2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Concept of Universal Peace and Atomic-bomb Experience: An Empirical Study of Discourse Transformation and Globalisation
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19K23247
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0108:Sociology and related fields
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | 普遍的平和 / 記憶 / 原爆 / 言説変遷 / 継承 / 核被害 / 実証研究 / 計量テキスト分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
How have the atomic-bomb survivors risen over the memories of their atrocious experiences, aspiring for universal peace? To answer this question, I created a database of 30,000 hibakusha testimonies and SNS postings, then applied interdisciplinary triangulation methodology to analyze the data, combining quantitative text analysis and qualitative historical-critical discourse analysis. The results shed light on the socio-historical background, conditions, and the process of construction, communication, dissemination, and transformation of the discourse of atomic-bomb experiences. The change in hibakusha's social circumstances, their self-representations, and the media reports about them fed into a collective memory of the authentic atomic bomb experience. Individual memories continue to update in three areas: the reality of atomic-bomb damage, lifelong struggle after the bomb, and abolition of nuclear weapons, shifting hibakusha's perceptions from visceral anger towards universal peace.
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| Free Research Field |
社会科学、応用言語学、実証記憶学、平和学、計量テキスト解析、言説表象分析
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、３万件を超える一次資料データを構築し、定性・定量分析を用いて、原爆・被爆体験に関する言説の形成・伝播・共有・変遷過程を精査することにより、被爆者の言説が、原爆投下に対する怒りと憎しみから普遍的平和の希求へと昇華した変遷プロセスを実証的に解明した。さらに、継承する側とされる側が発信するメッセージの内容を可視化して整合性を経時的に検証し、意思疎通の条件を同定し、それを基に将来の効果的な継承の方策を示唆した。これは、まさに切迫した課題である次世代への被爆体験の記憶継承に資するものである。学術的着眼点、方法論ともに斬新且つ画期的である本研究は、普遍性に富む平和的な戦争記憶継承に活路を見出す。
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