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An Alternative Rural Development Model on the basis of Rural History and Culture; Action for Mutual Learning the Significance of Rural Culture through Networking of the People between Asian Developing Countries and Japan

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  1. Leader:ANDO, Kazuo (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
  2. Term:November, 2008 - Octover, 2009
  3. Sponsor:The Toyota Foundation
  4. Assiginment:In the developing countries in Asia, the modernization has neglected the experience and knowledge, which have been obtained in the rural communities from one generation to another generation and the rural development regarding the economic development as an importance has been given since 1960s. Consequently, the rural societies have rapidly been changed. It has been gradually observed that the community function has become weak. This project aims to challenge this difficult problem caused by globalization of the modernization through international trustworthy networking-action of the people in the rural communities, the NGOs, the NPOs, the local governments and the Universities in Laos and Japan. In the project, especially, the rural culture of Laos has been highlighted and the rural cultural museum program will be supported by the people participating in this project from Laos and Japan, who will mutually learn and support each rural culture with the broad perspective of Asia and the experience of "CHIIKI-OKOSHI (Rural Development)" by the active and subjective participation of the rural people in Japan. As an output, the project will propose an Alternative Asian Rural Development Model (AARDM) to encourage the people to live in their rural communities with spiritual support through re-evaluating and re-creating/re-establishing the rural culture(Quoted from Home Page of Toyota Foundation).
  5. Nomver of Project Members (No. in CSEAS):14 (3)