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細野, 知子

Japanese Society for Clinical Phenomenology

複合災害

糖尿病

現象学的研究

時間経験

他者

The Great East Japan Earthquake

Complex disaster

Diabetes

Phenomenological study

Time experience

Others

Using a phenomenological approach, this study describes the experiences over 12 years of a person with diabetes living in the Soma/Minamisoma area who had been hit by the complex disaster involving the earthquake, tsunami, and the Fukushima nuclear accident. It was reported that diabetes in the area was aggravated following the disaster. Mr. A, however, managed to avoid such deterioration despite being displaced. This study includes three unstructured interviews conducted between 2022 and 2023. Based on the interviews this study clarified by phenomenological description how Mr. A experienced his time and the kind of life he led. He spent time in another prefecture where he had a job. He regarded the evacuation as “work,” and through the distance from other more severely affected disaster victims and events such as the death of his wife, he describes his sense of time as “condensed” and “felt as if it were 20 years.” From his narrative, the figure-ground structure emerged that was in his life after the disaster against the backdrop of coexistence with his wife and the impact of her death. At the same time, the process of transformation in his life due to the bonds with various people and his aging, as well as the change of position and significance of diabetes in his life, were apparent. We believe that this study suggests the importance, when considering long-term support for disaster victims with chronic diseases, of understanding the temporal transformation of illness and life.

細野, 知子