A Sociological Study of Autonomy and Support for Hansen's Disease Survivors in Japan

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17208
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University
• Principal Investigator: HONDA Yasuo 福岡大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (50586443)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 医療社会学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For this study, in order to grasp the complete picture of the daily lives of Hansen’s disease survivors and provide them with multi-faceted support, total surveys were conducted on survivors of Hansen’s disease and medical staff. In addition, the fieldwork at Hansen's disease sanatoriums were discussed reflectively from the perspective of educational practice. Through active discussions, undergraduate students have become able to acquire multi-dimensional views of the people encountered in the field, and to address the Hansen’s disease problem as a contemporary task.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現代社会では、高齢化や医療の発達によって、慢性疾患や障害と共に生きている人々が増えている。本研究では、個人の経験と歴史的・社会的構造変化のあわいで多元的な現実を生きているハンセン病経験者にアプローチし、共感的・重層的に解釈していくとともに、ハンセン病問題を生み出す既存の秩序を相対化することによって、諸領域での排除に抗して、様々な人々が互いに支え合うインクルーシブな社会を実現していくための基礎的な理論構築を試みた。