Anthropological Inquiry into the Expansion of Red Wave Art and the Construction of Oceanic Collectivity

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25884039
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University (2014); Kyoto University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Fumi 立命館大学, 政策科学部, 助教 (30714191)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人類学 / 芸術人類学 / オセアニア地域研究 / 地域主義 / 図像

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Certain styles of visual arts and the worldview (“Red Wave Art”) has developed since 1990s in Fiji, which is now expanding toward the whole Pacific Islands region. This research has aimed to track down and analyse this dynamic expansion. During the project, it conducted participant observations, interview surveys, and acquisitions of both documents and digital pictures in Republic of Fiji, New Caledonia, Republic of Vanuatu, Republic of Palau, Guam, and State of Hawaii (United States of America), while also conducting the document researches in order to develop its theoretical framework of anthropology of art/s.

Free Research Field

人文学