The study of sacred image and management on religious sacred site.

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K18278
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: Hanamura Chikahiro 大阪府立大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (00420430)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 宗教的聖地 / 聖性イメージ / マネジメント / 観光 / まなざし

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through field surveys of religious sacred sites in Japan and overseas, I collected and analyzed materials on images of sacredness. Based on this analysis, I discussed sacred sites with religious scholar Toji Kamata and published the contents as "Beyond the Human Scale" (Puneumasha) in 2020. In addition, since the social issues of tourism and regional management have changed rapidly since 2020 because of covid19 pandemic, I have gathered information on the impact of the pandemic on regional management and the image of sacredness. In 2022, I presented some of the results at the single-authorship " Revolution of perspectives" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), the symposium "Tourism and Ethics" of the Japan Society for Tourism Studies and the 16th RIHN International Symposium "The Arts of Living for Nature".

Free Research Field

ランドスケープデザイン、観光研究、地域マネジメント

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

オーバーツーリズム化で観光地化が進む宗教的聖地において、それまで担保されていた聖なる雰囲気が壊れつつある状況があった。そのため人々のまなざしにとっていかなる要因が聖性イメージを創出するのかを分析した。また2020年以降はパンデミックにより課題が急変したため、コロナ下における人々のまなざしの変化および地域マネジメントと聖性イメージへの影響について考察を加えた。これらの成果を学術発表の他、出版を通じて社会に広く公開した。