Effect of traditional plant utilization on the creation of regionality and the environment.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K11814
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: ONHO TOMOKO 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (10420746)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大形 徹 大阪公立大学, 人間社会システム科学研究科, 教授 (60152063)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 祭祀植物 / 伝統工芸 / 屋上庭園 / 植物資源 / 外来種 / 栽培植物 / 地域景観 / 資源量

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), the material used for the traditional craft of Yaeyama high-quality plain-woven hemp cloth, has lost many of its cultivation sites, and only some small-scale cultivation remains. In addition, although the cultivated Ramie that has been abandoned has little impact on the environment, it is difficult to reacquire high-quality materials once lost, which affects the continuation of traditional crafts. The demand for plant use and the difficulty of securing resources revealed the loss and transformation of the local character of a certain period. On the other hand, in Nepal, marigolds（Tagetese spp.）are planted according to the lifestyles of the people who live in the area, and those that have gone wild have become elements of the local flora landscape. Although a large amount of plant resources are secured for cultural life and local characteristics are ensured, the introduction of exotic species and their escape have a strong impact on the natural environment.

Free Research Field

緑地環境

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

2つの事例を通しての伝統的利用と資源確保の実態から文化的背景を持つ植物資源が地域性と地域環境に及ぼす影響について明らかにした。伝統文化をはじめとする地域性は、自然資源への依存度が高いとその担保は難しくなり、逆に依存度が弱ければ地域性の担保とともに自然環境への影響が強く表れる可能性がある。
本研究は文化人類学や地域学、緑地保全学術上の成果になったとともに今後の自然環境に配慮した特色あるまちづくりにも寄与でき、地域住民の豊かな生活環境の創出と維持に貢献するものである。