@article{oai:minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004488,
 author = {杉藤, 重信 and Sugito, Shigenobu},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {国立民族学博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {This paper describes the application of traditional knowledge
in the building and in the repair and reconstruction of buildings on
Elato Atoll, Caroline Islands, Micronesia. The paper consists of three
parts; (1) typology of buildings, the process of building, and the
system of measurement; (2) repairing and reconstruction of buildings;
(3) and specific, traditional knowledge, called rong.
Buildings on Elato Atoll are usually constructed differently according
to function and purpose. Three basic types are distinguished
locally : imw, fale, and mwaluumw. The imw category includes the
dwelling house, spirit house, menstruation house, and delivery house;
fale denotes the canoe house and meeting house; and mwaluumw
mainly refers to the cooking house.
The Elato measurement system used in building construction
plays important roles in determining the sizes of the buildings as well
as in the constituent parts, such as longitudinal tie-beams, tie-beams,
ridge-pole, king-posts, and rafters. Measurement is mainly based on
the "halving system", especially important being (1) the length of
longitudinal tie-beams, (2) the ratio between longitudinal tie-beam
and tie-beam, (3) the ratio between tie-beam and king-post, and (4)
intervals in laying rafters.
The traditional knowledge applied to building repairing and
reconstruction is called rongolibaang. It permits a small group of
people to quickly reconstruct a building without taking it entirely to
pieces. This knowledge deals with six major parts of the building;
supporting-posts, longitudinal tie-beams, tie-beams, rafters, ridgepole,
and the whole roof.
Two types of knowledge are locally distinguished; reepiy (common
knowledge) and rong (closed knowledge which is kept by a specific
membership and concerns the spirit, yalius). This rong is esoteric
knowledge and is considered to be handed down directly from yalius.
It is inherited according to specific rules.
Since 1954, Elato has been Christianized and indigenous beliefs
have declined. Most traditional knowledge has also been forgotten.
However, this particular rongolibaangis the one of the few elements that
still remains, since it is technically effective and useful in the daily
life of the islanders.},
 pages = {349--415},
 title = {家屋の建築・修復に関する伝統的知識と技術 : ミクロネシア・エラート環礁の場合},
 volume = {7},
 year = {1982},
 yomi = {スギトウ, シゲノブ}
}