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Global COE Program Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University (Ed.) March 7, 2008
Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.2, 2008. 157p. ISSN 1882-6539

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Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.2, 2008. 157p. ISSN 1882-6539



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[Table of Contents]

Preface by TATEIWA Shin'ya --- 3

Special Open Seminar "Questions in History: Talk with KURIHARA Akira" --- 11
Speaker: KURIHARA Akira (Distinguished Invited Professor, Global COE Program Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University)
Interviewer: Tateiwa, Shin'ya (Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics & Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University), Amada, Josuke(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics & Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University), and others

ŸEvent / Body --- 17
@ž Event as a Gesture --- 17
@ž Group Evacuation and Ryokan-sama --- 18
@ž A Boy in Nagasaki --- 20

ŸQuestions in History --- 23
@ž Questions of Violence --- 23
@ž Appeal from Minamata --- 24
@ž International Relations among People --- 26
@ž In New York --- 27
@ž Beheiren (Citizen's League for Peace in Vietnam) and Conflicts at School --- 28
@ž The Position of the Academic World --- 29
@ž Various Politics --- 30
@ž Communes --- 31
@ž Omoto-kyo --- 31
@ž Minamata --- 33
@ž Volunteer Activities / Citizens' Activities --- 34

ŸMinamaba: Human Politics--- 36
@ž Minamata Forum: From 1998 --- 36
@ž Exhibition of Minamata Disease: October 2001 --- 37
@ž Exhibition of Minamata and Takahata: June 1999 --- 38
@ž Voluntary Negotiation between Minamata Victims and Chisso Corporation --- 40
@ž New Noh "Shiranui" Performed in Minamata: August 2004 --- 41
@ž Politics of Ars Vivendi --- 44
@ž Politics of Symbiosis --- 44
@ž Politics as Proof of Existence --- 45
@ž Logic of Practical Gestures --- 46

ŸQuestions and Answers --- 50
@ž Comment and Question 1 --- 50
@ž Comment and Question 2 --- 58
@ž Comment and Question 3 --- 63
@ž Responses from Prof. KURIHARA --- 66

Special Open Seminar "To Africa / World: Talk with INABA Masaki" --- 75
Speaker: INABA Masaki (Africa Japan Forum)
Interviewer: TATEIWA Shin'ya (Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics & Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University), and others

ŸINABA Masaki: His History --- 79
@ž Africa Japan Forum: From 2002 --- 79
@ž OCCUR: From 1991 --- 80
@ž AIDS Conference in Yokohama, and Africa Japan Forum: From 1994 --- 82
@ž Supporting Asylum Seekers: From 2000 --- 84
@ž Kotobuki-cho and the University: From 1988 --- 85

ŸAfrica and Japan: Past and Present --- 89
@ž Past: From Medieval to Meiji Era --- 89
@ž Globalization around Tobu-Noda Line --- 91
@ž Africans Living in Japan and HIV/AIDS --- 93
@ž African Businesses in Japan and their Background --- 95

Ÿ(South) Africa: "The Most Developed Country" --- 98
@ž High Gross National Income and Low Human Development Index --- 98
@ž Developing Underdeveloped Countries --- 99
@ž Growth and Distribution --- 101
@ž Empty Magic Bullet Called "Eliminating Poverty through Economy Development" --- 104
@ž Drain of Skilled Human Resources --- 108
@ž How to Prevent the Drain --- 111

ŸStrategies and Tactics of Social Movements --- 114
@ž Two Streams --- 114
@ž G8 Summit in Heiligendamm --- 116
@ž We Need Both --- 118
@ž Mutual Exchange of Citizen Society Sectors and National Sectors --- 120
@ž What can We Make "Another Thing"? --- 123
@ž Conditions and Possibilities of Africa --- 127
@ž Africa to the World --- 130
@ž It Is Not Much Difficult if you make your mind up --- 134

ŸQuestions and Answers 1 --- 138
@ž Target / Mobilize --- 138
@ž Injury / Willingness --- 141

ŸQuestions and Answers 2: The Situation of Gay and Gay Activism in Africa --- 145
@ž Nigeria / Ghana / Uganda --- 146
@ž The Involved Person's Movements in South Africa --- 149
@ž Gay in Islam World --- 149
@ž Supposed Gay Communities --- 150
@ž Supplements on the Involved Person's Movementsb in South Africa --- 153

Postscript by AMADA Josuke--- 155


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