The Mutual Aid of the Infectious Disease Patients and the Formation of Social Welfare

• Project/Area Number: 15K13079
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: ARIZONO Masayo 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 研究員 (90634345)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 医療社会学 / 福祉社会学 / 結核 / ハンセン病 / 相互扶助 / 集団 / コミューン / 社会保障 / 国際比較 / 社会学 / コミュニティ / 東南アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I investigated the suffering of people with Hansen’s disease or tuberculosis in asylum situations under the former Japanese policy of compulsory segregation. I also examined various aspects of their efforts to overcome discrimination, persecution and alienation.
I focused on communal practices involving protests against segregation and surveillance systems; the aim of such actions was to create better living conditions and opportunities for integrating with society.
My study focuses on the power of creation and liberation by describing the history of communal practices of people with Hansen’s disease or tuberculosis in Japan and Southeast Asia.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies/University of California Los Angeles(米国)
• [Journal Article] この島の土になる―解毒剤としての社会調査 (2017)
  • Author(s): 有薗真代
  • Journal Title: 現代思想 Volume: 45巻21号 Pages: 180-193
• [Journal Article] 施設で生きるということ 施設生活者の戦後史からみえてくるもの (2016)
  • Author(s): 有薗真代
  • Journal Title: 世界 Volume: 887 Pages: 49-55
• [Presentation] Formation of the Social Movements in the National Sanatorium for Hansen’s Disease in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Arizono, Masayo
  • Organizer: The 4th Trans-Pacific Workshop, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Book] ハンセン病療養所を生きる―隔離壁を砦に (2017)
  • Author(s): 有薗真代
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: 世界思想社
  • ISBN: 9784790716990
• [Book] ハンセン病療養所を生きる 隔離壁を砦に (2017)
  • Author(s): 有薗真代
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: 世界思想社
• [Book] 新修福岡市史 民俗編 二 (2015)
  • Author(s): 有薗真代
  • Total Pages: 14
  • Publisher: 福岡市史編纂室