Joint Research (Type IV）
Development of Information Sharing Systems for Area Studies through International
Cooperation
Project Leader: HOSHIKAWA. Keisuke, Center for Integrated Area Studies,
Kyoto University
（Term：2009 - 2010）
- Joint Seminars in 2009 - 2010 Fiscal Year
- Outline of Joint Research
- This project will hold meetings for researchers who are making or managing
data sharing systems for area studies in Japan and Thailand to discuss
how data sharing/broadcasting system can be developed. In addition to the
members of this research, some researchers in Thailand will participate
in the meetings. These meetings will also establish or strengthen relationships
between organizations and researchers.
- Furthermore, an internet-based database sharing system will be created
that can be used by local people who wish to broadcast historical documents
or cultural materials such as bailan (palm leaf documents) of Thailand
that have been being used in local society for several generations.
- Two research meetings will be held in FY2010. Firstly in Japan with domestic
participants and another at the Bangkok Liaison Office with participants
both from Thai and Japan.
- Purpose of Joint Research
-
This study aims to promote the sharing and broadcasting of data resources
for area studies through discussions among researchers who are making or
managing data sharing systems for area studies in Japan and Thailand. The
recent rapid development of information technologies, internet-based databases
or data sharing systems that offer important data resources for area studies
are significantly increasing. Such data sharing projects are often independently
developing their own systems although other systems use similar technology
or interfaces and deal with similar types of information. Information exchanges
between such projects will help to make their systems more useful. As a
further goal, partnership or integration between systems can be expected
in the future.
This study also aims to make a prototype of a data sharing system that
enable people to easily share their data. In particular, this data sharing
system will assist local researchers to organize and broadcast local historical/cultural
documents that they are using for their research activities.
- Outline of Result
- June 2011, this project held a joint research meeting was held at Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS) under the joint auspices of a CIAS joint research project “Development a generic database system for sharing old manuscripts in the Southeast Asia”. This meeting was attended by ten researchers who are making or managing data sharing systems for area studies in Japan. They reported about their database systems or their projects for sharing old manuscripts or field notes of a researcher in Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, etc. In addition, they discussed how collaborate with databases in overseas, how modify data broadcasting systems, and how to broadcast datasets that are prepared by the attendants.
In Thailand, a prototype of a data sharing system that enable people to
share documents and materials for area studies under cooperation with a
local freelance researcher, Mr. Cheymongkol Chalermsukjitsr, who are trying
to digitalize local palm-leaf documents (bailan) and broadcast database
of them via internet. Thousand of digital images of palm-leaf documents
and a meta data list for them were made in this project. On March 12, 2011,
a technical meeting for the development of the prototype model was held
at the Bangkok Liaison Office, CSEAS, Kyoto University. Six researchers
including Mr. Cheymongkol and two co-researchers attended and discussed
how the dataset and methodology for data making should be modified. This
prototype and experiences obtained through the development will be used
for further cooperation with other local researchers who are trying to
broadcast their datasets.
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