Applied Research on "Public Folklore" in Response to Contemporary Civil Society: Construction for New "Extra-Academic Studies"

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SUGA Yutaka 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (90235846)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYAUCHI Taisuke 北海道大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50222328) ; TAKEKAWA Daisuke 北九州市立大学, 文学部, 教授 (10285455) ; KAWAMORI Hiroshi 神戸女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (20224868) ; MASAOKA Nobuhiro 東北学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (60352085) ; KATOU Kouji 東北学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (30551775) ; HYOUKI Satoru 成城大学, 文芸学部, 准教授 (30356274) ; TSUKAHARA Shinji 茨城大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (30735569)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IMAISHI Migiwa 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 無形文化遺産部, 研究員 (80609818)
• Research Collaborator: WATANABE Hiromasa 愛媛大学, 社会共創学部, 特任准教授 ; KAJIWARA Hiroyuki 阿蘇たにびと博物館, 学芸員 ; KANEKO Hiroyuki 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 特任研究員 ; CHEN Zhiqin 上海大学, 社会学院, 副教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 新しい野の学問 / 公共民俗学 / 民俗学 / public folklore / extra-academic folklore / 学問の公共性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This applied research successfully established a "turning point" for Japanese Folklore, in that it helped Japanese Folklore to correspond with contemporary civil society by constructing the frame of "Public Folklore," which is now playing a dominant role in molding practical philosophy in folklore studies outside of Japan. Accordingly, the practical methodology, theories and themes were revealed, and this enabled diverse actors of folklorists, who were previously divided into distinct categories (such as academic folklorists, public sector folklorists and extra-academic folklorists), to utilize this approach when involved in collaborations relating to some practical issues in society.

Free Research Field

民俗学