Water as Culture

• KAYANE Isamu

  University of Tsukuba, Emeritus Professor Aichi University, COE fellow

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 文化としての水
• ブンカ ト シテ ノ ミズ

Abstract

A facilitator of the groundwater session of the Third World Water Forum commented that ‘Water is culture.′ Though water is a natural substance, it does not exist independently of humans because humans interact with nature. If we define culture as everything substantiated by human interaction, water is surely a part of culture. Nowadays a center of water issues is shifting from the realm of science to the realm of humans. Including environmental problems, issues that involve the value could not be treated by contemporary science based on Cartesian dualism. New science is necessitated, which would step into the problem of value. ‘Water is culture′ is raised here as an example to step into the problem of value in water issues.

Journal

• Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences

  Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences 34 (2), 103-110, 2004

  THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF HYDOROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Keywords

• water
• culture
• value

Details

• CRID: 1390001288107310336
• NII Article ID: 10012800481
• NII Book ID: AA11123427
• DOI: 10.4145/jahs.34.103
• ISSN: 18837166
• ISSN: 13429612
• NDL BIB ID: 7053287
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7053287
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jahs/34/2/34_103/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • Crossref
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed