2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Stories Americans Tell and Hear: The Manhattan Project and the Bombing of Hiroshima
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24653124
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 原爆 / ヒロシマ / ロスアラモス / 記憶 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Archival and popular media stories about the Manhattan Project highlight scientific and engineering achievements in creating the nuclear weapons tested in New Mexico and deployed over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Popular histories ignore the effects of the bombs on the people. This research looks at the scientists’ point of view when they developed the bomb, and how those at LANL(Los Alamos National Laboratory) think now. This researcher presented an anime version of "Barefoot Gen," well known in Japan, but not in the U.S. Viewers, scientists in Los Alamos, NM, and honors students at the University of New Mexico revealed their widespread ignorance of effects of the bomb, and students expressed shock about the stories they were never told. Through their reactions it became clear that the classic manga,“Barefoot Gen,” remains an effective way to reveal the immediate and enduring effects of the atomic bombings.
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| Free Research Field |
コミュニケーション
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