著者
大野 哲也
出版者
社会学研究会
雑誌
ソシオロジ (ISSN:05841380)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.53, no.2, pp.73-90,198, 2008-10-31 (Released:2015-06-06)
参考文献数
23
被引用文献数
1

Many regions in contemporary Japan are struggling to achieve the revitalization of local communities, where depopulation is progressing day by day. Under these circumstances, those communities having a unique culture or nature have discovered the possibility of revitalization through registration as a World Heritage Site. In order to turn their own nature or culture into tourist resources, many such communities are trying to apply for World Heritage registration. The world “heritage” has another important meaning in Japanese society. The policy of the World Heritage Convention is “development through protection”, which is quite different from the policy of “either protection or development” which has been maintained by the Japanese administration. The fact that World Heritage sites became tourist attractions opened up the possibility for development while protecting, without destroying significant culture and nature. Even though Owase City in Mie Prefecture has been registered as a World Cultural Heritage site, there are some people who are still strongly opposed to the registration. Owase has “Yaki-yama”, one of the famous tourist panoramic viewpoints in “Kumano-kodo¯”, registered in 2004 as the World Heritage site “Kii-sanchi no reijo¯ to sankeido¯: Kumano-kodo¯” (Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes of the Kii Mountain Range). Why does Owase maintain its objection despite its problem of depopulation? Taking this question as a starting point, this paper introduces the logic of their protest, while exploring another possibility of local community revitalization based on the arguments accumulated in the field of sociology.
著者
大野 哲也
出版者
日本社会学会
雑誌
社会学評論 (ISSN:00215414)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.58, no.3, pp.268-285, 2007-12-31 (Released:2010-04-01)
参考文献数
27
被引用文献数
1 1

現代日本社会において,「私は誰なのか」という問いを抱えて苦悩している人たちの存在が顕在化している.現代における最も尊重されるべき社会的価値の一つが「個人の自律性」であるからこそ,皮肉なことに,個々人は自己のアイデンティティを常に確認しなければならないという状況を生じさせているのである.たとえば現在,社会で流通している「自分探し」という言葉は,自己のアイデンティティをめぐって人々が葛藤している事態をよく表している.このような「自分らしさ」への渇望状況において,人々から着目されたのがバックパッキングだった.アイデンティティが他者と差異化することでもたらされるのならば,多様な文化を長期間にわたって経験する「放浪」は,アイデンティティの構築実践そのものだといえるだろう.そして実際,観光社会学のバックパッキング研究においては,旅におけるアイデンティティ刷新の可能性を肯定的に捉える主張が繰り返しなされてきた.しかしながらバックパッキングを取り巻く環境は大きく変化してきている.旅のマニュアル本の存在が証明しているように,旅がマス・ツーリズムと同様に,商品化されていく過程が確認できるのだ.そこで本稿ではアジアを旅する日本人バックパッカーを事例として,冒険的な旅だと表象されてきたバックパッキングが,どのように現代社会の中で再定位され,それがいかなる文化・社会的意義を有しているのかについて考察する.
著者
大野 哲也
出版者
社会学研究会
雑誌
ソシオロジ (ISSN:05841380)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.53, no.2, pp.73-90,198, 2008

Many regions in contemporary Japan are struggling to achieve the revitalization of local communities, where depopulation is progressing day by day. Under these circumstances, those communities having a unique culture or nature have discovered the possibility of revitalization through registration as a World Heritage Site. In order to turn their own nature or culture into tourist resources, many such communities are trying to apply for World Heritage registration. The world "heritage" has another important meaning in Japanese society. The policy of the World Heritage Convention is "development through protection", which is quite different from the policy of "either protection or development" which has been maintained by the Japanese administration. The fact that World Heritage sites became tourist attractions opened up the possibility for development while protecting, without destroying significant culture and nature. Even though Owase City in Mie Prefecture has been registered as a World Cultural Heritage site, there are some people who are still strongly opposed to the registration. Owase has "Yaki-yama", one of the famous tourist panoramic viewpoints in "Kumano-kodo¯", registered in 2004 as the World Heritage site "Kii-sanchi no reijo¯ to sankeido¯: Kumano-kodo¯" (Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes of the Kii Mountain Range). Why does Owase maintain its objection despite its problem of depopulation? Taking this question as a starting point, this paper introduces the logic of their protest, while exploring another possibility of local community revitalization based on the arguments accumulated in the field of sociology.