Thank you Anita for suggestion.
My understand of the meaning of "agency" is based on the
concept of Sen's capability approach.
If I based on this, "agency" may well reflect the aspect of
"syutai (actor)", but not so on the aspect of "toujisya
(negative involvement as an prerequisite to be an actor)".
(Because in the capability approach, to be an agency does not
require you to be involved in that issue neither positively
nor negatively.)
Ummmm difficult.....
But, I really thank you for your thought and help.
Kenji
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From: Anita Silvers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:22 PM
To: kenji kuno
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Subject: Re: question on term
I think a close English equivalent is the idea of "agency".
Agency
expresses the active or action principle. There's an excellent
articleabout disability by Lawrence Becker called "The Good of
Agency". I
think I have a draft in a file somewhere and could send it to
you.
Since "sovreignty" means to be able to self-determine,
toujisya syuta
might be understood as "agency over one's self" or "agency
over ourselves"
Just a suggestion.
anita silvers
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, kenji kuno wrote:
> Dear Members,
>
> I would highly appreciate it if anyone would give me an
> explanation or answer on my question. I want to know what is
> an appropriate term (s) to explain following
> philosophy/concept .
>
> I think, a slogan, $BE/ (Bothing about us without us $B!& (B clearly
> shows the basic philosophy of disability movement in western
> society, i.e., $BEX (Be (disabled people) are the one who really
> experience/fight/suffer disability, hence we (disabled
people)
> are the subject/actor/decision maker on this issue, not
anyone
> else (e.g., doctors, etc.) $B!& (B
> I.e., make "being disabled people (having experience of
> disability)" absolute qualification (prerequisite) to be an
> actor/decision maker on disability issue.
>
> In Japanese disability studies, such concept is explained by
> one word $BEU (Boujisya $B!& (Bor by two words $BEU (Boujisya syutai $B!& (B Then,
I
> was wondering if this concept can be explained by one or two
> terms in English.
>
> ( $BE5 (Boujisya $B!& (Bmeans $BEQ (Barty involved / party interested / privy
$B!& (B
> and $BET (Byutai $B!& (Bmeans actor / subject. I.e., when you say
> $BEU (Boujisya syutai $B!& (B above concept is already explained.)
>
> The reason I asked this is that $BE5 (Boujisya $B!& (Bis a buzzword in
> Japanese disability studies. Without this word, disability
> cannot be discussed in Japanese. Even the latest book on
> disability studies, which written by Mr. Nakanishi, Chair of
> DPI Japan and leading gender scholar, Ms. Ueno, also titled
> $BEU (Boujisya syuken $B!& (B (syuken means sovereignty). However, I
> cannot find the appropriate word to translate this
"toujisya"
> into one or few words in English, then I always $BEF (Bxplain $B!& (Bby
a
> sentence, like above.
>
> I could not find such term (s)/expression in English books
of
> disability studies, but was thinking there may be one to
> explain this concept, e.g., "involved-actor principle"?
>
> Thank you for your help in advance!
> Cheers
>
> kenji kuno
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