The role of the intangible cultural heritage in the modern african societies

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24401045
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University
• Principal Investigator: Kawada Junzo 神奈川大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (50107835)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Suzuki Hiroyuki 国士舘大学, 法学部, 教授 (20276447) ; Kawase Itsushi 国立民族学博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 助教 (30633854) ; Tsuruta Tadasu 近畿大学, 農学部, 准教授 (60340767)
• Research Collaborator: Matsuhira Yuji 国立民族学博物館, 外来研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 音文化 / アフリカ / 無形文化遺産 / 文化変容 / ユネスコ / 政治活動 / グローバル化 / 経済変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We are against to determine the reality of fertile “sound cultures” of Africa by a narrow Western notion of “music” or “ethno-music”. That is why since 1995, under the leadership of Junzo KAWADA, we have conducted first-hand field researches in Africa, if possible including the researchers of the studied country, and published the results in the national language of the studied country, English or French, to render the results to the studied peoples and receive their critics. Thus we have 6 volumes of “Sound cultures of Africa”.
Our studies were realized by the Grants-in-Aid for Oversea Scientific Research. We have also collaborated with UNESCO’s project for the intangible cultural heritage.

Free Research Field

文化人類学