2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Anthropological Study of Communities of Minamata Disease Victims' Supporters
| Project/Area Number |
25370958
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Ethnology |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRAI KYONOSUKE 国立民族学博物館, 研究戦略センター, 教授 (80290922)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 文化人類学 / 民族誌 / 社会運動 / ＮＰＯ / 市民社会 / 水俣病 / 公害 / コミュニティ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research has conducted ten months anthropological fieldwork about an NGO in Minamata, Kumamoto. The research found out that this NGO produces new bodies of knowledge by engaging in activities to support Minamata disease victims, tries to change society by transmitting the knowledge, and, through the process, continuously transforms the relations with the state and society.
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| Free Research Field |
社会人類学
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