| 研究課題/領域番号 |
22K01909
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| 研究機関 | 上智大学 |
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研究代表者 |
Farrer James 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (40317508)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| キーワード | foodways / food studies / community / resilience / social sustainability / public ethnography |
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| 研究実績の概要 |
The project continues to focus on ethnographic fieldwork on independent food and beverage businesses in Western Tokyo. The research looked at responses to acute crises, including COVID, and to longer-term crises such as societal aging and slow economic growth. Student researchers participated with the PI in interviews. A portion of the interviews are made available through a public ethnography project called Nishiogiology.org. This project reaches thousands of members of the community as well as overseas scholars and visitors In addition to this fieldwork in Japan, the PI made visits to overseas destinations in which collaborators were found for comparative research. Contacts were established in Europe and the USA. Joint presentations are planned with overseas partners.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
2: おおむね順調に進展している
理由
The Japan-based research is proceeding smoothly and is already producing scholarly papers and having an impact in the local community. Access to the fieldwork sight and the support of student assistants facilitates this data gathering and dissemination. The overseas portion of the project however proceeds slowly and in a much reduced form to that initially planned. Because of the declining value of the yen and global inflation, comparative research is now being conducted largely through collaboration with overseas scholars.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
The interview portion of the project is continuing through the summer of 2024. However, the focus is now shifting towards writing a book based on the Tokyo portion of the data gathering. The PI is also planning on participating in a comparative conference in Shanghai in Fall 2024 that will lay the ground-work for a joint international publication with a comparative focus. The public ethnography portion of the research continues with the publication of the website Nishiogiology and also with appearances in mainstream media, especially television programs.
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| 次年度使用額が生じた理由 |
The amount to be used for travel was less than planned due to a shortening of the time of fieldwork in the USA. The amount to be used for overseas travel in 2024 will increase as the yen has fallen in value. The rolled-over amount will be used to cover these rising costs of overseas fieldwork due to currency exchange fluctuation.
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| 備考 |
A public ethnography project recognized by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs as an "exemplar of utilizing knowledge of Japanese food culture" (食文化「知の活用」振興事例).
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