1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Anthropological Study of Urbanization Process in Korea
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08041047
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Field |
文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Abito University of Tokyo, college of Arts ad Science Prof., 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (50012464)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIDEMURA Kenji Meisei University, Faculty of Japanese Culture A Prof., 日本文化学部, 助教授 (60218724)
IWAMOTO Michiya University of Tokyo, college of Arts and Sciences A Prof., 大学院・総合文化研究科, 助教授 (60192506)
CHOE Kil-song Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts Prof., 総合科学部, 教授 (80236794)
YOSHIDA Mitsuo University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters Prof., 文学部, 教授 (70166974)
SHIMA Mutsuhiko Tohoku University, Faculty of Arts and Letters Prof., 文学部, 教授 (30115406)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1998
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| Keywords | urbanization / migration / residents-movement / association / depopulation / invention of tradition / adaptation / folk-culture |
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| Research Abstract |
Based on the comprehensive scope for the study of urbanization process in Korea, we set up five poles for description and analysis infield research as follows : (1) historical approaches to the basic features of centrality in the traditional Korean cities and their development and change. (2) socio-cultural changes in therural situations caused by the rapid urbanization. (3) social net-works and associations among rural immigrants in urban settings. (4) sociocultural changes in urban lives. (5) christianity among urban immigrants.
As for(1). political centrality in Seoul in Yi-Dynasty is analysed by Yoshida. and social changes in the rural areas around Taegu City is studied by Shima with special focus on the reformation of kinship organizations, and (2) is studied in reference to the rapid depopulation and ageing in fishing villages by Suzuki and in fanning village by Ito. As for (3). regional, alumni and kinbased associations and social functions of personal networks are studied by Ito and Ohno. Concerning (4). increasing interests in child-care and education among conjugal families in Seoul and Taegu are described and analysed by Yi-Jinyong. lwamoto and Choe-Kilsong. Socio-cultural aspects of christianity among expanding immigrant residents in new cities around Seoul arc studied by Hidemura.
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