2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Anthropological Study of Sociocultural Post-mortem Process in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster
| Project/Area Number |
24820057
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Daisuke 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 助手 (20634281)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 東日本大震災 / 死 / 死後措置 / 葬制 / 遺体 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study I explore post-mortem process in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster with the ethnographic focus on various cases which includes funeral, cremation, grief work, autopsy, etc. My research project is based on data mainly derived from qualitative approaches like fieldwork and interview, and tried to examine the sociocultural aspects of deaths caused by a large-scale disaster.
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