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Japanese Grassroots Museums for the 21st Century: Museums for Cross-Cultural Communication
Abstract
As Japan is about to welcome many immigrants, what role is expected for young people to play in creating and imagining a culture of peace, given that history education that encourages patriotism is viewed critically in Japan? Globalization creates a conflict between the need for migration (connectivity-multiple belongings) and the patriotic history education imposed (nationalism-homogeneity) in early 21st century Japan. What can we do to ease this conflict? The answer is better utilization of museums. Our thesis is that Japan has not only imposed national history but diverging history/memories existing in the public spaces passed through oral history. History and memories are the cause of discord in international relations in Northeast Asia. As such, we believe that this thesis will contribute to the broadening of the scope of peace studies, including museums, on the creation and imagining of a culture of peace in 21st century Japan that cannot be explained only by conventional policy and textbook content analysis.
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