| 研究実績の概要 |
This research examined the construction of collective memory of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident and the decontamination process. The researcher collected primary data from the village of Iitate and other neighbouring areas and extensively documented the decontamination process. This study suggests that spatial and symbolic distance (e.g. thinking that decontamination was effective and living in Iitate is safe) allows individuals to end the disaster and move beyond the trauma by transforming it into a memory. In contrast, individuals such distance (e.g. thinking the level of radioactivity is unsafe but still living there) may repetitively experience the trauma and the impossibility of forming a memory. For these individuals, the Fukushima nuclear accident is still ongoing.
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