Vigilance in Japan’s neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic
Project B08
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Project Description
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.