SEIKE Kumi    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies    Position   Professor
Research Period	2010～2012
Research Topic	Research on the contemporary meaning of the activities and movements about the "region"
Research Type	Individual Research
Research Division	KAKENHI Research
Consignor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Program Type	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
KAKENHI Grant No.	22530597
Responsibility	Representative Researcher
Representative Person	SEIKE Kumi
Collaborative Researcher	TAKEZAWA Shoichiro
Details	It has been demonstrated that those people who chose the databaseof traditional concepts elect to participate in activities and movements that aim torevitalize the region through Z. Bauman's "de-embedded" modernity, A. Giddens' "projectof self-return", and on to U. Beck's "re-embedded" process. The NPO Kamiechigo calls theconcept of a small community a "kuni", and propose that the region as an unit be viewedas a social body. One example is the revision of how labour and work in a small communityare perceived. With the cooperation of the NPO, a group of specialist workers have formeda union and are striving to recover their pride as specialist workers and to create betterworking conditions.