Interdisciplinary Study on Rural Social Change in Modern China

为了准备我们在河北省栾城县四北寨村的田野调查，我们翻译了去年田野调查的所有记录，并重新研究了《中国之乡观光记》中1940年的村庄记录，并在这些数据的基础上制定了进一步采访的详细计划。然后，我们于9月4日至9月19日访问了中国，并进行了以下研究：1。四北寨村采访; 2.北五里铺邻村概况调查; 3.对栾城县地方史专家的访谈;收集私人持有的文件，包括合同和家谱;以及5.制作详细的四北寨家庭位置图。由于这是项目资助的最后一年，我们的成员之一内山正男和助手李恩民于11月20日至12月3日访问了中国，与我们的合作伙伴中国学者就我们的研究成果和出版计划进行了磋商。他们还到山东省黎城县冷水渠村进行了考察。这个村庄也是包括在Kanko Chosa的那些村庄之一。目前，我们正在准备发表我们的研究结果，目前正在翻译剩余的采访记录和收集的文件。

In preparation for our field work in Sibeizhai village (Luancheng county, Hebei Province) we translated all of the transcripts of last year's field work interviews and restudied the 1940's records of the village which are included in the Chugoku Noson Kanko Chosa, and on the basis of that data made detailed plans for further interviewing. We then visited China from September 4 to September 19, and conducted the following research : 1. Interviewing in Sibeizhai village ; 2. Survey of general conditions in the neighboring village of Beiwulipu ; 3. Interviews with local history experts in Luancheng county ; 4. Collection of documents held in private hands, including contracts and family genealogies ; and 5. Construction of a detailed map showing the location of every family in Sibeizhai village.Since this was the final year of the project grant, one of our members Uchiyama Masao together with an assistant, Li Enmin, visited China from November 20 to December 3 to consult with the Chinese scholars who are our partners in this joint research project about the results of our research and plans for publication. They also visited and did a brief survey of Lengshuiqou village in Licheng county, Shandong. This village is also one of the villages included in the Kanko Chosa. At present we are in the process of preparing to publish the results of our research, and are currently translating the remaining interview transcripts and collected documents.