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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
Petryna, Adriana. 2011. “Chernobyl’s survivors: Paralyzed by fatalism or overlooked by science?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 67 (2): 30 -37. DOI: 10.1177/0096340211400177. Available at http://bos.sagepub.com/content/67/2/30.abstract. チェルノブイリ原発事故後のウクライナで調査した人類学者の論文。要旨は、国連などの放射能被害調査では、「危険性への誤った見解から生じるストレスが被害を甚大化させた」という論調で被害の決着化を図るが、1）そのような結論は被曝を回避するためにとった人々の行動と努力を無力化する、2）日本の原爆被害調査を鑑みれば、結論を出すにはさらに長期間を要する、3）ソ連崩壊・市場経済導入で長期にわたるデータ収集が断絶された、4）安全な被曝限度は時代と政治体制の文脈で変化する、5）被害補償を求める身体の政治化が継続している、などの理由で、放射能被害を今後も直視し続ける必要がある、と主張。 This is an article by Adriana Petryna, an anthropologist who conducted field work
Petryna, Adriana. 2011. “Chernobyl’s survivors: Paralyzed by fatalism or overlooked by science?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 67 (2): 30 -37. DOI: 10.1177/0096340211400177. Available at http://bos.sagepub.com/content/67/2/30.abstract. This is an article by Adriana Petryna, an anthropologist who conducted field work in
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
Hachiya, Kazuhiko. 2011. Unchi, Onara de Tatoeru Genpatsu Kaisetsu: Onaka ga Itakunatta Genpatsu-kun. うんち・おならで例える原発解説〜おなかがいたくなった原発くん [Explaining the Nuclear Accident with Farts and Poop – Nuclear Reactor Boy’s Upset Stomach]. YouTube video, 4:34 min, posted by GenkiRadio, Mar 16, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sakN2hSVxA& This short animation by the media
原爆投下から原爆医療法ができるまでの期間は被爆者にとって暗黒の十年であったといわれる。このうち七年間、日本はアメリカ軍に占領されていた。本書はこの時期に何があったのかを被曝者を対象とした原爆調査の歴史から検証し、原爆加害国であるアメリカに協力していった原爆被害国日本の加害性を問うものである。
Atwater, Brian F. et al. The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America. U.S. Geological Survey professional paper, 1707. Reston, Va.: U.S. Geological Survey; Seattle: In Association with University of Washington Press, 2005. This
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
NHK. 1995. Genpatsu Dōnyū Shinario ～ Reisenka no Tainichi Genshiryoku Senryaku 原発導入シナリオ ～冷戦下の対日原子力戦略 [Cold War Scenarios for Introducing Nuclear Energy to Japan]. YouTube video, 45 min, posted by “naga2218,” Mar 27, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnPdkg-lZE8 This NHK documentary tries to shed light on how Japan, the only nation
Dōryokuro Kakunenryō kaihatsu jigyōdan 動力炉・核燃料開発事業団 [Japan Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation]. 1993. Tayoreru Nakama Purūtokun: Purutoniyumu Monogatari 頼れる仲間プルト君 —プルトニウム物語 [Trust your Friend Pluto-kun: A Plutonium Story]. YouTube video, 10: 52, posted by “chiniasobu,” Mar 28, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlul0lTroY&NR=1 This
Footage from the following three short newsreels were selected in order to show the prevailing anti-nuclear sentiment in parts of the Japanese public during the 1950s and 1960s. At the height of the protests against the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation
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.
United States War Department. 1946. Tale of Two Cities. YouTube video, 12: 03 min, posted by “nuclearvault,” Sep 5, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPvYw9cm8GY This short 12-minute film, produced by the U.S. War Department, begins with the Trinity nuclear test in the desert of
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。
![ARTICLE: Chernobyl’s Survivors: Paralyzed by Fatalism or Overlooked by Science? (2011) [Japanese]](https://www.teach311.org/files/2011/05/bulletin-of-the-atomic-scientists-2011-petryna-30-7.png "ARTICLE: Chernobyl’s Survivors: Paralyzed by Fatalism or Overlooked by Science? (2011) [Japanese]")
![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]")