Action research for developing collaborative relationship to revitalize a community

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530820
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NAGATA Motohiko 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60271706)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニティ / 共育 / 歴史文化的資源 / アクションリサーチ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Revitalization of a community requires that 'collaborative relationships' are realized in the community through which heterogeneous people both teach and are taught each other. This study is an action research aiming at revitalizing a community of Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture by utilizing 'Japanese garden' as historical-cultural resources through collaborative practice among researchers, specialists and people of the community. Through the action research, it is revealed that nurturing collaborative relationships of people with a variety of expertise and specialty are important factor prompting the revitalization of the community.

Free Research Field

社会心理学