Generation of \u22Communitise of practice\u22 by merging the regional communities and unibersity. : A case-analysis of the developmental process in activities of \u22Pucture Book Carnival\u22

Based on the previous study (Niina, 2007) in which a number of concepts concerning \u22communities of practice were reviewed the present study investigated the way how the field for activity is generates by the university and regional communities by focusing on \u22ways of participation.\u22 As cases for this investigation activities called \u22Picture book carnival\u22 in Yamato town (Kumamoto Prefecture) ware taken for the analysis of the process by which the field for activity was jointly generated by the university and regional communities on four occasions over the four years period. Results indicated that over the period there was a shift in the responsible from the university to the regional communities in the way how the participating groups are organized, the designing initiatives and the book selection were conducted. The region was connected with the university through \u22loose relations\u22 by means of artifacts such as the picture books and the furniture used. A methodological implication of this study where the field for study itself is generated through the projective action by the practice-research was discussed