Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Miscellanea | Small-scale Fisheries in Japan
Capitolo | The Endurance and the Transformation of the Traditional Boats Race

The Endurance and the Transformation of the Traditional Boats Race

On the Powers of Shaping the Folk Festival

Abstract

Now Japanese fishery and fishing villages are confronted with a difficult situation, for example, the erosion of fishing population, aging and etc. For this reason, Japanese fishery and fishing villages are asked for multilateral functions rather than only fishery production to survive themselves. In these social context, how fishing villagers do practice the folk festival in Japan? Firstly this article, giving a traditional event of boat race in a fishing village in south western Japan, clarifies the endurance and the transformation of it. Secondly, considering the causes and the conditions, this research sheds light on the significance of the practices between fishermen and the public, and on the problems of the powers between the fishing village and the government. Finally, it discusses the framework of research to be able to capture contemporary Japanese small scale fishery.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 12 Settembre 2017 | Accettato: 26 Dicembre 2017 | Pubblicato 26 Marzo 2018 | Lingua: en

Keywords Folk eventPublic participationMultilateral functionInvisibilisation of differencePracticePower


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