2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Program and Cultural Anthropological Knowledge
| Project/Area Number |
21520836
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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 |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Ethnology |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIRAKAWA Chihiro 国立民族学博物館, 先端人類科学研究部, 准教授 (60319994)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 開発 / 援助 |
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| Research Abstract |
The research clarified the cultural anthropological knowledge was intensively taught to volunteers of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Program, especially those who were expected to engage in community development activities, during their training program. It also showed the volunteers tended to utilize the knowledge they obtained particularly for understanding their target people's needs, culture and society from people's point of view, and/or reviewing their activities critically from relativistic point of view.
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