In order to address the needs of a low birthrate and an aging population, we need to reconstruct communities that are declining. The purpose of this paper is to analyze, through concepts, such as memory, space and placeless which is coined by Edward Relph, the process of reconstruction of a community in the suburb of Naha City in Okinawa, where there are longtime residents and newcomers. At first, I will analyze on the community the effect of Azashi-making which means the residents compiling historical data into a book by themselves. Secondly, I will treat the young men's association. The association, which temporarily had suspended its activities, started again a few years ago. They revived an old custom, Eisa, which is the dance devoted to their ancestors. The revival involved both longtime residents and newcomers in the reconstruction of a community. They evoked the community's memories by Azashi-making and the revival of Eisa and began to have a special attachment to their community. Put simply, to reconstruct communities, they instilled their memory into the place which has been mixed by both longtime residents and newcomers.

特集文化人類学の現代的課題II
特集文化人類学の現代的課題II
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