2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Technology introduction and social change in modern Manchuria

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	17H02010
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology/History of science and technology
Research Institution	Kindai University
Principal Investigator	Ueda Takako 近畿大学, 文芸学部, 教授 (00411653)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	小都晶子摂南大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (00533671) 猪股祐介特定非営利活動法人社会理論・動態研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (20513245) 佐藤量立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 非常勤講師 (20587753) 蘭信三大和大学, 社会学部, 教授 (30159503) 坂部晶子名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (60433372) 永井リサ帝京大学, 経済学部, 講師 (60615219) 西澤泰彦名古屋大学, 環境学研究科, 教授 (80242915)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords	中国東北 / 医療 / 畜産業 / 林業 / 少数民族 / 技術導入 / 人口管理 / 植民者
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This project observed the modernization process in Manchuria. This region was the periphery in the Chinese cultural sphere, made up of minority ethnic groups, such as Mongolian, Manchurian, and others. Because of the periphery, significant external powers, especially Japan and Russia, tried to profit from the region and tried to colonize Manchuria. It has been said that the enterprises of those external powers brought in modern technology, promoted industrial formation, and developed the region. However, local society itself also has managed to make progress into modernization. We focused on the integration between colonial and local modernizations. This project found that these externally-introduced technologies were not always smoothly accepted. The technologies would eventually be accepted only after understanding, adopting, and integrating local knowledge. That is, not only advanced technology but also local deep knowledge contributed to modernization in Manchuria.
Free Research Field	中国史
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	現在の中国東北地域が、少数民族社会を基層に持ちつつ、華北型の漢人社会の植民、日本の近代植民地勢力による接収、中国国民党されには共産党による接収と度重なる植民・接収を経て形成された地域である。従来の植民地研究では列強の植民地形成だけに焦点を当ててきたが、長期にわたる視点でとらえることで、外来勢力は新たな技術をもたらすが、それだけでは適応できず、先住の地域社会の知見を取り入れ統合されるなかで新たな地域社会が形成されるという理解が得られ、近代的植民地経験もその一過程と考えられる。