2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Uncovering the black-box of educational dark tourism: Comparative analysis of the mechanisms of packaging and perceiving of war narratives through war heritage sites between former enemies
| Project/Area Number |
18H03462
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
吉田 香織 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (00550386)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DIMACHE ALEXANDRU 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 助教 (30870240)
BUI ThanhHuong 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (80711556)
YOUN SeungHo 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (80804757)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | war memory / educational tourism / memory studies / dark tourism / war heritage |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Our research achievements for the last two years are mainly: follow-up field observations, additional interviews, conference presentations, and article/paper publications to report the research results. More specifically, we achieved the following activities: 1)fieldworks in the former battlefield at DMZ (Quang Tri Province) in Vietnam, war memorials in South Korea (Seoul National Cemetery, War Memorial of Korea, the Independence Hall of Korea), 2)investigation of relevant organizations in Vietnam (Center for Heritage Conservation and Museum of Quang Tri Province, Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Visitor Center, etc), 3)interviews with relevant persons (site managers of war monuments in Quang Tri Province DMZ, veteran of the Vietnam War, Okinawa NGO educational tour organizer, etc), 4)workshops with local collaborators, continuing data collection from the guest book archives in Quang tri Province, 5)networking with local universities (Vietnam National University, Hue University) to collaborate on war tourism, 6)international conference presentations and abstract submission to International Workshop: Toxic and Explosive Legacies: Living with War Pollution Across Globe 2023), 7)journal article publications ("Ambivalent Female Bodies: A Place for Feminine War Memory in Japan" etc. and one paper under review on the Journal of Tourism Development and Planning).
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| Research Progress Status |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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