"Minikomi" as research resource : The case of the Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies, Rikkyo University(<Special feature>"Free paper" in Japan)

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  • Hirano Izumi
    Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies, Rikkyo University

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  • 研究資源としての「ミニコミ」 : 立教大学共生社会研究センターの事例(<特集>フリーペーパー)
  • 研究資源としての「ミニコミ」 : 立教大学共生社会研究センターの事例
  • ケンキュウ シゲン ト シテ ノ 「 ミニコミ 」 : リッキョウ ダイガク キョウセイ シャカイ ケンキュウ センター ノ ジレイ

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This paper aims to show how a genre of grassroots, non-commercial, and hard-to-locate serial publications called "minikomi" can be a rich resource for research. By examining the case of a large minikomi collection at the Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies, Rikkyo University, which currently employs the author, the study reveals the particularity of minikomi as a medium that carries more than written words. Moreover, minikomis are often as interrelated and context-bound as archival documents. The difficulties and challenges in collecting, preserving, and making such aterials available for researchers are then discussed.

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