No.29
| October 20, 2001 |
| ● | Looking into the Folk Wisdom of the Sea Tomoya AKIMICHI Professor, Head of the Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology |
| ● | Traditional Local Performing Arts for Paying Homepage to the Sea Masahiro HIKITA Executive Director, Communication Design Institute Selected Papers No.3  |
| ● | Setouchi Suigun and the Dreams and Expectations it Suggests for the 21st Century Takahisa MURAKAMI Institute of Fisheries Management Technology |
Looking into the Folk Wisdom of the Sea
Tomoya AKIMICHIProfessor, Head of the Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology
The indigenous (ecological) knowledge of the fish and the sea that fishermen have accumulated is different from scientific (ecological) knowledge. Science, however, is not necessarily always superior to indigenous knowledge. In this age of progressing environmental destruction, the evaluation of indigenous knowledge is critical. I will look into this issue based on a survey in Shimokita.
Traditional Local Performing Arts for Paying Homepage to the Sea
Masahiro HIKITAExecutive Director, Communication Design Institute
There are three types of traditional events/traditional performing arts in fishing villages, and all of them have been connected with their livelihood, such as a prayer for good catches. The significance of these has somewhat faded. I wish to utilize these traditions as shared intangible assets in the local communities to convey respect for the sea and as a symbol of unity.
Setouchi Suigun and the Dreams and Expectations it Suggests for the 21st Century
Takahisa MURAKAMIInstitute of Fisheries Management Technology
Setouchi Suigun, known as pirates of Setouchi (inland sea), not only controlled the sea as their name suggests but also established history as a maritime people by their strict discipline in the sea. Times have changed. Is their spirit forgotten? The 21st century is a new era for the ocean. I look forward to seeing the oceans opened to the public and the establishment of new rules for utilizing the oceans through reviewing the fundamental values of them.