Religious Tradition and Folk Arts in Java, Aceh and the Rikuchu Coast: Video recording and sharing experiences

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25570009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Iwate Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: MIICHI Ken 岩手県立大学, 総合政策学部, 准教授 (10457749)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAGAWA Shin 大阪市立大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (40135637) ; HASHIMOTO Hiroyuki 追手門学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (70208461) ; CHINO Tsunehide 信州大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70583540)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 民俗芸能 / インドネシア / 陸中沿岸 / 災害 / 文化財 / イスラーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are three main results. First, the research team has conduct field research on folk arts. Miichi published on roles of folk performing arts in the disaster affected area in the Rikuchu Coast, Iwate, Japan. By comparing Unotori Kagura and Kadonaka-gumi Toramai, he argued importance of the "ludic" element of fork arts. Second, the team organized a performance and workshop of Unotori Kagura in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in March 2015, and several other workshops using video recording. These workshops provided opportunities to share the experience among disaster affected communities and folk art practitioners. Third, the team recorded folk performing arts in the Rikuchu Coast and digitalized analog films of Unotori Kagura.

Free Research Field

地域研究