@article{oai:minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004329,
 author = {杉島, 敬志 and Sugishima, Takashi},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {国立民族学博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {A number of leading studies on the symbolism of the house in
eastern Indonesia share the common viewpoint which compares
the house to a microcosm. For example, in a recent monograph
Forth states "the Rindi house is a microcosm which in its structure
expresses categories and principles with the widest applications
in Rindi thought and action, and so provides a comprehensive
representation of orderly, universal form and relations" (FORTH
1980: 1).
The purpose of this paper is to reconsider this kind of cosmological
viewpoint in detail, and to present a more relevant
viewpoint for the symbolism of the house in eastern Indonesia.
In chapter 1, several definitions of microcosm are compared
to extract some general components comprising the concept of
microcosm. On the basis of these conceptual components the
following definition of microcosm is derived: the microcosm is
the smaller structure among those governed by a regular order
and constructed on the same organizing principle.
In chapter 2, some influential studies of the symbolism of the
house in eastern Indonesia are reexamined by the use of that
definition. In this reexamination it is demonstrated that the
house of the area is not a structure governed by a regular order
and constucted by the same organizing principle as that of
macrocosm or social world.
In chapter 3, a more relevant viewpoint for the study of the
symbolism of the house in eastern Indonesia is presented on theA number of leading studies on the symbolism of the house in
eastern Indonesia share the common viewpoint which compares
the house to a microcosm. For example, in a recent monograph
Forth states "the Rindi house is a microcosm which in its structure
expresses categories and principles with the widest applications
in Rindi thought and action, and so provides a comprehensive
representation of orderly, universal form and relations" (FORTH
1980: 1).
The purpose of this paper is to reconsider this kind of cosmological
viewpoint in detail, and to present a more relevant
viewpoint for the symbolism of the house in eastern Indonesia.
In chapter 1, several definitions of microcosm are compared
to extract some general components comprising the concept of
microcosm. On the basis of these conceptual components the
following definition of microcosm is derived: the microcosm is
the smaller structure among those governed by a regular order
and constructed on the same organizing principle.
In chapter 2, some influential studies of the symbolism of the
house in eastern Indonesia are reexamined by the use of that
definition. In this reexamination it is demonstrated that the
house of the area is not a structure governed by a regular order
and constucted by the same organizing principle as that of
macrocosm or social world.
In chapter 3, a more relevant viewpoint for the study of the
symbolism of the house in eastern Indonesia is presented on the
basis of data collected during my field research (May, 1983
to March, 1985) among the Lionese people of Central Flores.
That is, the house is a kind of setting which interacts with the
symbolic actions in or around the house, and is interpreted in
accordance with the symbolic actions. In other words, while
interacting, it provides the incentive to construct the various
images of possible worlds.
As van Wouden pointed out in his article on Kodi, "a house
is a structure in more than the material sense" (VAN WOUDEN
1977: 192). However, as mentioned above, it is not necessary
to compare the house in eastern Indonesia with a microcosm.
Accordingly, viewpoints more relevant for the study of the symbolism
of house in the area must be developed.},
 pages = {183--220},
 title = {舞台装置としての家屋 : 東インドネシアにおける家屋のシンボリズムに関する一考察},
 volume = {13},
 year = {1988},
 yomi = {スギシマ, タカシ}
}