A research of significance and potential of the local currency for making a welfare community

在上田市长野县的下蒙果地区，非营利性组织Kakusei kurashukuri Koubou Commit三年前发布了当地货币IKUTAL。发行这种当地货币的目的是为了在入学的学生和老年的老居民之间进行交流，并为这两个社会阶层之间的相互帮助建立新的社区。我们在三年的时间里进行了三次与kurashizukuri koubou相关的社会实验。并对三年来当地货币的流量变化、居民对当地货币的认知程度、兑换行为的内容、不同社会阶层之间的联系程度进行了调查。Gakusei kurashizukuri koubou表演了交流社团、痴呆症预防讲座、烤土豆社团，作为娱乐与当地货币。并表演了Goyoukiki Houmon，学生们走访老年人之家寻求帮助。结果，我们扮演了重要的角色，使当地货币成为不同社会阶层之间的社区。此外，我们还考虑了当地货币的形式，这种货币对于有固定关系的老年人来说很容易消费。

At Shimonogo area, Ueda-city Nagano.pref., The non-profit Organization Gakusei kurashizukuri koubou commit published the local currency IKUTAL three years ago. The purpose of the publish of this local currency is interchange between a student, as entering inhabitants and the senior citizen, old inhabitants, and to make the new community for mutual help between those two social layers.We performed three times of social experiments in connection with Gakusei kurashizukuri koubou for three years. And we conducted an investigation into a change of the traffic of the local currency, a cognitive degree of the local currency among the inhabitants, the contents of the action of interchange, the degree of relations between the different society layers for three years. Gakusei kurashizukuri koubou performed interchange society, a dementia prevention lecture, baked potato society, as recreation with a local currency. And Performed Goyoukiki Houmon which students visited the senior citizen's houses for help.As a result, it developed that we took an important role so that a local currency for making community between the different society layers. In addition, we were able to consider the form of the local currency that was easy to spend for a senior citizen in constant relations.