232 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In response to the explosion of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011, this book examines how the concept of a risk society was handled in the various education programs implemented in post-disaster Fukushima.
The explosion and subsequent radiation contamination that affected the biosphere of the Fukushima region and beyond, revealed that we live in a risk society. Despite this... Read more
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
Biography
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.
