Cornelia Reiher
Nr. 149 (2018) Editorial 5–13 {:en}Fieldwork in Japan: New Trends and ChallengesJapanese Studies is an interdisciplinary field. Research focusing on Japan’s society, politics, culture, and history draws from a wide variety of theories and methods across multiple disciplines. The challenge of producing both an area-sensitive yet also academically sound study is not only a problem for scholars and students of Japanese Studies, but also for all … von by Cornelia Reiher
Nr. 149 (2018) Forschung und Lehre Research and Teaching 111–24 {:en}Japanese Foodscapes in Berlin: Teaching Research Methods Through FoodThis paper introduces research and fieldwork methods education for Japanese Studies students at Freie Universität Berlin. It aims to support training in research design, research methods and fieldwork in and beyond Japan in order to respond to the increasing demand for systematic and transparent research practices in Japanese Studies and Area Studies communities. Drawing on …von by Cornelia Reiher
Nr. 148 (2018) Rezensionen 119–20 {:en}Anna Wiemann: Networks and Mobilization Processes: The Case of the Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement after FukushimaMünchen: Iudicium, 2018. 297 S., 50 EUR During the last years, the Japanese triple disaster of March 11 — the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear catastrophe — has been an important topic for scholars from Japanese studies and the social sciences around the globe. Scholars have for example written about the role of civil society … von by Cornelia Reiher
Nr. 140 (2016) Artikel Article 56–73 {:en}Lay People and Experts in Citizen Science: Monitoring Radioactively Contaminated Food in Post-Fukushima JapanThe Fukushima nuclear catastrophe of March 2011 created a boom in independent radioactivity monitoring among citizens in Japan. Drawing on three case studies of monitoring stations in Tōkyō, Kanagawa, and Fukushima, this paper analyzes citizens’ practices of monitoring radioactively contaminated food from the perspective of citizen science (CS). It explores if and how the Fukushima …von by Cornelia Reiher
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