2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Case Study of Changing Social Structure and Cultural Transmission of Folk Performing Arts in Japan
Project/Area Number |
19K20841
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Project/Area Number (Other) |
18H05635 (2018)
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2019) Single-year Grants (2018) |
Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2019) University of Tsukuba (2018) |
Principal Investigator |
MATSUOKA Kaoru 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 研究員 (90824350)
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Project Period (FY) |
2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
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Keywords | 俄 / 民俗芸能 / 継承 / 地域変容 / 地域社会 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study I examined how local people carry on their folk performing arts in the face of declining birthrate and aging population in contemporary Japan. I conducted my field research in Takamori town, Kumamoto prefecture. The town is famous for the folk performing art called as "Niwaka," which has recently been registered as a cultural property. My research suggested that local people were trying to maintain and recreate Niwaka practice through their participations free from the conventional role structure while the number of young actors was decreasing.
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Free Research Field |
民俗学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の成果は、現代の少子高齢化や過疎化といった社会問題に対する地域社会の対応について考察するものであり、広く社会に有益な資料と知見をもたらすものである。とくに、近年は民俗芸能を文化財として保存、活用する動きが活発化する一方で、地域においては担い手の確保に苦慮するというジレンマを地域社会が抱えている今日的状況もある。こうした社会的背景も踏まえ、民俗芸能の継承過程について微細に分析する必要性を認識した。
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