FY 2021 Joint Research Project: MOTOMURA Masafumi
Project
Construction and development of Humanistic Gerontology: Study of gerontological history and the feeling of being a burden to others
Members
MOTOMURA Masafumi (Project leader)
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
Research Group A
YOSHIBA Yasuyuki
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
KATO Satoshi
The Center for Academic Resources and Archives, Tohoku University Archives, Tohoku University
INOUE Mikako
Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University
YAMAMOTO Hisashi
Chikushi Jogakuen University
SHIMADA Yuichiro
National Institute of Technology, Oshima College
WANG Meng
Zhengzhou University
TIAN Yan
NanKai University
Research Group B
HIKASA Haruka
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
KUDO Yoko
Tohoku Fukushi University
KIMURA Ryoko
Akamon College of Sendai
HIRAO Yumiko
Akamon College of Sendai
HIRATA Hisako
Tottori Prefectural Board of Education
KOYAMA Toshihiro
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
ZHOU Chen
Southeast University
Project Overview
This research project aims to construct and develop the new field of “humanistic gerontology”, based in the humanities and focused on aging, end-of-life care, and death. The following two research groups have been designed to address these issues.
(1) Research Group A aims to trace the history of gerontological research in order to critically consider the nature of traditional approaches.
(2) Research Group B aims to conduct survey research surrounding the feeling held by the elderly of not wanting to be a burden to others, as one element of research surrounding aging, end-of-life care, and death.
During FY 2021, the main focus of our research will be on the second of these themes. Specifically, addressing the feeling that many have of not wanting to be a burden to others during the process of aging, end-of-life care, and dying in modern Japan, we will develop and implement questionnaire surveys in order to understand the similarities and differences surrounding this consciousness between past and modern eras and to elucidate the characteristics of modern Japan.