■Study Group
・November 5, 2009 14：00-16：00 HASHIGUCHI Shoji "Reading
HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro's New labour Society"
・September 24, 2009 14：00-16：00 MURAKAMI Shinji "Equitability
and Necessity"
・July 13, 2009 14：00-16：00 NAKAKURA Tomonori "Note on Human
Capital and Social Relationship Capital"
・June 12, 2009 14：00-16：00 Meeting on this Year's Plan
■Presentations
■Academic Papers
■Books
■Our Project Plan■
◆Aim: To research theoretically and practically on labour issues,
unstable living, and guaranteed income in today's society, and to
build the network of researchers on these issues
◆Project Member *as of Academic Year 2009
・Project Leader: NAKAKURA Tomonori
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
・HASHIGUCHI Shoji (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・MURAKAMI Shinji (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・NOSE Keisuke (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・KOBAYASHI Hayato (PD, Kinugasa Research
Organization, Ritsumeikan University)
1. Topics and Contribution to the Global COE Program Ars Vivendi
（1）Topics, Objectives and Impacts
This project aims to clarify what kinds of employment problems those who have
difficulties working, such as young people or foreigners have and have unstable life, and
to discuss the political responses to them and background identities behind them.
Following the last year's same study group, this project aims to
research theoretically and practically on labour issues, unstable
living, and guaranteed income in today's society, including the
international research on these issues, and to build the network of
researchers on these issues. This project conducts research on current important challenges such as
labour, living, and security which have been seldom related to each
other, with multi-angled viewpoints. Also, the project is significant
in that it connects theories and practices.
（2）Contribution to the Global COE Program Ars Vivendi
Accumulating information on labour issues of young people or
foreigners, analyzing the effects of various policies to support
their lives, and to explore the possibilities of guaranteed income,
will contribute to 1 "Accumulation and Thinking", and 3 "Cooperation
and Construction" of Global COE Program Ars Vivendi's missions.
In practice, we will share our information on the website of this
project and organize seminars, etc.
2. Research Plan, Method and Publication of Research Products
Our research methods include; 1) conducting research on labour issues
especially those of young people or foreigners and collect information on
their current situation or actual practice in their work through
interviews and so on; 2) analyzing how the policies such as
minimum wage, tax deduction or supplemental security income influence
on people with unstable living through examination of literature or
government publication materials; and 3) critically considering the human
capital theory in relation to workfare, and exploring the
possibilities of income securities including basic income. The
project members will conduct research according to their own study field, and
the project has seminars and discussions. We will
invite researchers or activists in related fields as appropriate if necessary.
We had study groups on June 12, July 13, September 24, November 6 and will have study groups
in early January and March.
Concerning the output of achievements of our project, we have already made presentations at Japan Welfare
Sociology Association, and published books (eg. VOL lexicon and Repairing the Tax) etc.
Moreover, we will make presentaions at Society for the Study of Social Policy, publish books and publish Report Issued by Research Center for
Ars Vivendi titled "International Studies on labour Issues, Unstable
Living, and Guaranteed Income (tentative)".
■Contact: Mr. NAKAKURA Tomonori
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
so029997 (at) ce.ritsumei.ac.jp
(Please change (at) to @.)
■Presentation at Study Groups etc.
◆MURAKAMI Kiyoshi January 31, 2009
"What is women for labour?: Over
family, gender and labour" (KURITA Takako x IKUTA Takeshi x
MURAKAMI Kiyoshi), at Junkudo Shoten
(Talk Session at Junkudo Shoten Osaka "Publication Ceremony of
Freeter's Free Vol.2")
◆NAKAKURA Tomonori July 27, 2008
Report "Multitude and Guaranteed Income: With Emphasis on
Discussion of Mr. Maurizio Lazzarato"
The 3rd Meeting on Preparation Committee for Japanese Network on Basic Income,
Doshisha University
◆HASHIGUCHI Shoji June 23, 2008 Report
"Movements of Irregular Workers in Japan: Quick Review of its
History and the Current Condition", "Alternatives of labour, Employment and
Social Security", Ritsumeikan University
■Academic Papers and Others
◆[Round Table Discussiion] KUNISAWA Shizuko, SHIRASAKI Asako, MURAKAMI Kiyoshi, IKUTA Takeshi, OSAWA
Nobuaki, KURITA Takako, SUGITA Shunsuke
December 1, 2008 Prefatory Session "Questioning Labour and Family:
Housewife, Single Mother and Female Freeter" Freeter's Free
02:11-40． (http://www.freetersfree.org/ (Japanese))
◆[Discussion Material] MURAKAMI
Kiyoshi December 1, 2008 "Outline of Evaluation and Position of
Housewife and Part-Time Work in Postwar Japan, and Some Points for
Precipitation of Challenges," Freeter's Free 02:41-43
◆[Translation] LAZZARATO Maurizio 2004 "Créer des mondes:
Capitalisme contemporain et guerres 《esthétiques》",
Multitudes 15＝June 2008 Japanese Translation by NAKAKURA Tomonori "Creating the
World: Modern Capitalism and 'Aesthetic / Sensibility' War," Gendai
Shiso 36(7): 200-206．
(http://multitudes.samizdat.net/article9.html (Japanese))
◆[Comment] NAKAKURA Tomonori June 2008 "Maurizio Lazzarato and
Gabriel de Tarde", Politics of
Events: New Cooperation of Knowledge and Politics (Japanese), Rakuhoku
Shuppan, pp. 364-368.
◆[Comment] NAKAKURA Tomonori June 2008 "Comments from the
Translator: The World of Corporations and Knowledge: Politics,"
Gendai Shiso 36(7), p. 207.
■■Research Symposium
◇June 23, 2008 "Alternatives of
labour, Employment and Social Security" (Co-organized with
Socio-Cultural Research Institute, Ryukoku University)
◆Date: June 23, 2008 (Mon.) 2:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
◆Place: Gakujikan Building (The 2nd Research Room), Ritsumeikan
University (Access Map & Campus Map)
◆Purpose of This Event:
What do people have in order to overcome unemployment, overwork,
unstable life and poverty? Is there any way of the social security
system that enables people to use their power except for the labour
one?
In this event, we invite Mr. Maurizio Lazzarato, a spirited thinker,
and ask him about the current condition of movements by part-time
workers (intermittent) who have been engaged in art activities and
unstable livers (precariat) and discussion on income guarantee and
its theoretical achievements.
Moreover, we have discussion on the way of alternatives of labour,
employment and security with an activist of the labour union for
part-time workers in Japan, a assistant worker for people with
disabilities and young researcher in addition to Mr. Maurizio
Lazzarato.
◆Presenters:
・LAZZARATO Maurizio (http://multitudes.samizdat.net/_Lazzarato-Maurizio_.html)
・WATANABE Taku (Karinto: Meeting for Assistant Workers Aiming for
Income Guarantee for Everyone)
・HASHIGUCHI Shoji (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan
University/Union Bochibochi)
・NAKAKURA Tomonori
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences at Ritsumeikan University) and so on
◆Introduction of Mr. Maurizio Lazzarato
Mr. Maurizio Lazzarato was born in Italy in 1955. He is a
sociologist and philosopher. He is working in Paris while conducting
research on nonphysical labour and social movements and so on.
He also participates in activities of part-timers (intermittent) who
have been engaged in art activities and unstable livers (precariat).
He is one of the core persons who publish the collection of Gabriel
Tarde in France and is known as his research on Tarde.
◆Host:
Project Conducted by Graduate Students (Global COE Program for Ars
Vivendi at Ritsumeikan University)
"International Research over labour Issues, Unstable Life and
Guarantted Income"
Research Center for Ars Vivendi at Ritsumeikan University
◆Co-host:
Socio-Cultural Research Institute at Ryukoku University
◆Aim: To research theoretically and practically on labour issues,
unstable living, and guaranteed income in today's society, and to
build network of researchers on these issues
◆Project Member *as of Academic Year 2008
・Project Leader: NAKAKURA Tomonori
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
・HASHIGUCHI Shoji (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・MURAKAMI Kiyoshi (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・YAMAMOTO Takanori (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
・UNO Yoshiyuki (Graduate Student,
Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University)
1. Topics and Contribution to the Global COE Program Ars Vivendi
（1）Topics, Objectives and Impacts
The project aims to conduct research internationally on labour issues,
guaranteed income, and unstable living in today's society with
theoretical and practical bases. It also aims to establish the mutual
network among researchers on these issues domestically and
internationally. Our main activities will include inviting speakers on
labour issues, guaranteed income, and unstable living , and having study groups. Especially, we plan to hold a
research symposium with Maurizio Lazzarato of Multitudes. We
believe this project can contribute to successive development of
international research on the above three issues.
（2）Contribution to the Global COE Program Ars Vivendi
The project aims to conduct research internationally on labour issues,
guaranteed income, and unstable living in today's society with
theoretical and practical bases. The Global COE Program Ars Vivendi has accumulated
a certain amount of domestic research of the related fields, but we
believe we need more international research and exchanges.
Especially, we expect great contribution by asking Mr. Lazzarato to
introduce dramatical movement of CIP-idf, the cooperative of
labourers and people with unstable living in Ile-de-France. In
addition, the comparative studies on similar practices in Japan and
achievements on exchanges will be important in the near future, and we
expect these can contribute to the Global COE Program Ars Vivendi.
2. Research Plan, Method and Publication of Research Products
Research Plan
We invite Mr. Maurizio Lazzarato, who has developed radical theories on
labour, guaranteed income and unstable living, for a week in June. At
the same time, we invite domestic researchers, artists, care
workers, and activists on temporary workers as lecturers and have
research symposium with Mr. Lazzarato. In addition, we plan to
hold regular study groups throughout the year.
Research Methods
Since the topic of this project involves variety of academic fields, we
approach the issues from many different angles, as we take advantage
of research and methods project members have in the fields such as
philosophy and social thoughts, women labour, labour union studies,
discrimination studies, and literature and representation studies. We
also study its related literature both inside and outside of Japan, conduct
field work or qualitative surveys, and so on. We will publish and
share our achievements through study groups.
Output of Research Achievements
We will publish our research achievements through reports, papers and research
notes by our project members. We aim to translate Lazzarato's
presentation paper, and publish in Core Ethics and/or Center
Report.
■Contact: Mr. NAKAKURA Tomonori
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier
Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
so029997 (at) ce.ritsumei.ac.jp
(Please change (at) to @.)