During this research project, I became aware that memorials often seemed to have a version of a particular kind of contemplative space and object: the round water sculpture. My observations never suggested that these attracted the attention of students. They did attract my attention. I even made a video putting sites in the US, Japan […]
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Contemplative places
May 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Contemplative places · 3. Sites, Memorials
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Monuments to those once despised
May 12th, 2011 · No Comments · 3. Sites, Memorials
In Japan and in the US, there are now monuments honoring the very people who were considered pariahs during World War II. In both Okinawa and Hiroshima monuments and plaques now recognize the deaths of the many thousands of Koreans who were forcibly living as laborers in Japan. The statements and memorials in Hiroshima are […]
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Teaching and Tour Guides
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Tour guides and Pedagogy
Students surveyed in all three countries answered questions about the classes and preparations they engaged in before the trip. On the pages that describe student learning, you will transcriptions of the written responses to the open-ended question “List three things you learned.” On-site teaching systems varied significantly from country to country. These findings derive from […]
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Children’s Materials
May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Tour guides and Pedagogy
In a variety of ways, museums and memorials provided special recognition that their visitors included school groups. Museums and Memorials advertise special entry times for schools and special rates as well: The photos about access come from the Seoul National Museum and Korean War component, the “Unification Observatory,” one place ROK school groups visit to […]
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Rituals
April 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Rituals · 2006-2010 Comparative Research "History Becomes Heritage", Rituals at the Memorials
Students in Japan take part in overtly spiritual rituals at all the memorial sites related to World War II. Considerable international ire arises when Japanese politicians make official visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which memorializes every single Japanese soldier killed in war since the 1850s including those adjudged to be war criminals. In November 2008, the […]
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Dialogues with the dead
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Rituals at the Memorials
Teenagers engage in formal group rituals at the memorials associated with key sites –delivering cranes to a memorial in Hiroshima, for example, or wreath laying at the Mall memorial sites in Washington DC. In addition, these days the sites provide opportunities to enter more deeply into the lives of specific people whose death is memorialized […]
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Student Travel Experiences
April 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Student Travel Experiences · 2006-2010 Comparative Research "History Becomes Heritage", Student Travel Experiences
Traveling together and organizing the details of the travel are two key elements which leave salient memories for students on field trips. Although the modes of transport differ somewhat from country to country, students often commented on the comfort or discomfort of the journey. For other site visitors, the rows of buses reveal how popular the […]
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Souvenirs
April 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Student Travel Experiences
In the surveys of students, shopping was among the most frequently listed activities on the trip. Access to museum souvenir shops was easy in the US. In Korea, there was far less material available, and what there was seemed to be in rather obscure parts of each site. The school trips in Japan far out-performed […]
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Introduction — historical relationships.
March 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Introduction
The three bi-lateral relationships included in this study — Japanese/Korean, Japanese/American and American/Korean — shaped by specific areas of tension. These are evident in the places students visit, as are attempts being made in all three countries to mitigate the tensions. Photos of the different sites help illuminate these legacies. These in no way represent […]
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Japan and Korea
March 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Japan and Korea · 5. Images symbolizing political relationships, Japan and Korea
2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Japan’s official colonization of Korea. The colonization lasted until 1945 and Japan’s defeat in World War II. In the two countries, the key sites for this research mark the relationship in quite different ways. In Korea, at Seodaemun Prison and at the Cheonan Independence Hall, […]
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