2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Life and Space of Japanese Colonial Towns in Nan'yo
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20560609
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Architectural history/design
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| Research Institution | Okinawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
ONO Keiko Okinawa University, 法経学部, 教授 (50369211)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ANDO Tetsuya 琉球大学, 工学部・環境建設工学科, 准教授 (60222783)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 南洋群島 / ミクロネシア / 植民地 / 都市史 / 南洋 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research focuses on the urban morphology of Japanese colonial towns in Nan'yo Gunto (Japanese mandated Micronesia) before World War Two, how it evolved as a built environment and how residents experienced living in the towns. It examines the life of various groups of Japanese including Nan'yo-cho officials, small business owners, fishermen from Okinawa and others as well as the urban experiences of the local people, based on interviews of the elderly both in Japan and Micronesia, photographs, statistics and contemporary literatures. The research is a part of an attempt to understand how the Japanese brought the urban development to the Western Pacific before World War Two.
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