MODERN FOLKLORE STUDIES FOR RE-ORGANIZATION PROCESS OF LOCAL CULTURES THROUGH THE STAGING OF THE FOLK PERFORMING ARTS

本研究项目旨在分析各种民间表演艺术通过大型节庆活动作为地方文化上演和重组的过程，并阐明各个表演艺术群体在舞台设置下的实际状况。研究程序如下：1)研究人员调查了美国关于民俗学和假文学概念的理论争议，这两个概念都可以为本研究项目提供有效的框架。(2)对2003年广岛市第11届全国地方传统艺术节和2004年茨城第12届全国地方传统艺术节进行了参与性观察。(3)对岩手县北上市Michinoku民间艺术节进行了观察性调查，以便与国家级规模的节日进行比较。4)最后，研究者对爱媛县宇和岛的“野舞”和香川县万野町的“万野鼓”等民间表演艺术团体进行了实地调查。

This research project was to analyze the process in which various folk performing arts are staged and reorganized as local culture through the large-scale festival events, and to elucidate the actual conditions of each performing arts group under the staged settings. The research procedures were as follows. 1)The researcher investigated the theoretical controversy over the concepts of folklorism and fakelore in the Unite States both of which could provide the effective framework for this research project. 2)The researcher made the participant observations on the 11th National Festival of Regional Traditional Performing Arts 2003 in Hiroshima and the 12th National Festival of Regional Traditional Performing Arts 2004 in Ibaraki. 3)The researcher also conducted observing survey on the Michinoku Folk Performing Arts Festival at Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture for the sake of comparison with national scale festivals. 4)Finally, the researcher made some fieldworks on such folk performing arts groups as Yatsushika-odori (Yatsushika Dance) at Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture and Manno Daiko (Manno Drum) at Manno Town, Kagawa Prefecture.