, 教授 (60127769)
• Project Period (FY): 1995 – 1997
• Keywords: Folk Society / Economic Deveropment / Folk History / Historical Folklore

Research Abstract

We have been conducting field research in some rural communities in order to attempt to explain the changing process of folk societies and characteristics of Japanese folk culture in these three years during this project. Researchers have done their field work at Wakinosawa, Taro (Aomori Pref.), Morioka, Kitakami, Hanamaki (Iwate Pref.), Iide (Yamagata Pref.), Nadachi (Niigata Pref.), and Tateshina (Nagano Pref.).
We uncovered although economic development in 1960's is a dominant factor affecting living conditions in modern societies, the reorganization of economic system was regulated not only by economic rationality but their feeling at least in folk society through the analysis on our data. The results of our analysis may contribute to the argument about the theory of group organization and the folk history. List of articles on this theme will be published near future.