2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Anthropological Study of Reorganization of Religious Community through Materiality.
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26370966
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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| Research Institution | Seijo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 文化人類学 / フィリピン / 宗教実践 / コミュニティ / 聖具 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study clarifies that consumption of sacred material forwards the process of reorganization both local community and the community of practice which shares various attitudes and behaviors with respect to the sacred material. In a local community, the sacred materials including saint's statues and pictures play a leading role in reconstruction and revitalization after natural calamity, and offer a base for historical memories. On the other hand, depending on the diversity of religious acts of prayer with sacred materials, many communities are structured such as community of “touch”, “dancing”, and “writing”. Within these communities, the range of community of “writing” remains in some part of residents with common skill of literacy. In contrast, community of “touch” is widely spread into general citizen, and community of “dancing” is more spread into outside tourists connected with tourism resources such as city festival and worship for saint’s statue.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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