2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A cultural anthropological study on the change of the view of "pollution" by the introduction of sanitary products
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17K03284
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima City University (2022)
National Museum of Ethnology (2018-2021)
Hiroshima University (2017) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 月経 / 生理用品 / ケガレ / 身体 / 生理 / パプアニューギニア / アベラム / 月経衛生対処 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to clarify, from a cultural anthropological perspective, the change of the view of “pollution” through the introduction of objects. Specifically, in Papua New Guinea, where basic data on coping with menstruation were lacking, I clarified transition of objects used to cope with menstruation and collected data on how women spent their menstrual periods, practiced taboo, and shared knowledge about menstruation according to this transition.
By analyzing these materials, I found that the “pollution” surrounding menstruation are changing from a socially shared “pollution”, which is a plague to the members of the society, to a personal and physically dirty one. The study also revealed that there is a change in the sharing of knowledge and the quality of knowledge surrounding menstruation.
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
学術的意義： 生理用品というモノの受容に焦点をあてて女性の歴史的経験を検討したことにより、月経をめぐるケガレ観の変容と女性の身体観の変容を明らかにした。文化人類学において月経は、ケガレという観念から論じられていた。その月経を、女性たちの禁忌の実践という側面から検討し、男性による忌避にいかに対峙してきたのかを明らするにすることができた。
社会的意義： 途上国では月経衛生対処という開発支援が展開し、月経教育のデザインが一つの課題となっている。本研究の知見は、月経教育をデザインする上で参照しうるものとなったと考えられる。
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