Utilization of haiku for international education and network development: Intercultural promotion of modern haiku and cultural diversity poetic theory

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02755
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: GILBERT RICHARD 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(文), 教授 (30404320)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HORI Masahiro 熊本学園大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20238778)
• Research Collaborator: ITO Yuki 熊本大学, 文学部, 文部科学省科研費研究員 (70617448)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 俳句 / 詩 / 環境 / マルチメディア / データベース / 異文化 / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Activities promoting Japanese haiku criticism and modern Japanese and worldwide haiku culture, especially in international contexts, including academic and professional cultural conferences were completed. The main research effort was on the writing and publication of two books: 1) the textbook, “International Haiku in Global Perspective: Earth in Sunrise, A Course for English-language Study” (Red Moon Press, USA) an EFL/ESL textbook utilizing haiku in English as its educational course; 2) my book of academic literary-criticism was published: "Poetry as Consciousness: Haiku Forests, Space of Mind, and an Ethics of Freedom (Keibunsha, February 2018, 304pp); over 120 haiku from authors living in 40 countries are included. Also a public event (symposium) was given on October 15, 2017: international haiku in English, Japanese and Korean. I produced this event, titled "Earth in Sunrise: A Celebration of International Haiku." It was free and open to the general public.

Free Research Field

異文化研究としての現代俳句