“Informality” and “Balance” Discussed by Members of the Disaster Prevention Learning ClubClub at Tsuda Junior High School in Tokushima City: Communitas Born in the Field of Disaster Prevention Learning

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  • 徳島市津田中学校の防災学習倶楽部の部員が語る「ゆるさ」と「めりはり」 : 防災学習の場に生まれるコムニタス
  • トクシマシ ツダ チュウガッコウ ノ ボウサイ ガクシュウ クラブ ノ ブイン ガ カタル 「 ユルサ 」 ト 「 メリハリ 」 : ボウサイ ガクシュウ ノ バ ニ ウマレル コムニタス

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This paper presents a summary of discussions between students and graduates of the Disaster Prevention Learning Club of Tsuda Junior School and analyzes their speech using KHCoder. Members said that the activities of the Disaster Prevention Learning Club encouraged disaster prevention skills and developed their abilities to take a proactive role in things; the “informal” human relations and “balanced” leadership across ages and grades were the basis of their disaster prevention activities which made it enjoyable for many club members. In addition, this study examines the dynamism of the field with “informality” and “balance” using the concept of communitas under cultural anthropology. Communitas is the characteristics of human relationships when new relationships are created by removing everyday relationships. They can occur in disaster prevention places where people are confronted with natural disasters that exceed human wisdom. The dynamism of free “informality” and “balance” in the Disaster Prevention Learning Club at Tsuda Junior High School are hypothesized to be generated by Communitas. Through such consideration, this study suggests that good disaster prevention activities can be understood as a peculiarity of schools and communities, but also as general activities.

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