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Organic metaphors in business and life science

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K12800
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Sociology/History of science and technology
Research InstitutionOsaka University (2018)
Kyoto University (2016-2017)

Principal Investigator

Suzuki Wakana  大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 招へい教員 (70768936)

Research Collaborator Krause Liv Nyland  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsメタファー / 有機的な概念 / イノベーション / 生命科学 / ビジネス / フィールド調査 / イノベーションの人類学 / 科学の人類学 / マルチサイティッド・エスノグラフィー / オーガニック / ライフ / 文化人類学 / 再生医療 / 科学技術社会論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been carrying out research on organic metaphors in business and life sciences and the execution of the project has thus largely followed the plan laid out in the research proposal in both conceptual and methodological terms. In particular, we succeeded in realizing a collaboration for the exploration and development of ideas pertaining to the research theme, which included connections with various settings and scholars from Japan and abroad, and which has established the groundwork for further explorations in related issues of Anthropocene challenges and new ways of organizing society in the contemporary world.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで、人文社会科学では、メタファーは実践と切り離してディスコースとして析される傾向にあった。この研究ではScience and Technology Studiesからインスピレーションを受け、有機的なメタファーを生命科学やビジネスの実践の中で理解することとした。また、科学者やビジネスパーソンが実践者として、どのようにそれらのメタファーを実践へ持ち込み、どのようなコンテクストでそれらのメタファーを用いているか、という実践者の説明に注目した。これにより「レジシアンス」「エコロジー」など多分野でバズワードとして登場している言葉がいかに結びついているかを明らかにした。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Being Affected by Sinking Deltas: Changing Landscapes, Resilience, and Complex Adaptive Systems in the Scientific Story of the Anthropocene2019

    • Author(s)
      Morita Atsuro、Suzuki Wakana
    • Journal Title

      Current Anthropology

      Volume: 60 Issue: S20 Pages: S286-S295

    • DOI

      10.1086/702735

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 生命科学のラボでフィールドワークするー新聞記者と人類学者のあいだの経験2017

    • Author(s)
      鈴木和歌奈
    • Journal Title

      100万人のフィールドワーカーシリーズ 第6巻 マスメディアとの交話

      Volume: 6

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Creation of a Local Innovation Ecosystem in Japan for Nurturing Global Entrepreneurs2016

    • Author(s)
      Liv Nyland Krause
    • Journal Title

      The Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation: Anthropological Explorations

      Volume: 36 Pages: 253-283

    • DOI

      10.1108/s0190-128120160000036010

    • ISBN
      9781786352286, 9781786352279
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 細胞が作り出す「ニッチ」再生医療プロジェクトの事例から2017

    • Author(s)
      鈴木和歌奈
    • Organizer
      51回文化人類学会研究大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Politics of Adaptation and Capture: Soil Flux, Complex Adaptive Systems and Organic Emergence in Anthropocene Future2017

    • Author(s)
      森田敦郎、鈴木和歌奈
    • Organizer
      Wenner-Gren Symposium
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mapping innovation ecosystems;local development models and global strategies in France and beyond2017

    • Author(s)
      Liv Krause
    • Organizer
      International Workshop for Science and Technology and Innovation
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] iPS cells as 'bio-subjects' : expansion of experimental system beyond laboratories2016

    • Author(s)
      Wakana Suzuki
    • Organizer
      the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona(スペイン、バルセロナ)
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 予期、ケア、時間性2016

    • Author(s)
      鈴木和歌奈
    • Organizer
      50回文化人類学会研究大会
    • Place of Presentation
      南山大学(愛知県名古屋市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ecology of cells2016

    • Author(s)
      Wakana Suzuki
    • Organizer
      8th Trans-Regional Anthropology Workshop, Rethinking human and non-human: Three ethnographies in contemporary Japanese laboratories
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学(大阪大学吹田市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ecology of cells: An ethnography of iPS cells and regenerative medicine in a Japanese laboratory2016

    • Author(s)
      Wakana Suzuki
    • Organizer
      Organic Metaphors Workshop in Technoscience
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Amsterdam(オランダ、アムステルダム)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The biology of innovation: creating nurturing ecosystems for business startups2016

    • Author(s)
      Liv Nyland Krause
    • Organizer
      Organic Metaphors Workshop in Technoscience
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Amsterdam(オランダ、アムステルダム)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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