The Mutual Aid of the Infectious Disease Patients and the Formation of Social Welfare

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13079
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: ARIZONO Masayo 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 研究員 (90634345)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 医療社会学 / 福祉社会学 / 結核 / ハンセン病 / 相互扶助 / 集団 / コミューン / 社会保障

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I investigated the suffering of people with Hansen’s disease or tuberculosis in asylum situations under the former Japanese policy of compulsory segregation. I also examined various aspects of their efforts to overcome discrimination, persecution and alienation.
I focused on communal practices involving protests against segregation and surveillance systems; the aim of such actions was to create better living conditions and opportunities for integrating with society.
My study focuses on the power of creation and liberation by describing the history of communal practices of people with Hansen’s disease or tuberculosis in Japan and Southeast Asia.

Free Research Field

社会学