Date:June 20 2011 (Mon.) 16:30 ー 18:30
Venue: Meeting Room No. 332, the 3rd floor, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall
【Presenataion】
16:00-16:15
Kaoru Sugihara (Professor, CSEAS)
Title:The Principle of Governing the Force of Geosphere and its Relevance to the Sustainability of Humanosphere
16:15-16:25
Taiso Wada (G-COE Researcher, CSEAS)
Title:How to Assess the Forces of Geosphere as a Disturbance Factor of Humanosphere
16:25-16:55
Yoshimi Nishi (Associate Professor, CIAS)
Title:High Social Flux and Sustainable Humanosphare: in case of Aceh after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
16:55-17:25
Naoki Shinohara (RISH)
Title:Possibility of Global Energy Shift Based on Solar Power
17:25-17:45 Commnet
Hiromu Shimizu (Professor CSEAS)
Shuhei Kimura (Associate Professor, Fuji Tokoha University)
17:45-18:30
Discussion
【Record of Activity】
The purpose of this Paradigm Formulation seminar was to seek approaches to the securing of the humanosphere against the forces of the geoshpere, uncontrollable by humans. Firstly, Professor Kaoru Sugihara (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) gave an explanation of the concepts of the primary, secondary and tertiary securing of the humanosphere. On this basis, Professor Sugihara pointed out that in order to conceptualize the development path of the sustainable humanosphere, it was necessary to seek out a directionality where cutting-edge technology and efficient institutions could be absorbed, while at the same time reinstating the development path aiming the realization of the sustainable humanosphere. Following this, G-COE Researcher Taizo Wada (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University), gave an explanation of the state of disturbance of the humanosphere using data for the average number of deaths per 100,000 of the population from earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes over the past three decades, and also pointed out future challenges in the development of a humanosphere index. Associate Professor Yoshimi Nishi (Center for Integrated Areas Studies, Kyoto University), with reference to the Aceh region of Indonesia, the region most seriously affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, attempted an analysis of how creative reconstruction should be understood based mainly on the keywords of fluidity and flexibility. Finally, Professor Naoki Shinohara (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanoshpere, Kyoto University), took up the example of the Solar Power Station (SPS) to examine the potential for a global energy shift that would rely on solar energy, and considered the characteristics of and the current state of research on the SPS. Professor Shinohara also mentioned the relationship between scientists and society.
Regarding the above-mentioned presentations Professor Hiromu Shimizu (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) asked questions concerning the relation between creative reconstruction and the space of authority in the presentation by Associate Professor Nishi, and about the assessment of science and technology from a long-term point of view regarding the presentation by Professor Shinohara. Associate Professor Shuhei Kimura (Graduate School of Environment and Disaster Research, Fuji Tokoha University) posed a question concerning memories of disasters and the strength of locally-based networks, and social distrust towards scientists and scientists’ distrust of society. A large number of questions arose from the floor, including questions about the response of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, the governance of outer space, and the interface between technology, institutions and knowledge, resulting in a very enthusiastic discussion which continued well after the scheduled time for the end of the seminar.
(Shiro Sato)