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Ars Vivendi E-mail Magazine No.51 (June 15, 2011) ================================================================= We, Global COE Program Ars Vivendi, would like to let you know the following four news. 1) We have made an English-version page of Translating Culture: Creative Translations of Aynu Chanted-Myths by Mashiho Chiri. http://www.arsvi.com/b2010/1103sn-e.htm 2) We published Ars Vivendi Vol.4 on May 25, 2011. Its English version page is now ready. http://www.arsvi.com/m/sz004e.htm 3) Mr. Satoshi Sakurai, our graduate student, writes about his research on execution. http://www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/news/read/id/143 4) Our program members have conducted various kinds of global research activities. The following is the brief report written by Professor Izumi Otani. In academic year 2010, my following two academic achievements have been made internationally. (a) "Biopolitics and Dicourse on Death and Dying" in SHIMAZONO Susumu & TAKEUCHI Seiichi (Eds.) Death and Life Studies No.1: What Is Death and Life Studies? (2008) was translated into Korean. (b)"'Good Manner of Dying' as a Normative Concept: 'Autocide,' 'Granny Dumping' and Discussions on Euthanasia/Death with Dignity in Japan," was included in the International Journal of Japanese Sociology Vol.19 (1). You can refer to http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-6781.2010.01136.x/abstract for its abstract. Izumi Otani *Please click below for more detailed information about our program. http://www.arsvi.com/a/index.htm http://www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/ We are eager to promote collaborative research projects with disabled patients' advocacy groups, non-profit organizations, as well as domestic and international researchers. [Ars Vivendi E-mail Magazine] For comments, subscription and cancellation of this e-mail magazine, please e-mail TAE01303@nifty.ne.jp For past issues of our e-mail magazine, please take a look at http://www.arsvi.com/a/eme.htm General Editor : Shin'ya Tateiwa Chief Editor : Minoru Kataoka Publication : Research Center for Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University 56-1 Kitamachi, Tojiin, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan 603-8577 |