Vigilance in Japan’s neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic (B08*)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 394775490

In Japan, the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic was based on measures that were not legally binding. Citizens were called upon to apply self-restraint (jishuku) in their daily lives whenever possible. This project analyses the pervasiveness of this type of self-restraint and the establishment of practices of vigilance directed both towards the self, as well as third parties, in the semi-public space of local neighbourhoods, which occurred as a result of interaction between administrative structures and cultural elements. The aim is to develop a corresponding model and to test it empirically.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1369: Cultures of Vigilance. Transformations - Spaces - Practices
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Gabriele Vogt