| Project/Area Number |
23K25478
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| Project/Area Number (Other) |
23H00781 (2023)
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2024)
Single-year Grants (2023) |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
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| Research Institution | International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
BOYLE EDWARD 国際日本文化研究センター, 総合情報発信室, 准教授 (30760459)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
古川 浩司 中京大学, 法学部, 教授 (00340183)
飯高 伸五 高知県立大学, 文化学部, 教授 (10612567)
池 ヒョン周・直美 北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 准教授 (30443914)
Ivings Steven 京都大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (70817957)
バリガ マリア・シンシェア 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 講師 (10895428)
ブル ジョナサンエドワード 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 講師 (60735736)
清水 佳理 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 研究院研究員 (50894929)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Keywords | Borders / Heritage / Memory / Japanese Empire / borders / heritage / memory / history / Japan / empire |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project will undertake detailed field research across multiple countries in order to excavate the specific circumstances under which instances of local reconciliation and harmonization at sites of heritage are able to jump scales to the national and global levels.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This project examines how sites of heritage influence contestation and
reconciliation between communities. This project develops the concept of borders of memory in order to understand heritage sites as spaces where distinct narratives and memories come into contact, and applies the concept to heritage sites associated with Japan’s Empire, both in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific. This first year has refined the project's concept, conducted intensive, collaborative fieldwork in two locations, co-ordinated future plans and goals with the project's co-investigators, and published the first fruits of the project. An additional edited volume featuring the PI and three of the co-invetigators will appear in 2024.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research project is developing very smoothly, thanks to excellent feedback and the cooperation of the co-investigators and research collaborators. The PI workshopped the borders of memory concept at Trans-Asian Mnemoscapes: Rethinking the Politics of Memory in Asia, at AAS-in-Asia, and at the EAJS 2024 Conference. A first conceptual outline was published as "Introduction: Heritage Sites and Borders of Memory" and made available Open Access. The concept was brainstormed with co-investigators at a workshop in Tokyo. Fieldwork was conducted with Naomi CHI in Pohang, Guryongpo, and Pusan in the Republic of Korea, with Maria-Cynthia BARRIGA in the US territory of Guam, and by the PI on Tinian and Saipan in the CNMI. Fieldwork and workshop plans for next year are well-advanced.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The project will develop a series of creative methodological approaches through joint fieldwork and the co-curation of techniques between PI and Co-Is, including: fieldwork, historical and archival work; surveys, elite interviews and media analysis; and, ethnographic studies with narrative and policy analysis. These mixed-methods will enable the PI to analyze how borders of memory shape the local, regional, national and transnational presence of heritage sites, and to determine if such borders demarcate contestation or connection. The project’s methods will be refined as the project moves from overtly contested heritage sites (e.g. Korea) to those which memorialize superficially reconciled relations (e.g. Taiwan, Palau). At least two workshops are in the pipeline for next year.
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