| Project/Area Number |
19K23126
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
GERSTER Julia 東北大学, 災害科学国際研究所, 助教 (90842716)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | Disaster / Revovery / Cutural Memory / Negative Heritage / Tourism / Fukushima / GEJE / Tsunami / disaster heritage / negative heritage / collective memory / cultural memory / DRR / educational tourism / museums / recovery / education / tourism / museum / Bosai Tourism / Dark Tourism / Disaster Recovery / Resilience / Identity / Cultural Memory / 3.11 / Negative heritage / Post-disaster / Earthquake / Nuclear Disaster / Recovery / Narratives / revitalization / disaster risk education / nuclear disaster / depopulation / disaster recovery |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This study clarifies and aims to evaluate how affected municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture try to integrate the negative image of the nuclear disaster in rehabilitation measures. Examples for such practices will be Bosai Tourism and social services improvements in depopulated and aging communities.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research analyzed post-disaster tourism and negative heritage preservation after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. It could clarify a tendency to foreground positive narratives within the disaster response and recovery as featured in tour branding, the selection of disaster heritage sites, and contents of disaster memorial museums. These tendencies led to a greater acceptance of tourism by local communities. Yet, the exclusion of dark topics limits critical educational aspects. Further, this study found vital differences in the challenges faced by Fukushima Prefecture, due the political aspects of the nuclear disaster, that were only partially addressed in tourism content. Finally, this research confirmed tourism as an essential contributor to local economies, and giving agency to disaster-affected people to shape narratives of recovery. Yet, the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the risk of over-relying on tourism as a revitalization method.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This study clarified the risks and merits of post-disaster tourism as a recovery and revitalization method. Insights can be useful for similar cases in other countries and help to understand the importance of diversity in disaster cultural memory and disaster education.
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