B02: Elucidating the society, culture, and behaviors that support a sustainable human-aqua society: determining what needs to be protected and what needs to change.
Concept
One of the keys to reducing water crises and water risks and creating a society in which the aquatic environment, humans, and living creatures coexist in a sustainable manner is to clarify the sociocultural factors that should be protected and those that should be changed in the anthroposphere, identify the major causes of fluctuations in the water cycle system, and utilize the findings to create a sustainable human-aqua society. In this planned research group, we will dynamically clarify the fluctuations in the water cycle system from the past to the present in terms of beliefs and symbolization (sub-theme 1), institutions and lifestyles (sub-theme 2), and perceptions and behaviors (sub-theme 3), and we will extract sociocultural factors that should be protected/changed to create a sustainable human-aqua society. The project will then present the social and behavioral changes that will contribute to the realization of future visions for the achievement of a sustainable human-aqua society (vision) and the formulation of a roadmap (scenario) for solving social issues in the water environment.
Members
Representative
Fujioka Yuichiro [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Greetings
Group B02, consisting primarily of researchers in the fields of humanities such as geography, cultural anthropology, history, and sociology, is engaged in research from the perspectives of 1) beliefs and symbolization, 2) institutions and lifestyles, and 3) perceptions and behaviors to clarify fluctuations in water cycle systems from the past to the present and to achieve a sustainable human-aqua society in the future. As multifaceted discussions are essential to consider a water-symbiotic society, we would like to work with researchers from other groups and practitioners outside of our research area.
Co-Investigators
Fukachi Furukawa [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Chiyoko Nagatani [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Satoru Uchida [Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University]
Tomoko Fujita [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Akinori Kitsuki [Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University]
Kazuto Misumi [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Masaomi Kimura [Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University]
Yuka Oishi [Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University]
Satoshi Abe [Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University]
Nahoko Shimada [Research Institute for Humanity and Nature]
Koji Ito [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Takeshi Onimaru [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Shoichi Ota [Undergraduate Program of Design and Architecture, Kyoto Institute of Technology]
Hideaki Suzuki [Department of Globalization and Humanity, National Museum of Ethnology]
Yuka Yamaguchi [Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University]
Taishi Yazawa [Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo ]
Research Collaborators
Shinichiro Nakamura [Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University]
Kenichi Kurita [Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University]
Takaori Ishikawa [Kushiro City Museum]
Hitoshi Nakano [Fukuoka City Museum]