研究テーマ
現在日本の政治における歴史・記憶・ナラティブ
History, Memory, and Narrative in Contemporary Japanese Politics
代表者
レーニー デイビッド教授
(1)研究目的
This year, the project will focus on the local reproduction of transnational narratives regarding COVID. One original expectation of this research – that major countries of the Asia-Pacific would compete over leadership based on their handling of the pandemic – has turned out to have been misguided. Indeed, most of the region’s countries have dropped COVID-19 and claims about their relative success from their frontline diplomacy, with local disputes reflecting on differential patterns of success and failure.
(2)研究の意義
This is an important issue for several reasons. First, the sudden disappearance of the dominant story of global politics for nearly two years is remarkable, particularly given that COVID-19 remains endemic, that public health has become a more visible challenge for global institutions.
(3)運営方法
The key research methods remain discursive, and in particular reliance on policy documents from Japan, the United States, China, South Korea, and ASEAN nations to examine how the pandemic has been described and the behavior of the respective states rationalized and justified.
(4)期待される成果
I hope to draft three new articles this coming year on narrative, politics, and pandemic, mostly after I go on sabbatical at Cornell University.
