Nuclear disaster and anthropology of learning

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770307
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: INOSE Kohei 明治学院大学, 教養教育センター, 准教授 (70465368)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 原子力災害 / 原発 / 放射能 / リアリティ / 不確実性 / 地域史 / 学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This survey is based on field research of counter-practice against radioactive contamination caused by the accident at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. I have explored how people understand their experience after the accident by networking with various actors including subsistence activities, social relationship and local history. It is concluded that social experience and indigenous knowledge which had been dispelling their uncertainties help people regain their sense of reality in relation to the nuclear disaster.

Free Research Field

文化人類学