2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Transformation of Traditional Notions of Geography in East Asia and Its Environs Caused by the Introduction of the Modern Discipline of Geography
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16202023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
SENDA Minoru International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Research Department, Professor, 研究部, 教授 (20079403)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NARUMI Kunitada Museum of Osaka University, Research Assistant, 総合学術博物館, 助手 (00420414)
WATANABE Yoshio Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Professor, 都市教養学部, 教授 (90103209)
AKIYAMA Motohide Shiga University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (00027559)
HUJIMAKI Masami Ritsumeikan University, College of letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (60131603)
NOMA Haruo Kansai University, Faculty of letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00131607)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | East Asia / feng shui / geography / European geography / colonial country / view of rice cultivation / view of the world / national planning |
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| Research Abstract |
The results of our research group are as follows.
(1) We could find some traces of East Asian traditional geography.
The idea of feng shui has been adopted to settlement and house building in East Asia such as especially in southern region of China, Korea and Okinawa.
(2) Asian people's view of the world was expanded by the acceptance of European geography.
(3) The geography of colonial countries was modernized by the influence of geographical thought of suzerain.
(4) East Asia in early modern age was the object of research by European geographers. Such as for Asian agriculture, their method lacked the native view of rice cultivation.
(5) Nowadays geography education of universities in East Asia is practicing by the system of European or American method. Geographical contribution to national planning is depends on the significance of geography which the country recognize.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] Sekikanto in castle town Shuri, Ryukyu2006
Author(s)
TAKAHASHI, Seiichi
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Journal Title
The Transformation of Traditional Notions of Geography in East Asia and Its Environs Caused by the Introduction of the Modern Discipline of Geography, Newsletter No.6
Pages: 21-45
Description
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[Book] 地球儀の社会史2005
Author(s)
千田 稔
Total Pages
185
Publisher
ナカニシヤ出版
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
