2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Three Ecologies in the Environmental Literature in Japan and the United States
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11610575
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
文学一般(含文学論・比較文学)・西洋古典
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Sadamichi Nagoya University Faculity of Language and Culture, Professor, 言語文化部, 教授 (80093011)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE / NATURE WRITING / MINAKATA KUMAGUSU / JOHN MUIR / SATOYAMA / WILDERNESS / ECOLOGY / NEIGHBORING NATURE |
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| Research Abstract |
During the 1999 - 2001 project term, I engaged in comparative research on environmental literature in Japan and the United States with special reference to the three ecologies ; I.e. ecology of biology, ecology of society and ecology of mind. One strand of research focused on John Muir's concept of wilderness which is at the core of American conservation history. The other strand focused on Minakata Kumagusu's concept of neighboring nature interconnected with human life which is at the core of Japanese conservation history. Pursuing these themes this research project has successfully clarified the present state and problems found in national park systems, shrine forests and 'satoyama' lands which have.been traditionally connected with the Japanese sense of nature and ways of life as well as forestry and agriculture, thus providing prospects for further study of environmental literature.
[INVESTIGATION IN THE FIELD] 1. Visited several 'satoyama' areas around Nagoya City. 2. Visited Tanab
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e City, Wakayama Prefecture, and Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. to investigate Minakata Kumagusu's life. 3. Visited Wisconsin, U.S. to investigate about John Muir and Aldo Leopold. 4. Visited the Sonoran Desert to investigate desert life and Gary P. Nabhan' s ethno-biological study.
[PRESENTATION] 1. "Rediscovering an Ancient Poem to Save a Tidal Flat." The Third Biennial Conference of ASLE. (Kalamazoo, June 3, 1999) 2. "Ecocriticism Revalues the World Across the Boundaries Separating the Natural World, the Human Society, and the Individual Mind." The Eighth Quadrennial International Conference of Comparative Literature Association (Taipei, August 29, 1999) 3. "Three Ecological Calls for a Restart Out of 'Satoyama Lands'." The 4^<th> Biennial Conference of ASLE. (Flagstaff, June 20, 2001) 4. "Environmental Ideas of Minakata Kumagusu and John Muir, and the Evolution Thereafter." The Annual Conference of the Chubu Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan. (Shizuoka, October 21 , 2001). Less
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Research Products
(6 results)
