<Articles>Potential of East Asian Folklore from a comparative perspective

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  • 比較の視点からみた東アジアの民俗学
  • ヒカク ノ シテン カラ ミタ ヒガシアジア ノ ミンゾクガク

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This paper considers the potential of the study of folklore on the East Asian scale, instead of the national. From a comparative perspective I refer the experience of German folklore studies. German folklore studies has changed its own name from Volkskunde (folklore) to the field of many names, such as European Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Empirische Kulturwissenschaft (empirical cultural science), and/or the combinations of these names. Based on the understanding of the character of folklore studies as porous and transdisciplinary, I compare the study of folklore in the East Asian countries on the following aspects : the formation of the field ; the institutionalization of the discipline ; the situation of professional institutions such as university, archives, and museums ; the situation of association activities of laypersons ; and the relationship with the national politics. I aim to explore the potential of East Asian Folklore Studies.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 118 141-151, 2021-11-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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