| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In AY2019 we have conducted various fieldwork for comparison between different countries in Pacific Asia. We have updated or incorporated literature review and methodological/theoretical frames. We also presented our research findings in many international conferences to receive feedback. In addition, we organized a couple of workshops for students and faculty to develop professional network with researchers in the field. Our main research activities this year include: 1)presentations of the research outcomes at international conferences, 2)fieldwork at dark tourism destinations in Asia Pacific and Europe, which now comes with this history (museums, dark sites and community information centers, venue operators, etc.), 3)networking for interviews with elementary school teachers, 4)participating in data analysis training seminars, 5)participating in peace education workshop, 6)writing a book project proposal for a publisher, as well as writing drafts of two chapters, 7)conducting workshops and research exchange on dark tourism inside and outside Japan.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Our project is considered to be going well overall, based on the completion of the following specific research activities: 1)fieldwork at dark tourism destinations to examine the destination space, collect data and interviews with stakeholders (site operators, visitors, venue operators, tour guides) in Asia Pacific and Europe (Japan-Hiroshima, Okinawa, Kagoshima, Vietnam, Indonesia, UK, South Korea, as well as the South Pacific (Australia), 2)participating in and coordinating war and peace education workshop among Asian university students with Okinawa Peace Museum (Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, Taiwan), 3)networking with elementary school teachers who coordinated shugaku ryoko in Fukuoka, 4)participating in statistical data analysis seminars (Nvivo and survey methods), 5)conducting workshop on dark/heritage tourism in Vietnam and UK, 6)research exchange and training activities and organizing workshops with researchers in history and heritage tourism in Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, UK (workshop with Prof. Jeff Hanes from the University of Oregon on Dependence housing: American occupation in Japan and workshop with David Weaver and Prof. Young-Sook Lee at Toyo University, 7)presentations of the research outcomes at various international conferences in Asia and Europe (AAS in Asia, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies ACAS Conference, AP Conference, Asia Pacific Critical Tourism Studies Conference), 8)writing Routledge Special Volume manuscript introduction chapter completed, 9)published a peer-reviewed article and an edited book.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Since this coming year is the halfway point of the project, we are generally planning to focus more on compiling the bulk of data collected and analyzing them to present the findings at international conferences, and working toward our book manuscript after submitting the proposal (Introduction and 2 chapters) to Routledge Special Volume in Asia Pacific. Along with these main goals, we will continue on the following research activities in AY 2020: 1)conduct interviews with elementary and high school teachers in Japan and Vietnam, who have organized educational dark tourism, 2)follow-up interviews with War-related Museum managers in Japan (Okinawa, Chiran, renovated Hiroshima) and collect data from visitors' notes at the museums, 3)developing the comparative analysis of educational dark tourism destinations between Japan and South Korea (fieldwork, triangulation and theorization of data), 4)adding more fieldwork in China/Nanjing for data collection, 5)follow-up interviews with participants in Okinawa university peace education workshop in 2019.
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