Research Director: Kazuki Goto (Associate Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Planning and Management)
Collaborative researcher: Kazunari Togawa (Faculty of Policy Planning and Management)
Itaru Matsui (CEO of Little Nero Films LLC)

Project Purpose

In modern Japan, where the population decline is accelerating, the sustainability of local communities has become an urgent issue. How can media, especially video media, contribute to the sustainability of local communities? In this study, we explore the process in which documentary filmmakers who record the activities of local communities on film and local residents dig up local memories through collaborations such as filming and screenings, thereby creating a sustainable local community for the future and sharing it locally. We will clarify how documentary filmmaking can be an opportunity for the endogenous and sustainable reproduction of local communities.