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Proposal and practical evaluation of communication design that builds a mutually caring relationship with more than human beings

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21H03768
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 90010:Design-related
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

CHEN DOMINIQUE  早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (50801784)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ソン ヨンア  法政大学, デザイン工学部, 教授 (20831423)
城 一裕  九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 准教授 (80558122)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,740,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,940,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Keywordsmore-than-human / biological HCI / research-through-design / ontological design / entanglement / mutual care / pluriverse / 発酵 / 微生物 / ロボット / speculative ethics / ACI
Outline of Research at the Start

現代のグローバルな環境危機に対応するためのデザインの議論の中で,動植物,微生物,そして自然環境を含む「人間以外の自然存在」(more-than-human)に対するケアの視点を取り込んだ,脱人間中心的な倫理に基づいたデザイン理論の構築が要請されている.本研究では,思弁的倫理(speculative ethics)と呼ばれる理論的枠組みに沿って,不可視の微生物と人間の相互ケアの関係性を育むためのデザインの方法論を実践し,理論モデルの検証を行う.そのために,日本の伝統的な発酵食文化のプロダクトである糠床を技術的に拡張したデザインの実験評価を通して,人と発酵微生物の相互ケアの枠組みを明らかにする.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project explored the possibility of a technology-mediated relationship of mutual care between human beings and micro-organism actors in the ancient Japanese fermented food culture of nukadoko. In this process, in addition to writing research papers and books in the fields of HCI, AI robotics ethics and microbiology, he also highlighted the desirable 'entanglement' of people, microbes and technology through several public exhibitions, which led to the proposal of his own design method called 'fermenting'. This led to the proposal of a unique design method called fermenting. The findings will contribute to ontological design around the interaction of people with natural beings in general and technological agents (AI and robots) in particular, not limited to micro-organisms.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題の学術的な成果は、微生物という不可視だが人間の生物学的実存と絡まりあう重要なアクターとの文化的・社会的な関係性における相互ケアの様相を、Human Computer Interaction、微生物学、そしてAI・ロボット倫理などという複数の研究領域を横断する形で調査し、Nukabotという具体的なシステムの提案につなげた点である。中でも1年半に及ぶ日本科学未来館と発酵食品店での展示型実験を通して、人、微生物、テクノロジー(AI・ロボット)という三者がどのように動的に絡まり合うのかという点を探求した成果は、今後テクノロジー研究の視座が非人間を含む多元世界を包含する上での議論に貢献する。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Synlogue with Aizuchi-bot: Investigating the Co-Adaptive and Open-Ended Interaction Paradigm2024

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura Kazumi、Chen Dominique、Witkowski Olaf
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24)

      Volume: - Pages: 1-21

    • DOI

      10.1145/3613904.3642046

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Interaction that Fosters Mutual Care of Human and Microbes: Through the Design and Evaluation of the Nukabot2023

    • Author(s)
      チェン ドミニク、ソン ヨンア、城 一裕、小倉 ヒラク、守屋 輝一、三谷 悠人、関谷 直任
    • Journal Title

      情報処理学会論文誌

      Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Pages: 301-311

    • DOI

      10.20729/00224244

    • ISSN
      1882-7764
    • Year and Date
      2023-02-15
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Direct contact of fermented rice bran beds promotes food-to-hand transmission of lactic acid bacteria2023

    • Author(s)
      Niwa Ryo、Chen Dominique、Seong Young ah、Jo Kazuhiro、Ito Kohei
    • Journal Title

      FEMS Microbiology Letters

      Volume: 370 Pages: 1-7

    • DOI

      10.1093/femsle/fnad120

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The similarities in microbial and chemical patterns of fermentation in two open environments were promoted by using 150-year-old<i>Nukadoko</i>as starters2023

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Marin、Imai Kota、Chen Dominique、Seong Young ah、Jo Kazuhiro、Ito Kohei
    • Journal Title

      prerpint

      Volume: - Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1101/2023.11.17.567490

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Microbial interaction between human skin and Nukadoko, a fermented rice bran bed for pickling vegetables2023

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Niwa, Young ah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo, Kohei Ito, Dominique Chen
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports (pre-print)

      Volume: -

    • DOI

      10.21203/rs.3.rs-2727974/v1

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 人と微生物の相互ケアを育むインタラクション―Nukabotの設計と評価を通して2023

    • Author(s)
      チェン ドミニク
    • Organizer
      インタラクション
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 自然存在との相互ケアの関係をデザインする2021

    • Author(s)
      チェン ドミニク
    • Organizer
      第68回日本デザイン学会春季研究発表大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] AI・ロボットと共存の倫理2022

    • Author(s)
      西垣 通
    • Total Pages
      232
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • ISBN
      9784000223133
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Innovative Technologies 2023 採択技術決定

    • URL

      https://dcexpo.jp/i-tech/news/innovative-technologies-2023/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] La fermentation comme source du bien-etre humain

    • URL

      https://www.mcjp.fr/fr/la-fermentation-comme-source-du-bien-etre-humain

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 欧州を代表するフードテック専門展示会「Food 4 Future 2023」開催

    • URL

      https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2023/05/4cb4503653f3d0d3.html

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 企画展「トランスレーションズ展 -『わかりあえなさ』をわかりあおう」

    • URL

      https://www.2121designsight.jp/program/translations/

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 新展示「セカイは微生物に満ちている」4月公開(第一報)

    • URL

      https://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/news/press/202202152332.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 第68回JSSD春季研究発表大会

    • URL

      https://www.nagaoka-id.ac.jp/jssd68th/

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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