Sociological Study on the Reconstruction of Damaged Hearts and the Succession of Memories of Tragedy

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03900
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Osaka International University
• Principal Investigator: MIKI Hizuru 大阪国際大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (60199974)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 渡邊 太 大阪国際大学, 人間科学部, 講師 (80513142)
• Research Collaborator: KAWATA Susumu 大阪工業大学, 教授 ; OKAO Masahide 大阪市立大学, 都市文化研究センター, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 記憶の継承 / 慰霊 / 宗教集団 / アートプロジェクト / 地域共同体 / 国際比較

Outline of Final Research Achievements

How can we inherit the memories of great earthquake? The aim of this study was to find out the answer to this problem. We, the research team, have conducted sociological research in ever disaster stricken areas and confirmed that the memorial services annually let people remember the sorrowful memories. Moreover, we found out the fact that in some artistic projects whose aim is to inherit the tragedic memories to the future, there is connoted a religious motif, interchanging between the dead and the living. That is to say, religion plays a significant role in inheriting memories of the past earthquakes. Additionally, we have come to notice that such activities as inheriting memories by means of religious rituals is seldom observed in other countries than Japan. This is also an outcome of this study.

Free Research Field

宗教社会学