Risk Society and Education in Post-Disaster Fukushima

ISBN-13: 9780367546717 / Miękka / 2023 / 232 str.

Kaoru Miyazawa

Opis

This book examines how the concept of a risk society was handled in education programs implemented in post-disaster Fukushima after the explosion of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. A valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of globalization and education, curriculum studies, sociology of education, and Japanese studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. History of Modern Japan and Nuclear Energy 3. Becoming Insider and Outsider in Fukushima 4. Contested Defintions of Risk in Fukushima 5. Reconstruction and Creating Spaces for Healing 6. Discrimination Against Hibakusha and Developing Global Networks 7. The OECD Tohoku School 8. Love for Genpatsu and Forming New Relationships 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Kaoru Miyazawa is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Education Department at Gettysburg College, USA. She received an Ed.D. from the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2010, and was a visiting scholar at Fukushima University, Japan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015-2016.