POW Tourism and Japan-Australian Reconciliation

• Project/Area Number: 20H04434
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: MILNE Daniel 京都大学, 国際高等教育院, 講師 (10766778)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): モートン 常慈 徳島大学, 教養教育院, 准教授 (40469333)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
• Keywords: POW / tourism / Australia-Japan / Kyoto / reconciliation / Australia / Japan

Outline of Research at the Start

This project will examine major POW-related sites in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South-East Asia to analyze the role of veteran tourism in these sites' emergence as centers of war-related travel, memory, and international reconciliation.