Fundamental research on the utilization of folk implements

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23145
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2021-2022); Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: YAMAKAWA YUKINORI 早稲田大学, リサーチイノベーションセンター オープンイノベーション推進部門, 次席研究員(研究院講師) (20847040)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 民具 / 文化遺産 / 有形民俗文化財 / 文化財保護 / 文化遺産の保存と活用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to build knowledge that will serve as the basis for examining the possibility of utilizing folk implements in order to inherit them to the future generation. Therefore, I collected and analyzed information on practices by local governments and museums and opinions on folk implements research. Examining the museums’ current approach to the utilization of folk implements reveals that there is a tendency to place emphasis on how to make people feel familiar with folk implements. From this point of view, based on the trend of folk implements research so far, I examined points that lead to the possibility of utilizing folk implements. The results are the following two points: (1) significance of folk implements research activities for local communities, and (2) the interface between contemporary life and research trends of things

Free Research Field

民俗学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、民具の活用をめぐる近年の動向をふまえ、民具の活用の可能性として、２点を指摘した。現在、文化財や博物館の地域資源化が高まっており、民具も活用が期待されている。民具の有する価値について再考した本研究は、今後の民具研究における活用の理論化や、自治体や博物館における民具の活用実践の一助となる意義を有している。