Digital Humanities and Comparative Institutional Hsitory in Asia: Case of History of Penal Institutions
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15H06192
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Asia and Africa
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 制度史 / 刑罰制度史 / デジタル・アーカイブ / デジタル人文学 / 比較制度史 / 東洋史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed at application of methodology of digital humanities to comparative institutional history. It also developed a research support system. As case studies, it looked at historical changes of penal institutions in British India and Imperial Japan. Throughout the project, I collected English and Japanese historical records relating to penal systems in Asia during the 19th and the 20th centuries. Through examination of the records, I studied how to develop an appropriate method of making digitally encoded text versions of the documents. I also developed a tool for comparing different versions of digitally encoded historical documents and a text editor that uses the technique of concordance that have been developed in the field of textual studies. Using the encoded documents and the support systems, I engaged in case studies, including a study of progressive system in prisons in British India and Meiji Japan, and a study on memories of modern prison systems.
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