Morality for the Civil Society: The first generation of Slovak NGOs in a provincial city

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770294
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: The University of Kitakyushu
• Principal Investigator: KAMBARA Yuko 北九州市立大学, 基盤教育センター, 准教授 (50611068)
• Research Collaborator: Alexandra Bitušíková Matej Bel University ; Zentai Violetta Central European University
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 文化人類学 / 市民社会 / モラリティ / スロヴァキア / 国際研究者交流 / 宗教団体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to discuss on the morality or belief to support civil activism, through the research on the development of civil activism following the end of socialism in a Slovak provincial city. In fact, civil activism is composed of not only NGOs but also religious associations organizing social engagements. In Slovakia, people have become able to strengthen their civil society simultaneously, while religious associations have revived in public sphere. The possibility of self-governance in their society is more important for those who are engaged in society than ideological morality as the mission to society.

Free Research Field

文化人類学