2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Artistry and meaning of art and cultural activities by Hansen's disease patients and persons affected with leprosy.
| Project/Area Number |
25770072
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Art at large
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| Research Institution | Osaka University of Economics and Law |
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Principal Investigator |
KIM KWIBOON 大阪経済法科大学, アジア太平洋研究センター, 研究員 (20648711)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 芸術文化活動 / ハンセン病 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
What purpose do those patients and persons affected with leprosy who were forced to lifelong isolation in Hansen’s disease sanatorium, commit themselves into artistic and cultural activities? And wondering if they had found any meaning in there.
This study is intended to reveal the significance of various art and cultural activities, such as painting, calligraphy, ceramics, handicrafts, ever deployed by the patients and persons affected with leprosy in Japanese Hansen’s disease sanatorium. Also by carrying out the interviews, as well as research work from people involved in art and cultural activities in those sanatoriums, achieved the original purpose.
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| Free Research Field |
書道史、美術史
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