2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Anthropological Study on "the Community Strategy" of Residents' Organizations in an Urban Area

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520718
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research Institution	Konan University
Principal Investigator	NISHIKAWA Mugiko Konan University, 文学部, 教授 (20251910)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	都市空間 / 地域 / 住民組織・活動 / 情報ネットワーク / コミュニティ戦略 / ジェントリフィケーション / 実地調査
Research Abstract	The activities of residents' organization in Hammersmith, London are based on its rich information network about the local communities via internet and individual choice and autonomy concerned with area, rather than on a sense of identification or cooperation with groups or community. The various projects in the area (anti-crime activity, graffiti clean up project, tree project, etc) are bringing community identity to the participants. These problem-solving, outcome-expressive active style gives impression to the more residents and motivation to make local communities in the area. On the other hand, the gap generated by the information network among resident is found out.