Tracing the legacy of the South Sea Mission through the oral history of Micronesian women

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25570021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: LEE Eun Ja 関西学院大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (50580586)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: オーラルヒストリー / 南洋伝道団 / 委任統治期 / ミクロネシア / ジェンダー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study showed that the role of women is key in maintaining and delivering the legacies of the South Sea Mission and Japanese culture and its spatial legacy.Another product of this study was able to clarify why the South Sea Mission was sent, by whom, and with what aim, by examining primary sources produced by the Japanese government.The research critically reviewed and analyzed the role of religion in relation to state political and colonial policy in the case of the South Sea Mission.

Free Research Field

社会倫理学