| Project/Area Number |
23K25478
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Institution | International Research Center for Japanese Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
BOYLE EDWARD 国際日本文化研究センター, 総合情報発信室, 准教授 (30760459)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
古川 浩司 中京大学, 法学部, 教授 (00340183)
飯高 伸五 高知県立大学, 文化学部, 教授 (10612567)
池 ヒョン周・直美 北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (30443914)
Ivings Steven 京都大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (70817957)
バリガ マリア・シンシェア 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 講師 (10895428)
ブル ジョナサンエドワード 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 講師 (60735736)
清水 佳理 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 研究院研究員 (50894929)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
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| Keywords | Borders / Heritage / Memory / Japanese Empire |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The primary research results to date are two books. The first, Heritage, Contested Sites, and Borders of Memory in the Asia Pacific, published by Brill in 2023, while the second, Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's Empire, was published by Bloomsbury in 2024. These edited volumes brought together diverse contributions from 25 scholars, structured through their shared deployment of the notion of borders of memory to frame their interdisciplinary contributions. The two volumes demonstrate the potentional of the concept.
The project will draw on the results of research undertaken over the first two years of the project in South Korea, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Ishigaki, Taiwan, and Japan itself, and will examine how to scale up reconciliatory practices from material sites of memory.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Research results are emerging smoothly. The project's second book, Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's Empire (Bloomsbury, 2024) was published. A launch event, "Crisis, Heritage, and Societal Resilience", was held at Nagasaki University in December.
'Borders of memory' was discussed at the ACHS conference (Galway, June 2024) and an invited lecture (University of Manchester). Aspects were developed through an organized panel at AAS-in-Asia (Yogyakarta, July 2024), at a Workshop held in Ishigaki in October 2024 (w. FURUKAWA, IITAKA, CHI) and at a Symposium at Academia Sinia in Taiwan, followed by fieldwork with Shumei HUANG (Nov/Dec 2024).
This all contributes to developing a forward-looking perspective on the borders of memory at heritage sites, and how they help foster reconciliation.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The project's central concept will be further refined at the Memory Studies Association conference in July 2025, through an organized panel (with BULL, BARRIGA, and HUANG). Fieldwork is planned for Germany (Berlin, Giessen) to provide a comparative analysis of how empire and displacement are memorialized in the present, and culminates at a Workshop in Heidelberg (with BULL and IVINGS).
Further fieldwork is being planned for Taiwan (January 2026, with SHIMIZU and HUANG), and for Palau (February 2026, with IITAKA and FURUKAWA). Workshops will be held on Tsushima (October 2025), and planning is underway for a large international conference to wrap up the project in November 2026. This will be used as a springboard to develop the next stage of research on borders of memory.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The PI plans to attend AAS-in-Asia, MSA 2025, BAJS 2025, and AAS 2026, to give papers and receive feedback on the project. MSA 2025 will be a full panel (BULL, BARRIGA, HUANG). The PI has been invited to a relevant Workshop at Heidelberg University in July. Fieldwork is planned in Germany (July), Tsushima (October), Taiwan (January) and Palau (February). A Workshop for Early Career Scholars will be held on Tsushima in October. Further results will be published, including one Open Access article at a top journal (probably the International Journal of Heritage Studies).
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