| 研究課題/領域番号 |
20K00446
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| 研究機関 | 広島市立大学 |
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研究代表者 |
ゴーマン マイケル 広島市立大学, 国際学部, 教授 (20625892)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| キーワード | Climate Crisis / Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) / Civil Disobedience / Environmental Crisis / Environmental Humanities / Environmental Justice / Lake Superior |
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| 研究実績の概要 |
In the 2020-21 academic year, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented traveling overseas to conduct planned research at Northland College and the Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin. It also led to the cancellation of two international conferences where I intended to present. These were key plans for the first year of this grant.
I adapted to the challenges of the global pandemic by attending online seminars including Rob Nixon’s talk, “Slow Violence and Our Political Moment,” (Whitman College, 12/13 October 2020), Stan Temple’s lecture, “Aldo Leopold, Phenology, and Climate Change” (Aldo Leopold Foundation, 8/9 March 2021), and the Superior Waters Story Corps event, “Stories of the Land to which the People Belong” (Wisconsin Water Week, 11/12 March 2021).
Another way I adjusted to the obstacles brought about by COVID was to focus on 1) collecting research materials relating to my grant and 2) establishing relationships with other scholars and institutions in preparation for a 2021-22 research sabbatical in the United States. These efforts are paying off. I have formally applied for visiting scholar privileges at the University of Wisconsin and Northland College and have connected with Elena Soterakis of the BioBAT Art Space in Brooklyn, New York, which I will visit in June 2021.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
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理由
Considering the impact of the global pandemic, the research project is progressing more smoothly than I anticipated it would be going at this time last year. Although I haven’t published or formally presented during the pandemic, I have collected helpful resources, attended informative virtual seminars, formed meaningful contacts with professionals and institutions in the United States, and traveled to the United States to begin a research sabbatical. I have received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccination, which will allow me more freedom to travel, attend conferences, and conduct research. This has put me in an excellent position for the remainder of this year.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
There is much I want to learn about the Environmental Humanities and culture’s relationship to the Climate Crisis. This year, I will continue to expand my knowledge about the climate crisis and collect materials that reflect the impact the climate/environmental crisis is having on American culture and literature, as well as information and texts that reflect the growing diversity of this field. Beyond researching, writing, publishing, and presenting, I intend to form contacts with activists, artists, scholars, and writers working on climate and environmental concerns. When it is safe to do so, I will be visiting places like the BioBAT Art Space in New York and attending events protesting the extension of tar sands oil pipelines. Later in the year, I expect to disseminate the fruits of my research through formal and informal channels. These should include one or two talks at Northland College that I will present as a visiting scholar.
It is possible that a variant form of the covid virus could spread and require a lockdown that may complicate plans to travel long distances to conduct research or meet with people. Should something like this occur, I am in a stronger position to fulfill research plans because of the connections I established at institutions in the United States, and the privileges they are extending me, such as access to their research databases. Being in the same (or more similar) time zone has also made communication easier.
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| 次年度使用額が生じた理由 |
Much of my projected expenses from 2020-21 were related to conducting research overseas. Because the COVID pandemic prevented international travel and in-person conference attendance, I had little opportunity to spend money in the first year of the grant. Consequently, I rolled over the grant money to the 2021-22 academic year.
The easing of the pandemic travel restrictions, growing access to vaccinations, and the sabbatical granted by Hiroshima City University will allow me to fulfill my research plans in the United States. Rolling over last year’s kaken funds will enable me to conduct research at places I intended to visit last year including the Nelson Institute, University of Wisconsin, Northland College, and the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, as well as to fulfill my plans for the current year to visit places including the BioBAT Art Space and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at University of Edinburgh.
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