A sociological study on a community base as a local place where one belongs

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530617
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: MANABE Tomoko 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 准教授 (70320025)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANABE Hiroshi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 教授 (50293329)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニティ拠点 / コミュニティカフェ / 地域の居場所 / 善隣館

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this present study, we have comprehended people’s places in local community as the base of local community, and we have demonstrated the possibility and issue of forming the base of local community by interviews and fieldworks. In particular, we investigated whether the “Community Cafe” as a site of local community prompted people participating in community activities, and whether it had the possibility of including people in local community. As the result of our research, we could bring about new theoretical findings on the role and function of community in theories of communities in regional sociology.

Free Research Field

社会学