Reconsideration of Development Processes of Japanese Rural Sociology

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380693
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: YANO Shingo 青山学院大学, 総合文化政策学部, 教授 (00344341)
• Research Collaborator: MAKINO Shuya 神奈川大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会学 / 農村社会学 / 村落社会学 / 学説史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Trough the reexamining rural studies from Meiji era to 1930's, we provided some findings. Japanese Rural Sociology has established, influenced by some academic fields of study such as agriculture, economics, folklore, also by rural sociology in Europe and America. Then, the studies converge within the Japanese Rural Sociology established by Kizaemon Aruga and Eitaro Suzuki.
We had interviews with some rural sociologist concerned by Kizaemon Aruga and Eitaro Suzuki, and are making the reports. Trough the process of research, we found new documents owned by bereaved family of Kizaemon Aruga in his former residence in Zushi, Kanagawa prefecture. The materials are now being organized.

Free Research Field

村落社会学・農村社会学・地域社会学