2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Anti-discrimination and De-discrimination: Efforts to Address Relational Discrimination in Contemporary India by a Buddhist Organization and a Buddhist Monk Shurei Sasai
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26870075
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
Area studies
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 南アジア研究 / 差別論 / 当事者性 / 社会参加仏教 / アンベードカル / 佐々井秀嶺 / 元不可触民 / 現代インド |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focuses on contemporary anti-discrimination movements in Maharashtra, India, by conducting six anthropological field surveys across a span of three months. Based on the data collected, it compares the socially engaged Buddhism of a Buddhist (ex-Untouchable’s) organization called the SBS , which spearheads movements in a village named U near Nagpur City with that of a Buddhist monk Shurei Sasai’s approach; he is based out of Nagpur City. Through this comparative analysis, this study examines the efforts that have been made towards “anti-discrimination” (creating solidarity against discrimination) and “de-discrimination” (creating avenues to escape from discrimination), and discusses ways to overcome the relational discrimination faced by Buddhists in and around Nagpur City.
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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