2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Research Focused on Establishing International Cooperation between Hibakusha Communities
| Project/Area Number |
23401028
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Historical studies in general
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima City University |
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Principal Investigator |
JACOBS Robert 広島市立大学, 付置研究所, 准教授 (60423969)
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| Research Collaborator |
BRODERICK Mick マードック大学(オーストラリア), 准教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ヒバクシャ研究 / 核の植民地主義 / トラウマ研究 / 核実験 / 核戦争 / 放射能の影響 / 歴史的社会的記憶 |
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| Research Abstract |
People are exposed to radiation in many different ways. We already knew a great deal about the medical effects of radiation exposures to human beings, but this study is the first that exained the social and cultural effects of radiation exposures across cultural boundaries. Working at sites of radiation exposure arount the world we gathered numerous oral history interviews with people expoed to ionizing radiation and also sometimes interviewed their family members.
We found that radiation exposures created social changes such as: movement into so-called "temporary homes," changes in diets, disruption in religious and ancestral traditions and disruptions in traditional knowledge. We also found that the history of radiation exposures tended to be kept secret between generations in families. Ultimately we found that radiation exposures caused social and cultural disruptions for individuals, families and communities even when there was little radiation related illness.
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[Presentation] The Global Hibakusha Project2013
Author(s)
Robert Jacobs
Organizer
presented to the Transnational Nuclear Perspectives Colloquium at the 24th International Congress of History of Science
Place of Presentation
Technology and Medicine at Manchester, United Kingdom
Year and Date
20130700
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