The Construction of Collective Memory in Jyana, Nakijin Village, Kunigami County, Okinawa:

Through Qualitative Analysis of Group Interviews

Abstract

In this study: use of group interviews and construct a collective memory of the village, from which will attempt to reconstruct the spatial cognition of the local people.Using SCAT for textual data analysis. This method is also effective for relatively small qualitative data analysis, such as a single case data or free description columns of questionnaires. SCAT method to derive theoretical stories about place and space from the superficial conversations of the interviewed subjects, collect these stories, and reconstruct the structure of space and place based on collective memory.