Anthropological Nursing Research on the Logic of Life of Elderly Fishermen in Mie Prefecture

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K23210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Suzuka University of Medical Science
• Principal Investigator: Matsuzaki Kasane 鈴鹿医療科学大学, 看護学部, 助教 (20881684)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 伊勢湾 / 漁師 / 責任 / ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on the Ise Bay, where the catch of fish (especially bottom-dwelling species) has been rapidly declining in recent years.　Older fishermen were interviewed and their perceptions of the decline of the Ise Bay are described with reference to Jonas's principle of responsibility. The fishermen understood that this current situation as “the order of nature”.This study argued that this statement was brought about by the difficulty of protecting others in an antagonistic relationship to themselves as fishermen.

Free Research Field

文化人類学　老年看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は伊勢湾の衰退という現状をめぐる漁師の認識をヨナスの責任の原理を参照しつつ記述したものである。本研究ではまず、これまでのヨナスの議論においてあまり注目されていなかった点、すなわち「二次的な配慮」としての自然への責任という問題提起を取り出し、漁師として自分が生活することと他者を保護することの両立のし難さの中で立ち上がる認識のあり様を1つの責任の様相として論じた。このことは、いわゆる自然保護をいかにすべきかといった問いとは異なる、いわばもう１つの気遣いのあり方を描いたと言える。