2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Revival Movement of a Traditional Socio-Political System among the Arsi in South-Eastern Ethiopia: Focusing on Narratives and Practices of the Gadaa
Project/Area Number |
19K13463
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
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Research Institution | Osaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023) Osaka Prefecture University (2019-2021) |
Principal Investigator |
Oba-Smidt Chikage 大阪公立大学, 大学院現代システム科学研究科, 客員研究員 (90637688)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | ガダ・システム / 伝統的政治システムの再興運動 / 慣習法廷 / 伝統の創出 / 儀礼の喪失 / アルシ・オロモ |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study is to clarify 1) what the traditional political system called Gada is at Arsi society in Ethiopia, what kind of practice of Gada is currently practiced, and 2)how it is being reconstructed and revitalized in the current political context. Regarding 1), the social role of the Gada is governance and ritual, but while the ritual element has disappeared,the customary courts has been inherited as the practice of gadaa, while the political structure has been retained. As for 2), the Arsi, in the movement for the revival of Gada, were engaged in power struggles for positions in Gada while recreating the structure of Gada with making full use of various discourses.
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Free Research Field |
社会人類学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
文化人類学の分野で伝統的政治システムに関する研究がおこなわれてきたが、多くの社会科学者たちは、伝統的政治システムは、いずれ国民国家の成立とともに消えゆくものであると考えてきた。しかしながら、本研究が焦点をあてたアルシの事例にあるように、伝統的社会構造は現代的コンテクストを組み込みつつ、再解釈、再構築されながら、人々の間で実践され続けていた。本研究の成果の学術的意義とは、これまで取り上げられてこなかった統治にかかわる新しい現象について取り上げ、人間の政治的営みに関する厚い記述と記録を行ったことである。
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