Re-evaluating Umesao’s Theory of the Eco-Historical Perspective for Civilizations: Toward a New Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World

When:

2022年04月25日 @ 13:00 – 17:00 Asia/Tokyo Timezone

2022-04-25T13:00:00+09:00

2022-04-25T17:00:00+09:00

Where:

Zoom

Global Area Studies: Toward a New Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World

Date	25th, April, 2022
Place	Zoom
Registration	Registration Form The deadline is Saturday, April 23.
Inquiry	kenjikuroda[at]minpaku.ac.jp (Please replace [at] with @)
Organizer	This symposium is co-organized by National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NME=MINPAKU), and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), both of which are members of National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). This symposium is a part of research activities of MINPAKU Special Research Project “Global Area Studies: Toward a New Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World” (Project leader: Tetsuo NISHIO), in collaboration with NIHU (National Institutes for the Humanities) Transdisciplinary Project “Global Area Studies”.

Program

Facilitator: Ken-ichi ABE (Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

13:00-13:05 (4:00-4:05 UTC)	Opening Remarks	Kenji YOSHIDA (Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology)
13:05-13:15 (4:05-4:15 UTC)	Introduction	Tetsuo NISHIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)
13:15-14:15 (4:15-5:15 UTC)	Keynote Speech	Junichi YAMAGIWA (Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature) “Re-evaluating Umesao’s Theory from the vantage point of Global Studies for Humanity and Nature”
14:20-15:50 (5:20-6:50 UTC)		Comments Kazunobu IKEYA (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) “Global Environment from the perspective of the History of Human Civilization” Minoru MIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) “Cultural Flow and the Idea of “Area”” Tetsuo NISHIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) “Natural Environment and Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World”
16:00-17:00 (7:00-8:00 UTC)	General Discussion