A study on "Tokunoka" : Inter-area comparison of their characteristics and social roles

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12793
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
• Principal Investigator: ISHIYAMA Shun 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, プロジェクト研究員 (10508865)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 篤農家 / 社会的役割 / 地域活性化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research could point out two important characteristics of "Tokunoka"(Motivated farmer) by fieldworks.1) Multiexperience of "Tokunoka" ; Before starting agricultural practice, "Tokunoka" have expériences in several kinds of working and migrating expériences. These expériences lead "Tokunoka" to the innovator not only agricuktural sense, but also social standing point and their way of thinking.2) Alterity of "Tokunoka" ; Due to their multiexperience, "Tokunoka" don't banded by local conventional way. This alterity often make "Tokunoka" as innovators of agricultural technics and social-cultural change.

Free Research Field

文化人類学