A Study on the Status and the Challenges of Disaster Culture - inn order to establish a resilient community

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26510001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 震災問題と人文学・社会科学
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: Yamazaki Tomoko 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00322959)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 菅沼 雲龍 桜美林大学, 人文学系, 准教授 (50329421) ; Hall James 岩手大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80361038) ; 西館 数芽 岩手大学, 理工学部, 教授 (90250638) ; 堀 信行 奈良大学, 文学部, 教授 (40087143)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Yamazaki Kenji 岩手大学, 非常勤講師 (40422068)
• Research Collaborator: Karan Pradyumna P The University of Kentucky, Research Professor ; Usanee Kulintornprasert Panyapiwat Institute of Management, Director of International Relations
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 災害文化 / レジリアンス / 脆弱性 / 地域性 / 災害学習 / 資源として / 教育 / 津波

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Creation and development of disaster culture is directly related to action for saving life. Responses to structural matters are not sufficient to minimize damages. Disaster culture is valuable as a soft response to disasters. Regarding it as a key to a resilient community, research on disaster culture was carried out holistically. The results are: 1)estabish the conceptof disaster culture 2)establish the Conference on disaster culture 3)make our research public internationally (AAG annual conference since 2015) 4)how long and which specific disaster a disaster culture can function to 5)role of education - from education for disaster prevention to learning disaster 6)gain the perspective of disaster as resource
The conference on disaster culture has been held annually. High school students and NPO members from tsunami-affected areas, and inland institutions for life-long education made presentation at the third conference. Efforts to expand disaster culture is being made.

Free Research Field

災害文化