A Sociological Study on Cultural Transformation in the Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan Province, China

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380728
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: LIN Mei 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20626486)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 多元的世界 / 辺境地域 / 包摂 / 排除 / 近代国家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we have tried to reveal how the remote border areas in China continue to inherit the unique traditions and culture of ethnic minorities, while transforming their communities through the acceptance of homogeneous culture in the process of either being incorporated into the market economy or the development projects by the state, among others. It can be said that this was an effort of seeking toward an unavoidable multicultural society in the era of globalization, amidst the existence of otherness due to multiple artificial “boundaries,” and that there was a structure using that “boundaries” differently.

Free Research Field

社会学、民俗学、文化人類学的アプローチから日中韓の地域・民族を研究