日本人文地理学的发展特征与动态

DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS OF JAPANESE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

日本人文地理学多年来在吸收欧美人文地理学研究成果的基础上,逐渐形成了自身的研究特点。包括在研究方法上强调区域调查,在研究体制上强调社会分工,在研究成果的评价上重质而轻量等等。二战后,日本人文地理学由于远离应用而导致学会规模缩小、影响力下降,对中国人文地理学是一个前车之鉴。但同时,其成熟的研究规范和富有东方特色的研究体制也是中国同行学习的对象。本文结合笔者的留学经验,概述了日本人文地理学的基本现状、发展特点和发展趋向,并分析了其对中国人文地理学的借鉴意义。

This paper reviews the development stages of Japanese human geography, summarizes the characteristics and trends. The status of human geography is declining in Japan. The scale of the memberships and its impact arc going down. The number of students is also decreasing. However, the study of human geography has been in the period of maturity in Japan. Based on the grafted academic system of the West, the Japanese human geography gradually got their self characteristics and styles. For instance, the importance of fieldworks in the research process is highlighted, the division of labor in the research structure is carefully designed, and research quality is taken as more important than quantity in the evaluation of outcomes. In this sense, the reduction in society scale of Japanese human geography is a reference to the Chinese human geography; its research standard and research system also are helpful to the reformation and development of our filed. In this way, the authors hope to push forward the healthy development of Chinese human geography.