The Global COE Programs, ÅgA Research Base for Conflict Studies in the HumanitiesÅh(Osaka University)

Research Project on the "Participatory Practice in Multicultural Coexistence in Japan" (Center for the Study of Communication Design (CSCD), Osaka University)

International workshop on "Exploring Regional Coexistence through environmental consciousness"

Handmade Life: Exploring The Environmental Consciousness and Subcultures of Young Japanese and Thais.

Jeremiah Mock, MSc, PhD

(Visiting Scholar- Associate Professor of CSCD, University of California, San Francisco - UCSF)

Japan is facing a rising burden of lifestyle diseases and environmental contamination. As national and local governments grapple with these issues, young people appear to be creating their own subculture of health and sustainability - an ÅgecoÅh way of life. Thailand faces similar problems and new eco trends. In this collaborative anthropological study, we conduct participant observations and semi-structured Åginsight group interviewsÅh to explore how and why young people in these two countries are creating eco subculture. We compare the emerging patterns in Japan and Thailand, and determine how these political-economic changes shape relations between the two societies. This study will contribute to improvements in health and the environment.

11 November 2010, 18:00 - 20:30

The Orange Shop, Center for the Study of Communication-Design, CSCD, Toyonaka Campus,

Osaka University.

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Any participant is welcome!!!