2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comprehensive Study of Frederick Starr's East Asian Research
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21401036
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DERIHA Koji 北海道開拓記念館, 学芸第二課, 研究員 (40142088)
KWEON Seok-yeong 北海道大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (40301858)
SERIZAWA Satohiro 奈良大学, 社会学部, 教授 (60299162)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 人類学 / 民俗学 / 東アジア / 米国 / 近代 / 明治 / 大正 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project focuses on Frederick Starr’s (1858-1933) East Asian research. Starr was a prominent anthropologist in the USA and visited Japan 13 times from1904 to 1933, made nationwide personal networks and large collections. But most ofhis research detail is forgotten today. This research project revealed the detail of hisresearch by his field notes, diaries, letters, books, collections in Japan, USA and Koreaand reevaluated the theoretical importance for contemporary anthropology.
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