コロナ禍元年より継続してきたみんぱく共同研究プロジェクトの成果として刊行された本書では、人類学者、歴史家、生態学者とともに、人間と人間以外の生き物が互いに食い合い、結びつき合う中に潜む政治性について考察しています。私が担当した第17章「地球への薬効――薬用植物から考える公共空間の生態学」では、ハノイ市内の薬草園を舞台に、医薬品に汚染された土壌の改良から始まる薬草栽培の実践を紹介し、病と健康をめぐる再生の可能性を探っています。
http://www.showado-kyoto.jp/book/b656843.html
編者：内藤直樹・森明子
2025年3月31日発売
A5判・412頁
定価：本体5,720円＋税
ISBN 9784812224168
従来の政治や経済の論理をはみ出た存在、寄食者を断罪するのではなく彼らの論理や実践に目を向け様々な価値観に開かれた理解を目指す。
February seems to be the month for international workshop. This 1, of which I’m proud to be a discussant, is organized by The Anthropological Institute of Hiroshima (TAIHI) and revolves around two quite specific themes dear to my heart: #incommensurability and #embodiment. It is probably the first time for me to visit Hiroshima University not as an instructor, but a researcher—except the annual meeting of the Japanese Anthropological Association, which was held here some years ago. Feel free to join us either at the venue or online!
https://taihi.org/events/stefan-ecks/
The Anthropological Institute of Hiroshima (TAIHI) is pleased to announce a lecture by Dr. Stefan Ecks on embodied value theory, the novel anthropological theory that explains how living entities value life by way of commensuration. The lecture will take place at Hiroshima University at 4:00 p.m. JST on February 20, 2023. You are invited to take part either at the venue or online. Please kindly register your name in advance by submitting the form below.
Value theory has always been part of anthropological theory, but only implicitly. ‘Culture’ was basically defined as a pattern of values. An explicit anthropological discussion of value is fairly recent. Some believe that a general value theory can be achieved. Others think that anthropology is all about discovering cultural incommensurabilities that cannot contain a universal notion of value. The greatest conceptual challenge is if cultural values (in the plural) can be synthesized with economic and exchange-based value (in the singular). Here I argue that values and value can be brought together within an embodied value theory (EVT). At the core of this new theory of value is embodied life as the ground and goal of valuing. Life values living, and life tries to make the most of life by valuing different possibilities. I show that all valuing rests on comparisons, and that the infinite similarities between different entities can only be decided in pragmatic contexts. I propose that biocommensurations, where at least one entity in a comparison is alive, is the universal form of valuing.
Date: February 20, 2023, 4:00-6:00 p.m. JST
Venue: Hiroshima University, Higashi-Senda Innovative Research Center (2nd Floor, Room M204) and online (Zoom)
Program :
4:00-5:00 p.m. Lecture by Dr. Stefan Ecks
5:00-6:00 p.m. Comments followed by open discussion
Commentators :
Akinori Hamada (Tokyo University)
Mohacsi Gergely (Osaka University)
Moderator :
Makoto Nishi (Hiroshima University)
「まなびのカフェ中学生・高校生をはじめとした一般の方々に、教員・大学院生・学部生が、研究内容をわかりやすく伝え、参加者とともに語りあい、対話の場をつくります」（https://www.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/mirai-kyoso/about）
カフェで薬？いいえ、オランダの話ではない…。明日、前に住んでた茨木に戻って、生涯学習センター「きらめき」で自分の研究について話すことになりました。「学びのカフェ」という阪大人科・未来共創センターの企画。どちらかと言えば、「教える」より、「一緒に考える」場を作りたいけど、なかなか一筋縄ではないんです。
日時：2019年2月3日（日）14：00～16：00
場所：生涯学習センター ４階405室 （中央図書館北隣）
主催：茨木市（文化振興課保健医療課）・大阪大学人間科学部未来共創センター
metabologies 