著者
大澤 英昭 広瀬 幸雄 寺本 義也
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.93-109, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

The purpose of this case study on the collaboration between citizens and experts, dealing with the future plan of the estuary weir of the Yoshino River is to understand how we can create renewed public knowledge for solving the social problems associated with science and technology as first step of the study. In order to analyze the case, the collaboration patterns were classified based on the condition of information/knowledge-sharing and the relationship between citizens and experts. The condition of information/knowledge-sharing was classified into two types as unshared condition or shared condition, whereas the relationship between citizens and experts was classified into two types as soft relationship (relationship of trust) or hard relationship (conflicting relationship). The process of collaboration was classified into four phases as making issues, forming hypothesis, confirming by experiment, and synthesizing and practicing future scenario. In addition, the utilization of the citizens' and experts' knowledge was analyzed based on a scheme applied Johari's Window. The results were as follows. a) The collaboration pattern between citizens and experts transformed itself as the process of collaboration made progress. b) The citizens' and experts' knowledge learnt in the past experience was utilized in order to make common context required for increasing mutual understanding of the issue. Based on these results, the conceptual model for collaboration between citizens and experts was discussed.
著者
富田 涼都
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.110-120, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

Adaptive management is a systematic set of principles and tools that can continually improve management policies and practices because they are linked to the outcomes of operational programs. Effective adaptive management is based on the recognition of the linkages between scientific knowledge and the social aspects particular to each case. In this paper, two main conclusions are shown through an analysis of the issueframing process in the case of a nature restoration program at Lake KASUMIGAURA, east-central Japan. First, the current pattern of issue framing in the nature restoration program is problematic because it is based only on the scientific view of the problem and solutions. Advocates of adaptive management argue that it is necessary to incorporate social aspects of human-nature relations to solve the problems. Second, adaptive management programs should include such social reflexive verification processes that repeatedly scrutinize the validity and findings of the issueframing process, on the assumption that any single way of issue framing cannot be infallible or complete. How to design goals of operations and how to deal with the results as effective feedback are also essential questions in the practice of adaptive management programs. As mentioned above, the key is to focus on the social aspects and the issue framing processes in the operations themselves, not just on scientific issues. Otherwise, adaptive management programs will not themselves be 'adaptive'.
著者
大塚 善樹
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.121-132, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

This paper attempts to evaluate ecological communications of the CSR by examining arguments over an article in The Economist journal that criticized the CSR as delusional and pernicious. On one hand, the delusional CSR, which was indicted for uncertain knowledge about environment, may pose a semantic problem for meaningful communication. On the other hand, the pernicious CSR, which was accused for leaving public values on the market for which no objective criteria are existed, may associate with a pragmatic problem in effective communication. Given that environmental science entails uncertainty, and also given imperfect information in the real market, trust in science and the market would be important for advancing the CSR. A questionnaire survey for staffs of CSR departments in 55 companies about the attitudes against the criticism, in fact, indicated that trust in science and the market may independently affect the degrees of considering social evaluation of their firms as important. In addition, such attitudes may depend on the position of a firm in the 'market for virtue', i. e. the market in which ecological and societal values are transacted, because firms at the intermediate position in the course of the CSR progress, from a rather narrow responsibility only for an environmental aspect to a wider responsibility for society, tended to have weaker trust in both science and the market.
著者
桜井 淳
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.155-169, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

The aim of this study is to examine the structure and characteristics of the nuclear development in Japan, focusing on the lack of the governance in the nuclear safety regulation. New two models are proposed to explain an actual nuclear safety regulation process in Japan. One is "the pyramid model" with top-down method mainly conducted by Nuclear Safety Commission in conformity with the national policy. The other is "the reverse pyramid model" with top-down method promoted by electric power companies and nuclear reactor makers. It is shown that "the reverse pyramid model" is much better model for explaining the real regulation process with lack of governance for each other in Japan, furthermore, the one-sided safety evaluation by electric power companies and reactor makers is inadequate condition for safety regulation under Nuclear Safety Commission which does not have the ability for the judgement with the original advanced knowledge, even if the process and transparency are properly maintained.
著者
渡辺 政隆
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.10-21, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

In Japan, there has been a long tradition of activities for Public Understanding of Science and Technology (PUST). In this paper I discuss about the PUST movement and its history. While it is difficult to specify the starting point of such activities, we can recognize one of the most important year for the PUST movement in Japan. It was 1960 when the science week was established and Japan Science Foundation was founded. Japan Science Foundation is the first foundation that specialized to promoting public interest and understanding of science and technology. The second important year was 1996 when Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) was founded and PUST Team was set up in it. JST is one of the biggest funding agencies of science and technology in Japan. During those years there was little influence of overseas movements on Japan. But from around 2000 "Science Communication Movement" has been introduced from mainly UK. Now Japan's policy for promoting public engagement or awareness of science and technology has turned to Science Communication. In such a situation we should try to create Japan's way of science communication.
著者
杉山 滋郎
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.22-30, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

Communicators in Science and Technology Education Program (CoSTEP for short) was established in Hokkaido University in July 2005. This program is open not only to graduate students, but also to working publics. It is a one-year program, but no degree is granted. Tuition is free. The number of students has been 44 in the year of 2005 and 60 in 2006. The percentage of female and male is almost at the same rate. The main features of CoSTEP are: 1) promoting two-way communication; 2) learning through practices; 3) community based science and technology communication activities. CoSTEP graduates are already taking initiative to promote science and technology communication in their communities and worksites. There are several challenges for the future that we would like to work on: 1) matching human resource development and job market; 2) de-centralizing science and technology communication (encouraging science and technology communication in local communities); 3) contextualizing the CoSTEP program and the postgraduate education; 4) collaborating with other educational institutions or science centres.
著者
日比野 愛子 永田 素彦
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.5, pp.59-72, 2008-06-30 (Released:2021-08-01)

The present study examined how media discourse on biotechnology using genetic engineering has changed in Japan. Specifically, using the online database of the Asahi newspaper, the annual numbers of articles concerning biotechnology were counted, and an analysis of the content was conducted. The results show three major findings: (i) the number of articles has gradually decreased since 2001, (ii) the frame of economic prospect has been considerably dominant since 2001, (iii) patterns of media discourse on "regulation," "food," and "concern" of biotechnology have dramatically changed, while patterns of media discourse on "medical issues," "generic research," and "economics" have remained stable. The discussion focuses on how biotechnology has been accepted as an accomplished fact under the frame of economic prospect by media discourse in Japan.
著者
廣野 喜幸
出版者
科学技術社会論学会
雑誌
科学技術社会論研究 (ISSN:13475843)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.17, pp.18-36, 2019

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