A Comparative Study of the History of Folklore Studies since the 1950s in Germany and Japan : Academic Interests and Society

战后德国民俗学研究一直是与德国政治、经济和社会状况的发展趋势密切相关的。注意到这一事实，本研究的目的是澄清该研究的多因素发展的历史，并将这一历史与日本的历史进行比较。我们选取了十所大学研究所，对它们的历史、研究和教育进行了具体的追溯。从比较的角度看，法西斯社会时期民俗学研究的学术化、高增长时期民俗学方法论的反思、统一后作为研究对象的欧化三个阶段是至关重要的。

The folklore study of postwar Germany has been developing deeply concerned with the trend of political, economical and social conditions of Germany. Noting this fact, the aim of this research is set to clarify the history of the multifactorial development of the study, and to compare this history with that of Japan. We selected ten university institutes, to trace their own history, research and education concretely. It became clear that the following three phases are critical from the comparative perspective : academization of the folklore study in the fascistic society, rethinking folklore methodology in the high growth period, and Europeanization as a research subject after the reunification.