Establishing mutual supporting system to support the study of the globalization of sport in Asia and the Pacific Region

该项目的主要目标是(1)在亚太地区开展体育与全球化的关系研究；(2)与该地区对体育和体育社会研究感兴趣的研究人员进行交流；(3)与这些学者建立研究和教育联系，以促进体育研究和全球化。项目成员在第一年和第二年前往泰国、缅甸、马来西亚、新加坡、菲律宾、台湾、中国、韩国、斐济和澳大利亚等国进行实地调研，以调查其体育、社会和文化之间的关系。他们会见了当地的学者，讨论了研究课题，并建立了网络。他们中的一些人开始了联合研究项目。成员们在小组的研讨会上报告了他们的实地研究结果，研讨会每年举行3到4次。该项目邀请了泰国、韩国和中国等海外专家参加研讨会，并邀请嘉宾介绍他们对本国体育的看法和信息。项目成员于2004年9月在日本滋贺大学举办了一个名为亚洲体育研究论坛：通过体育阅读亚洲和大洋洲的国际论坛。来自泰国、马来西亚、菲律宾、台湾、中国、韩国、斐济、澳大利亚、新西兰和日本的约40名学者参加了论坛。共发表论文21篇，召开座谈会3场，文艺演出2场。学者们就包括全球化在内的体育和体育的社会和文化环境交流了意见和信息，并讨论了如何建立网络来促进体育、社会和文化的研究。论坛的成果以印刷版和光盘的形式公布。

The main goals of this project are (1)to conduct researches in the relationship between sport and the globalization in Asia and the Pacific region, (2)to communicate with researchers interested in social studies of sport and physical culture in the region, and (3)to establish research and educational links with these scholars to promote studies in sport, and globalization.Members of the project, went to countries in the first and second years such as Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia Singapore, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Korea, Fiji and Australia to conduct, field researches to investigate the relationships between its sport, society and culture. They met local scholars, discussed about research topics, and established networks. Some of them started joint research projects.Members reported the result, of their field research at the group's seminars, which were held 3 to 4 times a year. The project invited overseas gusts such as from Thailand, Korea and China to the seminar and provided guests to introduce their views and information on sports in their countries.The project members organized an international forum entitled Asian Sport Studies Forum : Reading Asia and Oceania through Sport, which was held in September 2004 at Shiga University, Japan. About 40 scholars from Thailand, Malaysia the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Korea, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and Japan participated in the forum. 21 papers were presented, 3 symposia were held and 2 artistic performances were shown. Scholars exchanged ideas and information on social and cultural environments surrounding sport and physical cultures including globalization, and discussed how they could establish network to promote studies on sport, society and culture.The results of the forum were published as the Proceedings both in print and CD.