Basic Research to Establish a "Public Folklore" in Response toContemporary Civil Society

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This research successfully established a “turning point” for Japanese Folklore, in that it helped Japanese Folklore to correspond with contemporary civil society by introducing the concept of “Public Folklore,” which is now becoming dominant in folklore studies outside of Japan. Accordingly, the basic methodology, theories and themes were revealed, and this enabled diverse actors of folklorists, who were previously divided into distinct categories (such as academic folklorists, public sector folklorists and extra-academic folklorists), to utilize this approach when involved in collaborations relating to some practical issues in society.