2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Imperfectionist Aesthetics: Philosophy, Art, Culture
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19K00143
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
James Kirwan 関西大学, 文学部, 教授 (60275295)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
山口 惠里子 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (20292493)
大石 和欣 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (50348380)
Cheyne Peter 島根大学, 学術研究院人文社会科学系, 准教授 (90542382)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | imperfection / aesthetics / literature / art / architecture / ethics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Due to the covid situation it was not possible to hold any further face-to-face meeting. Thus, the planned meeting of the participants at Tsukuba University in 2022 had to be cancelled. However, during the past year the individual participating members of the project have continued to work on their written contributions and have stayed in contact with one another. Peter Cheyne has obtained a contract from the publishing house Routledge, London, for the publication of an anthology of the research results entitled "Perfection and Imperfection in Art and Everyday Life". The book is the major research output of this project and contains 27 essays by the Principal Investigator, the Co-Investigators, and project members from around the world. The book presents interdisciplinary research on the aesthetics of imperfection in philosophical aesthetics, music, literature, urban environment, architecture, art theory, and cultural studies. Written by researchers in these disciplines, the essays connect the aesthetics of imperfection with issues affecting everyday life in areas including urban planning, consumerism, environmentalism, and the shaping of a social ethos. Established authors in the aesthetics of imperfection, notably Ted Gioia, Andy Hamilton, and Yuriko Saito, are joined by a wide range of researchers whose theoretical and empirical approaches broaden the field of inquiry. During the period of the project several other studies of the concepts of perfection and imperfection in art and aesthetics have appeared, justifying the timeliness of the project.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
All of the individual contributions from the project members have been completed and edited. Professor Cheyne has negotiated with the publishing house Routledge over the contents and format of the book. The results of the project should be published within in book form in 2022.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Aside from finalizing the details of the publication of the anthology, there is no further work to do. The project will end in 2022.
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| Causes of Carryover |
There should be no further expenses incurred next year. However, since the book has not yet been published, we wish to retain the grant in case any other expenses arise in connection with the publication process.
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