Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto 2017–
The Concept of the Anthropocene in the East Asian Context
Where is the Anthropocene? If seen from a corner of the East Asian Continent/Peninsula/Archipelago, does the same image come into focus as seen from other parts of the world? Although the notion of the Anthropocene points to humanity’s involvement in Earth history, especially in light of contemporary global environmental change, the very same planet is comprised of individual ecological niches and diverse cultures existing within particular milieu. So we might also ask: Who is this humanity? Collaborating with both Japanese and European museums and their associated communities, the aim of this project was to design a sequence of events exploring the conceptual, material, and immaterial cultural forms through which environmental knowledge has historically been recognized, organized, activated, and transmitted in East Asia by way of conferences, public events, and publications.
Read MoreNewspaper Sketches of Ocean Waves (2016), pen on Inkjet Prints. Image courtesy of the artist Hicosaka Toshiaki
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Rethinking Environmental Praxis, Disciplinarity, and Subjectivity
New Perspectives on the Anthropocene in East Asia
Sensing, Epistemology, Naturecultures
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Asia’s Transformations to Sustainability
RIHN 11th International Symposium
Sensing, Agriculture, Economy
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Global Environment and Democracy
This colloquium and workshop will rethink how to define the democracy in the Anthropocene and seek a new way to the future-planning which overcomes this “Anthropocenic” difficulty.
Sensing, Environmental Justice, Future
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Ecologies of Knowledge and Practice
A workshop on the interlinkage of the production of knowledge of Japan to new forms of engagement with contemporary ecological concerns.
Sensing, Human-environment relations, Disciplinarity
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Imagination of the Terra
Imagination of the Terra
Sensing, Naturecultures
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Humanities on the Ground
RIHN 13th International Symposium, December 13–14, 2018, Kyoto – Organized by The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
Knowledge transformation, Naturecultures