A Study on expression forms of homeland consciousness through social education

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01177
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 04020:Human geography-related
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: OSHIRO Naoki 明治大学, 文学部, 専任教授 (00274407)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 郷土意識 / 社会教育 / 物質性 / 神社 / 御嶽 / 民俗 / 景観 / 場所

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines the relationship between Utaki, a religious institution unique to Okinawa, and shrines, which became national Shinto shrines in modern times, particularly in relation to social education from the Meiji period until the end of World War II, and the nature of the persons, groups, institutions, and religious institutions themselves. Specifically, I analyzed the discourses of mainland researchers (Torigoe Kenzaburo and Kawamura Tadao) on the relationship between Utaki and shrines, the interpretation of Utaki as a shrine by Okinawan people themselves (school education and social education agents) in the context of growing nationalism (TATETSU Shunpou and KISHABA Eijun), and the establishment of Nogi Shrine I also conducted a survey of the activities of the youth organization as an agent of imperialization, as seen in the establishment of the Nogi Shrine and the planting of cherry trees.

Free Research Field

文化地理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は1990年代以降の人文地理学における文化論的転回ならびに物質論的転回の文脈を踏まえ，文化地理学の立場から，景観や場所を構成するモノ（マテリアル）とそれを取り巻く諸関係，とりわけ政治的・社会的制度（ナショナリズムと皇民化）とその身体化・内面化・自明化を通じた発現形態について，情動（アフェクト）の局面に留意しつつ，具体的には，沖縄の御嶽と国家神道との関係性と社会教育を事例に検討・考察するものである。この種の試みは，欧米ではマイナーな研究ではないが，日本ではまだごくわずかしか行われていない。人文地理学の新たな領野を開拓していくためのの足掛かりとなるはずである。