• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to project page

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The resilience of folk knowledge in the revival of the halal industry in the PRC: the search for survival strategies of ethnic minorities

Research Project

  • PDF
Project/Area Number 21K01085
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

sawai mitsuo  東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 助教 (20404957)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords現代中国 / ハラール / 民俗知 / レジリエンス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project, which focuses on North China (Beijing) and Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, examines the changes of the halal industry in modern and contemporary China from a socio-historical perspective, and examines, first, the consequences of the socialisation policies driven by the Chinese Communist Party on the Muslim minority groups (mainly the Hui), Secondly, after the introduction of economic liberalisation policies, private enterprises and sole traders emerged in the halal industry, unlike in the socialist economic period, and the inheritance of folk knowledge has continued. However, it was also possible to identify a serious situation in which the participation of Han Chinese in the Halal market has shaken the authenticity of Halal food products.

Free Research Field

文化人類学、中国研究、イスラーム研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題の学術的意義は、現代中国に居住する少数民族(特にイスラームを信仰する少数民族)の伝統的生業(ハラール産業)が社会主義化以降、どのように民俗知を変容させながら持続させてきたのかという問題を文献資料およびフィールドワーク(主に聞き取り調査)で得られた民族誌的資料にもとづいて実証的に解明したことにある。また、本研究課題の社会的意義は、中国の少数民族が社会主義化以前から醸成させてきた民俗知に注目することによって、近代国民国家(特に社会主義中国という新全体主義国家)に暮らさざるをえないマイノリティの生存戦略のありかたを民族誌的資料に依拠して個別具体的に把握することができる点にある。

URL: 

Published: 2025-01-30  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi