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This is first of a multi-part series on overcoming disruptions to teaching languages by seizing upon an opportunity to study the history of pandemics. This Teaching Moments series is co-presented by the MPIWG History of Science ON CALL project and the
世界中の多くの地域と同様に、日本にも疫病に苦しめられ、疫病と共存してきた歴史があります。出版文化が栄えた江戸時代には、疫病の予防法や病中の心得などを記した多数の出版物が刊行されました
As a crisis that inevitably mixes politics with science, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the visibility of scientists. Political leaders the world over are keen to stress that their responses to the pandemic are “driven by science.” It was warnings
We are pleased to help the journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences bring attention to two (2) Calls for Papers for short- and long-form essays about the pandemic. Topical Collection 1 Seeing Clearly Through COVID-19: Current and future
Editors’ Note: This is a Korean translation of a Teach 3.11 annotation. We invite volunteers to translate and/or contribute content in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese languages. Thank you. (한국어, 일본어, 중국어로 기존의 내용을 번역하거나 새로운 내용을 기고할 자원활동가를 찾고 있습니다.)
Editors’ Note: This is a Chinese translation of a Teach 3.11 annotation. We invite volunteers to translate and/or contribute content in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese languages. Thank you. 《地震國度: 日本地震的文化政治1868-1930 》 Clancey, Gregory. 2006. Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of
Yoshioka, Hitoshi. 2006. “Future Plans for Nuclear Physics Research,” “The Rise of Nuclear Fusion Research,” “The Development and Utilization of Nuclear Reactors.” In A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Volume 4: High Economic Growth Period, 1960-1969,
Editors’ Note: Readers may be interested to know that a new edition of Hitoshi Yoshioka’s book Genshiryoku no shakaishi: sono Nihon-teki tenkai (A Social History of Nuclear Power: Its Development in Japan) was published by Asahi Shimbunshuppan in October 2011. Click here to view an
Editor’s note: This week, we are pleased to feature contributions from Sofia University graduate students enrolled in Tak Watanabe’s 2011 spring semester classes in Tokyo, Japan. Hamblin, Jacob Darwin. 2008. Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste In The Oceans At The Dawn of The
Smits, Gregory. 2011. “Danger in the Lowground: Historical Context for the March 11, 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami.” The Asia-Pacific Journal 9 (20), May 16. http://www.japanfocus.org/-Gregory-Smits/3531 In the days and weeks following the disaster on March 11, 2011, the Japanese popular press revisited
Nelson, Craig. 2011. “‘The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow’: The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan.” Origins 4 (9) (June). http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=57. Ohio State University’s online journal Origins (tagline: “Current Events in Historical Perspective”) has published a highly accessible article by
Editors’ Note: A new edition of this book was published in 2011 by Asahi Shimbunsha after this annotation was originally posted. Yoshioka, Hitoshi 吉岡斉. 1999. Genshiryoku no shakaishi: sono Nihon-teki tenkai. 原子力の社会史―その日本的展開. Asahi Shinbunsha. 朝日新聞社. Hitoshi Yoshioka gives an overview and
Karan, Pradyumna and Unryu Suganuma, eds. 2008. Local Environmental Movements: A Comparative Study of the United States and Japan. University Press of Kentucky. This edited volume consists of a number of interesting essays covering a wide range of issues and
Urbano, Carl, John Sutherland Productions. 1953. A is for Atom, YouTube video, 15 min, posted by “nuclearvault,” Jul 30, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi-ItrJISQE This animated short was sponsored by General Electric, one of the key U.S. manufacturers of electric appliances, power generation stations, and nuclear weapon
Clancey, Gregory. 2006. Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930. University of California Press. Earthquake Nation provides crucial historical context for understanding more recent outbreaks of “Japanese seismicity” in Kobe (1995) and the Tōhoku and Kanto regions of
by Angie Boyce Ph.D. student, Cornell University, Department of Science & Technology Studies Note: This week’s posting schedule starts with a sample educational module. We hope this may inspire and encourage fellow educators to design and share educational modules to help teach about 3/11.
![BOOK: Beyond Local Science: The Evolution of Japanese Seismology During the Meiji and Taisho Eras (2007) [English]](https://www.teach311.org/files/2011/04/4130667084.jpg "BOOK: Beyond Local Science: The Evolution of Japanese Seismology During the Meiji and Taisho Eras (2007) [English]")
Kim, Boumsoung 金凡性. 2007. Meiji · Taishō no Nihon no Jishingaku: “Rōkaru · Saiensu” o Koete. 明治・大正の日本の地震学―「ローカル・サイエンス」を超えて [Beyond Local Science: The Evolution of Japanese Seismology During the Meiji and Taisho Eras]. Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai. 東京大学出版会 [Tokyo University Press]. 日本の科学全般が西欧に追いつこうとしていた明治時代、日本の地震学は世界のトップを走っていた。どのようにして日本の地震学が、あるいは地震学者・大森 房吉が世界において中心的な位置に立てたのか、そしてなぜその中心的な位置からはずれたのかをダイナミックに論じる。
Kim, Boumsoung 金凡性. 2007. Meiji · Taishō no Nihon no Jishingaku: “Rōkaru · Saiensu” o Koete. 明治・大正の日本の地震学―「ローカル・サイエンス」を超えて [Beyond Local Science: The Evolution of Japanese Seismology During the Meiji and Taisho Eras]. Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai. 東京大学出版会 [Tokyo University Press]. 日本の科学全般が西欧に追いつこうとしていた明治時代、日本の地震学は世界のトップを走っていた。どのようにして日本の地震学が、あるいは地震学者・大森 房吉が世界において中心的な位置に立てたのか、そしてなぜその中心的な位置からはずれたのかをダイナミックに論じる。
Teach 3/11 is a participatory resource to help teachers and scholars locate and share educational resources about the historical contexts of scientific and technical issues related to the triple earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan. “What should I read?”