- 著者
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伊藤 雅一
- 出版者
- 地域社会学会
- 雑誌
- 地域社会学会年報 (ISSN:21893918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.29, pp.89-102, 2017 (Released:2018-05-14)
- 参考文献数
- 18
This study explains the process of community formation through a shopping street union. I conducted a case study of the activities of a shopping street union. The data for the study were obtained through fieldwork and interviews conducted at the Sengen shopping street in the Inage Ward, Chiba City.
In particular, my research focused on the Inage Akari Festival, Yotoboshi. I analyzed perspectives at three levels: (1) actions of shopkeepers who are the main members of the Yotoboshi executiv (actor level), (2) the relationship between various community groups and the shopping street union through the Yotoboshi management (group level), and (3) changing evaluations from outside the community through social policy and media (structure level).
The following factors can be drawn with respect to the three points of view: (1) actor level: the time of the changing generation of shopkeepers in Inage shopping street promoting union, two inspection tours inspiring the union to know the role of the community actors, and understanding the Inage Akari Festival, Yotoboshi through collaboration between the university student group and the shopping street union, (2) group level: collaboration between several community groups and the shopping street union for the management of the festival and the achievement of the meaning of the festival as a community through collaboration and formation of multiple layers of members in the festival executive committee (residents in Inage area, groups of activity based in Inage area, and voluntary participation from outside the Inage area); (3) structure level: positive evaluations for community formed by various media and social policies, and reflexive internalization of the evaluation by core members of the festival’s executive committee (in particular, shopkeepers in the union).
These factors contribute to regional and community studies by clarifying the process of community formation function through a shopping street union. Furthermore, these conclusions are key in studying the local commercial function that depends on the shopping street unions in Japan.