Historical Study on Nature Conservation Ideas and Movements in Prewar Japan.

• Project/Area Number: 20500877
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Keisen University
• Principal Investigator: SHINODA Mariko Keisen University, 人間社会学部, 准教授 (80409812)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 科学史 / 社会史 / 自然保護思想 / 自然保護運動 / 戦前期日本 / ナショナリズム / 市民による調査 / 天然記念物 / 自然保護 / ナチュラル・ヒストリー / 市民による生物調査 / トウキョウサンショウウオ / 生息調査 / 大正時代 / 食虫植物群落 / 保護管理計画 / 戦前期 / 台湾 / 植民地 / 石碑 / 国家公園

Research Abstract

I study history of nature conservation ideas and movements in prewar Japan, in socio-historical context. Sometimes nature conservation movement in this period is thought that it rested upon intellectuals, and connected with nationalism. But in fact, such movement was rested upon citizens and laymen. Their ideas of nature conservation transcended nationalism. They resisted to some big development project carried out as national policy.