Host: The Association of Japanese Geographers
Name : Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Autumn 2022
Date : September 23, 2022 - September 25, 2022
In order to eliminate prejudice and discrimination against leprosy, which still exists, and against people with infectious diseases, as revealed by the spread of COVID-19 infection today, it is possible to understand issues similar to the places where former leprosy patients have lived and relive their daily lives. This reliving can be done through visits to the archives attached to national sanatoriums for leprosy and through reading the writings of those who have lived there.
This study proposes that geographical descriptions of national sanatoriums for leprosy can be a source of information to support such an understanding of leprosy. However, as leprosy sanatoria involve a complex combination of various problems, here we focus on the relationship between the National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen and disasters as a case study, and conduct geographical research and descriptions from a perspective centred on disasters.
