2015 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
ネットワーク化したボランティア活動：復興のテクノ社会的な諸次元
| Project/Area Number |
14F04005
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
内山田 康 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (50344841)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
O'DAY ROBIN 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-25 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | Social Movements / Japan / Civil Society / Disaster / Protest / Oral Narratives / Political Subjectivities |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
From April 2015 to March 2016, Dr.O'Day did 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork with different volunteer and NGO organizations, evacuees from Fukushima and their supporters, and civil society groups that have responded to Japan’s 2011 triple disaster in different ways. He did research with a group of Mothers from Fukushima and their supporters that belong to mother’s groups concerned about the effects of radiation on their children and families; and groups of student activists and mothers that see the triple disasters as a turning point for their political engagement. He also engaged in a series of interviews with members of these groups. Proper procedures were undertaken to achieve informed consent in all interviews through the use of forms describing the research project, that participation is voluntary, and that steps would be taken to protect participants’ anonymity. He also published three research articles; two articles in the Asia Pacific Journal and one in Anthropology News. He also published a book review in Pacific Affairs. He presented research papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Society, at the University of Zurich, at the Asian Studies Conference Japan at Meiji Gakuin University, and at the Japan Studies Association of Canada at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo. He gave seven guest lectures at the University of Tsukuba, Temple University, Tokyo International University, at Chienkan High School in Saga Prefecture as part of JSPS’s Science Dialogue Program. He was quoted in three separate newspaper articles in the Japan Times.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research project is progressing better than expected since Dr.O'Day has been able to get good access to a variety of different civil society groups, making fieldwork and interviews easier than he anticipated. Also, one of the groups he was studying, "Student Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy" (SEALDS) became very well known, even famous, while he was doing research about their movement. As a result, Dr.O'Day has been able to publish a number of articles about the movement. He has also been asked to contribute papers on the movement to two different academic books. He has also been asked to speak with the media about the movement on a number of occasions.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
From April 2016 to August 2016, Dr.O'Day will continue to engage in ethnographic fieldwork with different volunteer and NGO organizations, evacuees from Fukushima and their supporters, and civil society groups that have responded to Japan’s 2011 triple disaster in different ways. He will continue to research a group of Mothers from Fukushima and their supporters that belong to mother’s groups concerned about the effects of radiation on their children and families; and groups of student activists and mothers that see the triple disasters as a turning point for their political engagement. He will continue interviewing members of these groups following proper procedures for achieving informed consent in all interviews through the use of forms describing the research project, that participation is voluntary, and that steps will be taken to protect participants’ anonymity. He will also work on transcribing, and translating the recorded interviews that have already happened. He will continue to present his research at academic conferences, and publishing his research in academic journals, and books.
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