5Joint ResearchResearch ResourcesOverviewTraining and Capacity BuildingOrganizationOrganizationInformation Resources Center (IRC)Information Resources Center (IRC) is a center within ILCAA to serve and assist the academic community both within Japan and abroad; it is committed to collecting, compiling, storing, and disseminating information resources related to the languages and cultures of Asia and Africa.http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/about/organization/irc/Field Science Center (FSC)In 2004, the center was tentatively established as a preparatory section within ILCAA. Then, since April 2005, FSC has ofcially started its activities. The original purpose of FSC is to establish ‘eld science’ as a discipline by developing methods of eld research in humanities, social and natural sciences. It also serves as a center for systematic accumulation of records of eld research conducted by Japanese scholars and for enhancing collaboration and communication among eld researchers.http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/about/organization/fsc/The Institute consists of the Research Project Division, comprising ve research units (Field Linguistics, Culture Dynamics, Politics and Culture, Information Resources Strategy, and Written and Oral Corpus) and two centers (Information Resources Center and Field Science Center). All members of the Institute staff belong to one of these units or centers, and while pursuing their individual research, they organize and conduct joint research projects with scholars within and outside the Institute and also with those outside Japan. The Institute fully deploys these resources to meet its commitment to promote the research activities worthy of a truly international research center.Research Project DivisionInformation Resources Center (IRC)Culture Dynamics Unit・Empirical studies on actual state of human culture based on eldwork・Theoretical studies of culture viewed from the history of mankindPolitics and Culture Unit・Elucidation of political developments of nations/areas through analyses of・their cultural backgroundField Linguistics Unit・Fundamental studies on methodology of language description based on empirical research via eldworkInformation Resources Strategy Unit・Construction of new processing system for linguistic and cultural information・Development of methods of providing and publishing linguistic and cultural・information (the unit responsible for GICAS (Corpora of Asian Script) Center)Written and Oral Corpus Unit・Construction of system for analysis of linguistic and cultural information of Asia and Africa, and theorization through the systemField Science Center (FSC)DirectorDeputy DirectorCouncil(see pp.6-7)Advisory Boards and Advisory Committee
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