A Pilot Study of Oral History on Engineer in Space Development

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12958
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: OKADA Hiroki 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 教授 (90299058)
• Research Collaborator: ABE Takashi 宇宙科学研究所, 教授 ; ISIZAKI Keiko 宇宙航空開発機構大学, 研究機関連携室, 人文社会科学コーディネーター ; OHZEKI Ysuhiko 宇宙航空開発機構大学, 研究機関連携室, 総合マネージャー ; YAMAUCHI Mitsunori 宇宙航空開発機構広報部, 特任担当役
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 宇宙開発 / 先端科学技術 / オーラルヒストリー / アーカイブ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our research conducted intensive oral history research about engineers of the space development, especially locket engineers of Japan space development. And through some case-studies of the oral research data of them, we took consider how to build the oral-history archive and connect the development of space technology of Japan. That is, we conducted intensive oral-history research to the rocket development engineer of NASDA (National Space Development Agency), and created basic data, such as visual record, data tape record data, and a script. After we connect their oral stories to the stage of developing rockets in Japan. At the end, we explored the possibility of development to anthropological research of “Spacey” and tried to approach to a new theoretical field on "Anthropology of the advanced science-technology”.

Free Research Field

文化人類学