2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Life, leisure and tourism in the wake of disaster: Investigating the role of surf tourism for post-tsunami coastal recovery
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22K12614
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| Research Institution | Wakayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
Doering Adam 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 准教授 (70784560)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
奥本 英樹 福島大学, 経済経営学類, 教授 (50277753)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Surf tourism / Disaster recovery / Lifestyle sports / Fukushima / Banda Aceh / Marine tourism / Tsunami recovery / Environmental humanities |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This project explores the role of surf tourism for post-tsunami recovery to understand how surf tourism is used to recover relationships with waves and the sea in post-tsunami settings, and to share disaster experiences of the tsunami affected areas as part of knowledge exchange and transfer. Preliminary fieldwork was conducted in Fukushima and Aceh, and new networks established between Hirono (Fukushima) and Lhoknga (Aceh). This resulted in a collaborative symposium held at ICAIOS research center in Aceh.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Following fieldwork conducted in Hirono Town in Fukushima and two weeks fieldwork in Aceh, a collaborative symposium titled, "Return to surf in post-tsunami Aceh and Fukushima" was organized to share the post-tsunami recovery experiences between these two communities at the 91st International Center for Ache and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS) Panel Discussion Series. Members of the Hirono surfing community were invited guests speakers and Aceh surf tourism community were also in attendance. Initial discussions of this study were also presented at The Fifth Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS 2021) in Sweden (Sep 22, 2022). Both communities are enthusiastic about organizing more collaborative events in the near future.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Foundations have been set for further research and outcomes for 2023. Plans are underway to organize a workshop in Hirono (Fukushima) where stakeholders involved in the recovery of Aceh's post-tsunami recovery can travel to Fukushima to share their experience in person. It is anticipated this event will take place either in August 2022 or on March 11, 2023. In December, the results of the first round of fieldwork will be presented at the 17th World Leisure Congress, 11 - 15 December 2023 in Dunedin, New Zealand. A second round of fieldwork will be conducted in Aceh in March 2024, where members from the Hirono community will come to share their experiences at a workshop in Lhoknga and Banda Aceh. The survey work in Minamisoma will also commence in the summer of 2023 and results analyzed.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the emerging and serious situation of the planned release of treated waste water from the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in the summer of 2023, it was decided that the surf tourism in Minamisoma survey would be best needed during the summer of 2023 than 2022, to gauge the responses to the release and to understand how this effects surfing and surf tourism in the region.
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Research Products
(7 results)
