Interdisciplinary Study on the Folklore of Bedouin in Egypt.

1. 研究的目的。本研究的目的是通过跨学科和民族志研究，纠正和分析贝都因人传统民间传说的原始阿拉伯元素，并观察其现代转变。野外考察的主要地区：西奈南部。研究领域：民族音乐学、文献学、考古学、文化人类学。实地考察和家庭作业项目：(1)记录阿拉伯方言词汇。(2)记录贝都因人的民间音乐和民间舞蹈。(3)记录贝都因人的民间故事和诗歌。破译圣凯瑟琳修道院的旧文件。(5)通过贝都因文化研究阿拉伯文化的根源。(6)研究红海文明对贝都因人传统的影响。(7)研究现代贝都因人文化的变迁。(8)研究沙漠城市化与文化的相互关系。

1. The purpose of the research.The purpose of this research is to correct and analyze the original Arabic elements of the Bedouin's traditional folklore and to observe its modern transformation, through interdiciplinary and ethnographic study.2. The main area of fieldwork : The southern Sinai.3. The academic fields of the researchers : ethnomusicology, philology, archeology, and culturalanthropology.4. Project of fieldwork and homework :(1) To record Arabic dialectal vocabulary.(2) To record Bedouins' folk-music and folk-dance.(3) To record Bedouins' folk-tales and poetry.(4) To decipher the old documents of St. Catherine's Monastery.(5) To study the roots of Arabic culture through that of Bedouin's.(6) To study the influences of the Red Sea civilization on Bedouins' tradition.(7) To study the transformation of the modern Bedouins' culture.(8) To study the interrelationship between desert urbanization and the culture.