2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reframing Images of Mongolia: Photographic records from the 19th century to early 20th century

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	17H00897
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Area studies
Research Institution	National Museum of Ethnology (2018-2022) National Institutes for the Humanities (2017)
Principal Investigator	Konagaya Yuki 国立民族学博物館, 人類文明誌研究部, 客員教員 (30188750)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	堀田あゆみ大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構本部, 総合情報発信センター, 研究員 (10725170) 前川愛京都外国語大学, 外国語学部, 非常勤講師 (30506796) 大野旭静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (40278651) 辛嶋博善国立民族学博物館, 北東アジア地域研究国立民族学博物館拠点, 特任助教 (60516805) 井上治島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70287944) 滝澤克彦長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 教授 (80516691) 島村一平滋賀県立大学, 人間文化学部, 准教授 (20390718)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords	デジタルフィールドワーク / アーカイブズ / エクスペディション / ミッショナリー / 写真 / 探検 / モンゴル / 画像
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In collaboration with researchers working in various countries to organize expedition materials, especially image collections, that were dispatched to the Mongolia during the 19th and 20th centuries, a system for cross-sectional analysis has been established on the website. The website is an English-language general catalog of summaries of 185 travelers in 16 countries, as well as the status of the organization of the materials left behind, and serves as a one-stop for online information. In addition to the results of our project, the website also provides English translations of relevant articles with the permission of the authors and the routes of the expeditions on a digital map. The COVID19 pandemic made international face-to-face work impossible. However, by specializing in online work, we were able to pioneer the digital fieldwork. The results were displayed on the special exhibition held at the National Museum of Ethnology and also published as its catalog.
Free Research Field	人文学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	コロナ禍のために国際的な対面作業が不可能となったため、オンライン作業に特化せざるを得なかった結果、徹底的にデジタル資料を発掘することとなり、デジタルフィールドワークという手法を具体的な成果とともに展開させることができた。これはいわば人文学のDXであると言えよう。