25 0 0 0 IR 反捕鯨と抗議ビジネス--環境保護団体の鯨保護キャンペーンの一側面
- 著者
- 河島 基弘
- 出版者
- 群馬大学社会情報学部
- 雑誌
- 群馬大学社会情報学部研究論集 (ISSN:13468812)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.17, pp.19-35, 2010
This article explores the dynamics of contemporary environmental organizations, especially Greenpeace, focusing on their anti-whaling campaign―how they have capitalized on the whaling issue to their own interests, and what tactics they have employed to attract public attention. My main argument is that the anti-whaling campaign takes on an aspect of protest business, that is, the exploitation of an environmental cause as a means of raising donations. I demonstrate this by using interviews I conducted with those who have been involved in the issue and by analysing the documents of both pro and anti-whaling sides.
2 0 0 0 IR 『ザ・コーヴ』は問題作品か ―あるドキュメンタリー映画の手法と内容の考察―
- 著者
- 河島 基弘 Kawashima Motohiro
- 出版者
- 群馬大学社会情報学部
- 雑誌
- 群馬大学社会情報学部研究論集 (ISSN:13468812)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.18, pp.35-48, 2011-03-31
In this article I examine the method and content of the Academy-Award-winning Americandocumentary film"The Cove", the theme of which is to expose to the public the inhumanity ofdolphin hunting conducted in Taiji, Japan from the viewpoint of an anti-dolphin-hunting cam-paigner. After describing the synopsis of the film, I call in question the film's shooting method.The questions to ask are:how much of a reconstruction of the scene is peumissible in thedocumentary film?; is it acceptable to take the sneak shots of the subjects without theirpermission? Then I move on to the analysis of the content of the film. The questions to askhere are:is it a manifestation of cultural imperialism when someone insists that dolphins arespecial creatures and then obliges other culture to take the same position?; is 辻true that''TheCove'"is anti-Japan? In this article I work on to answer these questions.
1 0 0 0 IR 欧米で鯨が特別視される理由の批判的考察
- 著者
- 河島 基弘
- 出版者
- 群馬大学社会情報学部
- 雑誌
- 群馬大学社会情報学部研究論集 (ISSN:13468812)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.17, pp.1-17, 2010
Nowadays, many people call themselves animal lovers. Stories of the maltreatment of animals are reported sensationally by the press to attract wide public attention. But all animalsare not paid the same attention: the killing of some animals draws more sympathy than others; the experimentation of some animals arouses more indignation than others. Whales are among those 'chosen' animals that are given special consideration, especially in the West. What makes whales so special in human eyes? Why whales, not other animals? In this article, I address these questions by critically examining the alleged uniqueness of whales proposed by a whale protec-tionist.