2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cultural anthropological study of the relationship between magic and science in South-east Asia and Oceania
| Project/Area Number |
25300054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IIKUNI Yukako 大東文化大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (90462209)
IIDA Junko 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学部, 教授 (00368739)
KAWADA Makito 成城大学, 文芸学部, 教授 (30260110)
TSUMURA Fumihiko 福井県立大学, 学術教養センター, 准教授 (40363882)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 呪術 / 科学 / 東南アジア / オセアニア / 文化人類学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The research explored the relationship of magic and science among the people of Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. According to the research results, magic and science were not merely opposing to or conflicting with each other, but sometimes overlapping or being connected. It was also clarified that the senses and materiality were playing vital role when the people of research areas accepted the reality of magic.
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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