On 12 July, JSPS’s office in Washington, DC held its annual summer “Science in Japan” Forum.
As in the past, this 17th forum in the series introduced a wide spectrum of Americans, including science-policy administrators, journalists and researchers, to the latest advances being made in scientific research in Japan. Titled “Routes of Indigenous Research,” this year’s forum was the first to have a theme in the social sciences.
Divided into the three sessions-Native Ontologies and Epistemologies as Praxis; Identity in Three Dimensions: Past, Present, and Future Implications; and Indigeneity and the Ainu-the forum featured presentations by 13 US and Japanese experts and discussions inclusive of the audience on research related to the Inuit and other native Americans and to Japan’s indigenous people, including their history, environment, and applicable government policy
Altogether, about 100 people attended the event.
７月１２日にワシントン市内のCosmos Clubにて、JSPS Washington 事務所が毎年夏に企画し実施している”Science in Japan Forumを開催した。
本フォーラムは、これまで年1回、特定の分野をテーマとし、我が国の最先端の科学について米国政府等の科学政策担当者、ジャーナリスト、研究者等幅広い分野の方々に紹介する役割を果たしてきた。今年で17回を数える本フォーラムでは、”Routes of Indigenous Research”をテーマとした。社会科学系の分野をテーマとするのは、17回目にして今回が初めてとなる。 フォーラムは”Native Ontologies and Epistemologies as Praxis,” “Identity in Three Dimensions: Past, Present, and Future Implications,” “Indigeneity and the Ainu”の３つのセッションに分け、アメリカインディアン、Inuit、日本の先住民の歴史や環境、政府の政策等に関する研究について日米の１３名からなるエキスパートによる講演と参加者も含めたディスカッションが行われた。 会議は終日かけて行われ、約１００名に及ぶ参加者があった。
The Seventeenth “SCIENCE IN
JAPAN” Forum
“Routes of Indigenous Research”
at Cosmos Club, Washington DC
on July 12, 2012
Sponsored by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
organized by its Washington Office
Cosponsored by National Institute of Health and American Association
for the Advancement of Science
PROGRAM AND
ABSTRACT
8:30am- | Registration |
9:00am-9:30am | Opening / Welcome Address Osamu Shimomura Director, JSPS Washington Office Hirotaka Sugawara Special Advisor to the President and Distinguished Professor,Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Hisashi Kato Director, International Program Department, JSPS Tokyo Head Quarter |
9:30am-11:40am | Session 1: Native Ontologies and Epistemologies as Praxis Convener: Mishuana Goeman Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies, UCLA What is Critical Indigenous Studies and Why Does It Matter?Jennifer Denetdale Associate Professor of American Studies, University of New Mexico Unsustainable Empire: The Damming of the Waters at the Kepaniwai Heritage GardensDean Itsuji Saranillio Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University Trying Minds: Disability, Activism, and Inclusion in SamoaJuliann Anesi Ph.D. student, Department of Special Education and Disability Studies, Syracuse University |
11:40am-12:50pm | Lunch, hosted by JSPS |
12:50pm -3:15pm | Session 2: Identity in Three Dimensions: Past, Present, and Future Implications Convener: Joe Watkins Director, Native American Studies Program, University of Oklahoma Indigenous Archaeology of the AinuHirofumi Kato Professor, Ainu & Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University Archaeology, Education, and IdentityCarol J. Ellick Adjunct Instructor, Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma and Director, Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants People of the Whales: Environmental Change and Cultural Resilience among the Inupiat of Arctic AlaskaChie Sakakibara Assistant Professor, Native American Studies Program, University of Oklahoma Native American DNA? Issues of Identity and GovernanceKim TallBear Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley |
3:15pm -3:30pm | Break |
3:30pm -5:55pm | Session 3: Indigeneity and the Ainu Convener: Shunwa Honda (Henry Stewart) Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan Representation of the Ainu in Textbooks and MuseumsShunwa Honda (Henry Stewart) Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan Genetic structure of the Japanese and the formation of the Ainu populationKen-ichi Shinoda Head, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo Toward Ainu-Japan Specific Indigenous PoliciesTeruki Tsunemoto Director, Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University Ainu and the Museum Masahiro Nomoto Director, The Ainu Museum, Shiraoi, Hokkaido |
6:10pm | Adjournment |
6:10pm- | Reception (Spouses are welcome) |
