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Whose Biological Clock? Aging and Assisted Reproduction in Contemporary India, Anindita Majumdar
Whose Biological Clock? Aging and Assisted Reproduction in Contemporary India, Anindita Majumdar
7/3（木）、医療人類学者アニンディタ・マジュムダール（インド工科大学）の講演会を開催します。マジュムダールさんは、インドを中心としたトランスナショナルな商業的代理出産、親族・家族関係、不妊についての民族誌的な研究に取り組んできました。本講演では「生物学的時計（Biological Clock：妊娠出産のタイムリミット）」をめぐる言説と実践に着目し、現代インドにおけるエイジング、妊孕性、生殖補助医療の複雑な絡み合いを読み解きます。
日時：2025年7月3日（木）17:10 - 18:30
17:10 – 18:00：講演 アニンディタ・マジュムダール（インド工科大学ハイデラバード校・准教授）「誰のタイムリミット（biological clock）？：現代インドにおけるエイジングと生殖補助医療」
18:00 – 18:30：全体ディスカッション
会場：叡啓大学 6階、602/3（広島市中区幟町1-5）とオンラインのハイフレックス
講演言語：英語
参加費：無料（大学や学会等の所属に関係なくどなたでもご参加いただけます）
参加申し込みフォーム：＊受付は終了しました
共催：Eikei Feminism/Gender Studies Seminar Series／日本文化人類学会・中四国人類学談話会／TAIHI（広島文化人類学プロジェクト研究センター）
問い合わせ：田口陽子 yokotaguchi@eikei.ac.jp
We are pleased to inform you of a talk by Dr. Anindita Majumdar (IIT-Hyderabad) on July 3. Prof. Majumdar has been researching commercial surrogacy, kinship, and infertility. In this talk, focusing on the discourse and practice around the “biological clock,” she delineates a complex landscape of aging, reproductive decline, and assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) in contemporary India.
Date: Thursday, July 3, 2025, 17:10 - 18:30
17:10 – 18:00: Talk by Anindita Majumdar (Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad)
“Whose Biological Clock? Aging and Assisted Reproduction in Contemporary India”
18:00 – 18:30: Open discussion
Venue: 602/3, 6F, Eikei University of Hiroshima (1-5 Nobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima) and online (Hyflex)
Language: English
Registration form: *Registration is closed
Abstract In India, the biological clock has become an important part of clinical and public discourse surrounding lifestyle choices and infertility. A news report in 2023 estimated an average of 200,000–250,000 IVF cycles a year. Market projections suggest that by 2030, the annual average IVF cycles would increase to 500,000–600,000, with an estimated market value of more than USD 3,721 billion, from the USD 793 million revenue the ART–IVF industry earned in 2020 (CNBC 2023). Against this background, my ethnographic fieldwork began in 2016 at a University hospital in Karnataka, and led to in-depth, long-term ethnography in Hisar, Haryana, and in Delhi; as well in Hyderabad city from 2018-19, and until recently, continued with mass media and policy-level research. In Whose Biological Clock?, I suggest that reproductive decline is “manufactured” within the ART discourse to substantiate anxieties regarding the biological clock, while simultaneously positioning itself as the only solution to reverse age-based reproductive decline. I wish to unearth the meaning-making that the ART clinic undertakes in relation to age and aging. This mapping is undertaken through a focus on three primary participants: the “rogue doctor” who facilitates IVF amongst older women challenging medical ethics; the older and younger women struggling through misdiagnosis and fertility management that breaks the reproductive body into disconnected parts; and the infertile heterosexual married couple managing their fertility and desire for parenthood through waiting and patience. Through an engagement with these participants, and their differing consumption of ARTs, Whose Biological Clock? aims to bring a nuanced portrayal of a complex cultural landscape wherein age and reproductive decline may not necessarily be obviously linked.
Co-organizers: Eikei Feminism/Gender Studies Seminar Series, JASCA Chu-Shikoku Anthropological Meetings, TAIHI (The Anthropological Institute of Hiroshima)
Contact: Yoko Taguchi: yokotaguchi@eikei.ac.jp
Behind the lens: a feminist perspective to visual ethnography, Debora Diniz
Behind the lens: a feminist perspective to visual ethnography, Debora Diniz
12/5（木）、デボラ・ジニス映画鑑賞&トークイベントを開催いたします。
当日は、『ジカ熱』の著者であるジニス教授の最新のショートフィルム（“a common woman”）を鑑賞し、この作品が、どのようにフェミニスト視点の人類学に導かれてきたのかをお話しいただきます。この映画は、安全で合法的な中絶を求めてアルゼンチンに向かう、３人の子どもの母であるブラジル人女性を描いたものです。トークでは、映像の背後にあるフィールドワークについて、そして倫理的・美学的・実践的な研究の方法論についても取り上げます。詳しくは下記の英語の案内文をご参照ください。
日時：2024年12月5日（木）17:00 - 18:30
映画鑑賞：“a common woman” (2023), 21 mins, 監督デボラ・ジニス
講演：デボラ・ジニス（ブラジリア大学）「レンズの後ろから：フェミニスト視点のビジュアル・エスノグラフィ」 17:30 - 18:00
全体ディスカッション 18:00 - 18:30
会場：叡啓大学 3階、301/2（広島市中区幟町1-5）とオンラインのハイフレックス
講演言語：英語
参加費：無料（大学や学会等の所属に関係なくどなたでもご参加いただけます）
参加申し込みフォーム：＊受付は終了しました
参考：『ジカ熱：ブラジル北東部の女性と医師の物語』（2019）奥田若菜・田口陽子訳、水声社 Zika: Do Sertão Nordestino À Ameaça Global (2016) /Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat (2017)
共催：Eikei Feminism/Gender Studies Seminar Series／フェミニスト人類学研究会／「感染症の人間学」
問い合わせ：田口陽子（叡啓大学）yokotaguchi@ssd.eikei.ac.jp
We are pleased to inform you of a film showing and talk by Debora Diniz on December 5, 2024.
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Film exhibition: “a common woman” (2023), 21 mins
Talk: Debora Diniz (University of Brasilia) “Behind the lens: a feminist perspective to visual ethnography” 17:30 - 18:00
Open discussion 18:00 - 18:30
Venue: 301/2, 3F, Eikei University of Hiroshima (1-5 Nobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima) and online (Hyflex)
Language (talk): English
Registration form: *Registration is closed
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Behind the lens: a feminist perspective to visual ethnography
In this conversation, I am going to exhibit my most recent film, “a common woman” (2023), to unpack how my feminist lens on anthropology has guided my shooting and editing. A woman-centered fieldwork, ethics and aesthetics are intertwined in this film and in my extended anthropological production. The film is based on two decades of ethnographic work among women seeking abortions and how they find solutions to overcome the criminal law with the support of other women. I expect to talk about the ethnography that led me to the film, but also about the methodological decisions about how to use other sources of data such as surveys, historical archives, sound, and interviews. In the end, we can discuss the distribution and audience of ethnographic films.
a common woman (2023, 21’)
A border separates what is allowed from what is forbidden. Scarleth is a 29-year-old Brazilian, and mother of three. With her mother Margarete, Scarleth crosses the border between Brazil and Argentina in search of a safe and legal abortion. The two women encountered the courage of generations of Argentinian women defending democracy and life.
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Contact: Yoko Taguchi, Eikei University of Hiroshima: yokotaguchi@ssd.eikei.ac.jp
Author Talk: Annemarie Mol, Eating in Theory
Author Talk: Annemarie Mol, Eating in Theory
4月6日、アムステルダム大学のアネマリー・モル教授（身体の人類学）をお迎えして講演会を開催します。
アネマリー・モル著 Eating in Theory の日本語訳（『食べる』）が近刊されます。この機会に、著者に本書について広島でお話しいただきます。
オランダの哲学者、人類学者、フェミニストSTS（科学技術論）研究者であるモル教授は、これまで、医療実践を事例として、アクターネットワーク理論や民族誌を含む幅広い理論と方法論を創造的に組み合わせながら、近代的な人間のあり方を捉えなおす存在論に取り組んできました。
『多としての身体』で示された存在の多重性や『ケアのロジック』における人間以外のものを含みこんだケア論を発展させた本書では、議論の射程を「食べる」という大きなテーマに広げ、環境のなかで食べるものとして人間を想像しなおすための「理論」が鮮やかに描かれています。
モル教授は、これまで出版された3冊の本をめぐって日本の読者と会話することをとても楽しみにされています。講演会を通して、身体、ケア、政治をめぐる理論について、議論を深めたいと考えています。みなさまのご参加をお待ちしています。
日時：2024年4月6日（土）15:00 - 17:30
講演：アネマリー・モル（アムステルダム大学）15:00 - 15:45
コメントとディスカッション 15:45 - 17:30
コメント：松嶋健（広島大学）
質疑応答と全体ディスカッション
会場：叡啓大学 15階（広島市中区幟町1-5, Eikei Top）とオンラインのハイフレックス
言語：英語
参加費：無料（大学や学会等の所属に関係なくどなたでもご参加いただけます）
以下のトピックに興味のある方にとくにおすすめです
生態系の持続可能性
フェミニスト科学技術論
健康、セルフケアとコントロール
よりよく生きるとはどういうことか
参加申し込みフォーム：＊受付終了いたしました
著者のこれまでの作品について、参加フォームにてご質問をお寄せいただければ、事務局から著者に事前にお伺いし、当日できる範囲で応答したいと考えています。ご質問のある方はなるべく早めにフォームよりお送りください（直前だと著者と共有できない可能性があるため）。質問はできれば英語でお願いします。日本語での質問は、事務局で可能な範囲で英語に翻訳して、著者にお伝えしたいと思います。
アネマリー・モルの本：
『食べる：理論のためのレッスン』（2024）田口陽子・浜田明範・碇陽子訳、水声社 4月中旬発売！
『ケアのロジック：選択は患者のためになるか』（2020）田口陽子・浜田明範訳、水声社
『多としての身体：医療実践における存在論』（2016）浜田明範・田口陽子訳、水声社
共催：フェミニスト人類学研究会／「感染症の人間学」
問い合わせ：田口陽子（叡啓大学）yokotaguchi@ssd.eikei.ac.jp
We are pleased to inform you of an Author Talk by Annemarie Mol on April 6. The Japanese translation of her latest book, Eating in Theory, will be published soon; for this occasion, Prof. Mol will give a talk in Hiroshima.
A Dutch philosopher, anthropologist, and feminist STS (Science and Technology Studies) scholar, Prof. Mol has been working on an ontology for rethinking “beings” beyond the modern conception of the human, creatively combining diverse theories and methods, including actor-network theory and ethnography.
Extending the discussion on the multiplicity of reality presented in The Body Multiple and the theory of care including non-human entities in The Logic of Care, Eating in Theory expands its scope to the broader theme of “eating” and vividly describes “theory” regarding reimagining humans as eaters in the environment.
Prof. Mol is very interested in having conversations with Japanese readers about the three books she has published so far. Through this talk session, we hope to deepen our discussion on theories around the body, care, and politics.
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 15:00 - 17:30
Talk: Annemarie Mol (University of Amsterdam) 15:00 - 15:45
Comments and Discussion 15:45 - 17:30
Comment: Takeshi Matsushima (Hiroshima University)
Q&A and general discussion
Venue: Eikei Top, 15F, Eikei University of Hiroshima
(1-5 Nobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima) and online (Hyflex)
Language: English
Recommended especially for those interested in:
Ecosystem sustainability
Feminist science and technology studies
Health, self-care, and self-control
What it might mean to live better
Registration form: *registration is now closed
If you have any questions about the author’s previous works, please submit them using the registration form. The hosting team will ask the author to respond to them at the event. We may be unable to share them with the authors at the last minute, so an earlier submission would be appreciated.
Contact: Yoko Taguchi, Eikei University of Hiroshima: yokotaguchi@ssd.eikei.ac.jp
Contrary Science in a Post-colonial Institute:
The Tanzanian Toxicologist Vera Ngowi and the Tropical Pesticide Research Institute in Arusha
ポスト植民地アフリカにおける毒性学と女性科学者：3月10日（日）、オスロ大学の文化人類学／医療人類学者であるウェンゼル・ガイスラー教授とルース・プリンス教授をお迎えして、ポスト植民地期の東アフリカにおける農薬研究、環境アクティビズム、およびアフリカ人女性科学者の経験に関する講演会を開催します。今回の講演は、タンザニアの熱帯農薬研究所（TPRI）におけるフィールドワークにもとづき、TPRIが東アフリカにおける毒性学と環境保全の研究拠点としての役割を果たしながら、構造調整期を経て実質的な解体に追い込まれた文脈を明らかにします。同時に、TPRIの毒性学者（toxicologist）として活躍したベラ・ンゴウィ博士の研究上の業績と国際的な環境アクティビズムとの関わりに焦点をあて、ポストコロニアル期のエリート科学者として、また第一世代のタンザニア人女性研究者としての彼女の経験を読み解きます。
Date and Time: March 10 (Sun), 2024, 15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Eikei Top (15th floor, Eikei University of Hiroshima)
Speakers: Paul Wenzel Geissler & Ruth Prince (The University of Oslo)
Discussant: Nozomi Mizushima (水島希)
Language: English
Abstract: This paper explores the intertwined biographies of a Tanzanian toxicologist and pesticide expert, Dr Vera Ngowi (*1955), and the Tanzanian Pesticide Research Institute, TPRI, a formerly world-leading laboratory, located in Arusha, Tanzania. While both stories begin in the time of colonial occupation, our emphasis here is on the post-colonial period, after British institutional leadership had been ceded (1972), after the institute established toxicology and environmental pollution as new concerns (1974), and after Dr Ngowi started to work with the TPRI (1976). This period allows us to see both the promise and aspiration of an African science of protection, and to understand the challenges it faces. Our paper will chart the professional and political development of the scientist, including her achievements and setbacks, the evolution of her global scholarly networks and growing activism, and her maturing civic commitment and civil disobedience. Her biography also reveals the effects, on science, of dwindling resources, and of institutional and political obstruction. We will also follow the step-wise decline of her institution, the TPRI – driven by austerity policies, trade liberalisation and legal-political interventions. This decline affected laboratories, funding, and legal frameworks, and thus the possibilities of toxicological science in Tanzania, resulting in the progressive “unprotection” (Tousignant) of Tanzanian publics from toxic health risks. We conclude that toxicology is a “contrary science”. It arises in opposition to the threat of biocidal harm. But it also tends to resist the given social and political-economic status quo and inherent forms of “slow violence” (Nixon) – against human and non-human life-forms. As a result, it often finds itself at loggerheads with established scientific hierarchies and institutions. While we propose that a science of harm and protection should be contrary in order to gain insight and take effect, the histories of Dr Ngowi and the TPRI also reveal a crucial tension: while meaningful science of the toxic is inevitably contrary, to flourish and bear fruit, such science relies on stable institutional structures – the very structures that it must keep pushing against.
Co-organizers: Feminist Anthropology Group (Hiroshima) (フェミニスト人類学研究会@広島), TINDOWS (環インド洋地域研究東京拠点), TAIHI (広島文化人類学プロジェクト研究センター), "COVID-19 and Humanities” (「感染症の人間学」)
Contact: Yoko Taguchi (田口陽子) yokotaguchi@ssd.eikei.ac.jp
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