Study on the cultural landscape of Christian Villages on the Goto Istands

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22560618
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: KIKATA Junne 鹿児島大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (50273280)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUKUSHIMA Ayako 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 助教 (50432878) ; TAKAO Tadashi 九州大学, 工学研究院, 特任講師 (20380579)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 景観 / 持続 / 更新 / 理論 / 五島 / キリスト教 / 維持管理 / まなざし

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, diversity of the cultural landscape of the Christian village of the Goto Island was grasped from several alternative points of view, paying attention to the interaction between the universality of faith, and the indigenity of a place. First, the historical formation of the systematic concept for grasping the diversity of the cultural landscape were verified, then the specific viewpoints are adapted to the case studies, such as: view points of "the insiders", demolition of church buildings, and occupation and succession of habitation.
The importance of regarding a cultural landscape not only as a sustaining system but also as an updating system was clarified, by the theoritical review on the cultural landscape, and case studies on the cultural landscape of the Christian village of the Goto islands.

Free Research Field

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