Paper (In Japanese)
A STUDY ON EDUCATION FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION BY UTILIZING “YOKAI” AS INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES
2019 Volume 75 Issue 1 Pages 20-34
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2019 Volume 75 Issue 1 Pages 20-34
The purpose of this study is to suggest an education framework for disaster risk reduction by utilizing Yokai, namely Japanese traditional monsters. In the pre-modern Japanese society, people understood that mysterious phenomenon are caused by work of Yokai. In addition, Yokai lore often tells us how to act when tsunami, earthquake, flood are occurred. Work of Yokai relating natural disaster can be classified in occurrence factor, omen, situation description, prevention scheme and disaster history transduction.
In this study, we conducted “Yokai Safety Workshop” as a social experiment, based on a role of Yokai lore as a social device to transmit disaster risks. Through the work to create new Yokai, the children who participated in the workshops were able to recognise the risks in the region and suggest how to avoid disaster risks.
