Archiving of records on foraging activities and its utilization for rural developing

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems; Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Saito Haruo 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 講師 (10450214)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 採取資源 / 民俗知 / 技術 / 技能 / 映像 / 地域おこし / 倫理的な消費 / 規範

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Various types of records including video on foraging activities in forest and processing of natural resources were collected in four different regions in Japan. Investigating appropriacy of methods of recoding and archiving, it is found out that video records can be an effective method to tell other norms and knowhows during foraging, especially when recorders give some appropriate question to informants while recording. Such records can contribute to local developing based on sustainable resource use. Also, these can contribute to succeeding local culture to children, who don’t have enough experience in nature. However, this issue should be investigating in the future.

Free Research Field

植物・菌類民俗、森林—人間関係学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、地域文化・社会に貢献する学術記録のあり方として、既存の文書形式と比較し、映像記録の強みと弱みを明らかにした。また、本研究を遂行する過程で、これまで自然資源採取について民俗記録が乏しかった地域において、貴重な一次記録を得た。
本研究において採録および収集された資料は、地域の住民や行政機関と連携して、活用の実践が試みられており、この実践を通じて、より効果的な採録方法がブラッシュアップされつつある。