Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022

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M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS11] Geopark

Sun. May 22, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 302 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Takayuki Ogata(Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus), convener:Tatsuto Aoki(School of Regional Development Studies, Kanazawa University), Keiichi Tadokoro(Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, Nagoya University), convener:Noritaka Matsubara(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Chairperson:Marekazu OHNO(Mt.Chokai and Tobishima Island Geopark Office), Ryosuke Doke(Hot Springs Research Institute of Kanagawa Prefecture), Noritaka Matsubara(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo)

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

[MIS11-01] Stories told in Japanese Geoparks and Little Big History

★Invited Papers

*Kazuo Amano1,2 (1.Japan Geopark Academic Support Union(JGASU), 2.Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo )

Keywords:Geopark, Big History, Little Big History

Since the 1990s, there has been a growing trend in the world towards Big History research and education, which aims to include human history in the 13.8 billion years of history of the universe. In the meantime, there is a movement towards Little Big History which aims to understand the history behind specific things and things in the human world. Geoparks seek to understand the relationship between local human activities and the geo-history of the region revealed by geoscientific methods, and to use the results for education and regional development. This is truly the clarification of the Little Big History. The Japanese archipelago is unique in the world as an island arc. It is important for Japanese Geoparks to relate the results of natural science research on the geologic development of island arcs, and to create Little Big History-like stories of the ecology and human history of each region. In this presentation, we will discuss the possibility of integrating the humanities and sciences in the construction of the stories in Geoparks in Japan.