Toward Recording and Passing on the Battle of Okinawa Experience: Focusing on Oral Records from Children's Perspectives during and after the War

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02806
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Gifu Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Kajiku Naoko 岐阜女子大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 准教授 (40599130)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 谷 里佐 岐阜女子大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (10440554)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: オーラルヒストリー / デジタルアーカイブ / 戦争証言

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to record oral histories from the perspective of children in Okinawa during and after the war, and to create a digital archive of related materials in order to give meaning to the materials from a regional perspective and to explore the possibility of their effective use.
Based on the oral history recordings and their accumulation conducted at the Gifu Women's University Okinawa Satellite School, we recorded new stories and aimed to enhance the usefulness of the materials as peace study materials for the region.

Free Research Field

民俗学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

沖縄では、かつて住民を巻き込んだ激しい地上戦が3か月以上も続き、多くのものが失われた。戦争の恐ろしさや悲惨さのみならず、命の大切さや平和への願いなど、戦争を知らない世代が体験者の思いをいかに継承していくかが課題となっている。本研究では、これまでの調査成果を整理し、手薄であった沖縄本島北部地域の資料についても、助力を得て蓄積することができた。