The Study of the Relationship between Performance Activities and Rhythm : Sports., Martial Arts, Performing Arts and Children's Play

我们研究的主要目的是研究节奏与体育、娱乐和舞蹈等表演活动之间的关系。为此，我们一方面查阅了大量研究演奏和节奏的文献。另一方面，每位调查人员都在特定的研究领域进行了探索，其中包括在体育领域，足球（直接观察关西学生足球联合会的比赛，并采访了Biwako精井体育学院的教练和球员）和船（直接观察朝日帆船赛，并采访了琉球大学赛艇俱乐部的成员）；在表演艺术领域，能剧（采访KOMPARU Yasuyuki）和现代舞（观察黑田郁代和她的公司的表演）。在2005-2006财政年度，我们进行了理论研究和实地调查，收集数据，并举办了研讨会，讨论节奏和性能如何相互关联。在2007财年，我们在日本社会学学会年会等多个会议上展示了我们的研究成果，并在《琉球大学研究生院公报》等学术期刊上发表了部分研究成果。在社会学领域，对表演的研究并不多，我们的研究试图从节奏的角度来探讨。我们对节奏的关注源于表演者的身体可以通过节奏产生，他们的表演可以作为“身体社会学”来探索。我们相信，我们对节奏成体的研究将为社会学拓展一个视野。

The main purpose of our research was to study the relationship between rhythm and performance activities such as sports, entertainment and dance.For that purpose, we have, on the one hand, examined an extensive body of literature for studies of performance and rhythm. On the other hand, each of the investigators took up specific fields of research to explore, which included, in the field of sports, soccer (direct observation of matches in the Students' Soccer Federation of Kansai, and interview with coach and players of Biwako Seikei Sport College) and boat (direct observation of Asahi Regatta, and interview with members of Ryukoku University Boat Club); in the field of performing arts, Noh play (interview with KOMPARU Yasuyuki) and contemporary dance (observation of the performance by KURODA Ikuyo and her company).During Fiscal Year 2005-2006, we conducted both theoretical study and field research for collecting data, and held workshops to discuss how rhythm and performance relate to each other. In Fiscal Year 2007, we presented the results of our research at several meetings including the annual meeting of the Japan Sociological Society, and also published part of the results in The Bulletin of the Graduate School of Ryukoku University and other academic journals.In the field of sociology, not much research has been conducted on performance, which our research attempted to approach in terms of rhythm. Our focus on rhythm is derived from the notion that the body of performers could be generated through rhythm, and that their performance could be explored as the "sociology of the body". We believe that our study of the becoming-body through rhythm will expand a horizon for sociology.