Exploratory Study on Formation of the 'community walls' in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Areas

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25570017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Wasa 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (90324954)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OOTAKE Haruka 新見公立短期大学, 地域福祉学科, 講師 (00413526) ; SUGIMOTO Kumiko 大阪人間科学大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (60340882) ; HONDA Yasuko 岡山大学, 大学院環境生命科学研究科, 助教 (20637053) ; NANBA Takashi 大阪経済大学, 情報社会学部, 教授 (00321018) ; SUGIMOTO Takashi 大阪大学, 環境イノベーションデザインセンター, 招聘准教授 (10572969) ; TANAKA Satomi 都留文科大学, 文学部, 教授 (00300129) ; TAKAYA Sachi 岡山大学, 大学院社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (40534433)
• Research Collaborator: EIZAWA Naoko 関西大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 博士後期課程
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 社会学 / 共同性 / 新旧住民 / 地域組織 / 共同参画 / 女性リーダー / 継承 / 土地

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our field research on the rights and duties of new and old residents toward the local communities revealed following points: 1) When people of different background try to build relationships with community residents, community walls will be formed. 2) Those walls are supported by the values embedded in the historical and cultural contexts rooted in the place that are shared by the insiders within the walls. 3) Course of time creates walls called ‘generations’. 4) The community identity and the community walls that emphasize the community are the two sides of the same coin. When we look at the community from the perspective of the creation of the community, the way of the inside of the walls will be the issue.

Free Research Field

社会学