2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Buddhist charitable practice, Old-age experience and personhood of Vietnamese elderly
| Project/Area Number |
19K13476
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
LE Hoang Anh Thu 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (70828384)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Vietnam / Buddhism / ageing / faith-based charity / grassroots charity / senior citizens |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
- Charity is an intensive, socially engaging practice, and hence it offers a platform for people from different classes and backgrounds to meet and interact. It is, therefore, also a space where senior citizens navigate social hierarchy and negotiate their positions in this stratification by interacting with others.
- Charity and voluntary work are a means for senior-aged citizens to retain their legitimacy, and their place in their societies. Through charitable work, senior-aged citizens retain their sense of belonging in society by continuing their social contribution.
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| Free Research Field |
04030
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This research highlights the phenomenon of socially-engaged Buddhism in which Vietnamese senior-aged citizens are involved. It shows how Buddhist charity provides senior citizens with the platform to contribute to the society after retirement.
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