Counter-Public Spheres and Social Movement Networks

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19530486
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Kure National College of Technology
Principal Investigator	KIHARA Shigeya Kure National College of Technology, 人文社会系分野, 准教授 (20259922)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	社会学 / 政治学 / 社会運動 / 公共圏 / 公害
Research Abstract	This study picks up activities of Jun Ui who was a scientist and an activist of anti-pollution movements, and inspects how experiences of pollution victims were discussed and how public opinion spaces called counter-public spheres were created. Athis study inspects how Jun Ui understood pollution problems, how he conveyed informations of pollutions and how constructed infrastructures which sent informations of pollutions all over Japan.