Basic Income Japanese Network (BIJN)

Information:

BIJN Establishment Conference and Ceremony
March 26-27th, 2010
Doshisha University

Tentative Programme of 26th-27th BIJN internatilnal congress

International Academic Symposium in Celebration of the Establishment of BIJN “Globalization and the New Form of Labor:
The Movement of the World around Basic Income”

Session 1
Andrea Fumagalli
"Bio-capitalism, cognitive labour and precariat movement in Europe"
When: March 26 (Fri) 15:30 - 17:20
Where: Kambaikan Party Hall, Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus

Session 2
Guy Standing
“Labour after Globalization”
When: March 27 (Sat) 10:00 - 12:00
Where: Rinkokan 2F, Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus

The Founding Night of BIJN
When: March 26 (Fri) 18:00 - 20:30
Where: Kambaikan B1F Conference Room A, Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus

Basic Income Japanese Network Founding Conference
“Will Basic Income Connect/Change?”
When: March 27 2010 (Sat) 13:15 - 18:15
Where: Rinkokan 2F, Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus

History:

While it was more than half a century ago that the idea of basic income was partially introduced to Japan, it has been a decade since serious academic discussion took place, prompted by Professor Shuji Ozawa’s publication giving Japanese readers a good understanding picture of basic income. In recent years several academic symposiums focusing on basic income have been held, a multitude of seminars for a wider audience has taken place, and some activism endorsing basic income has been born. Newspapers and radios are now starting to cover basic income. It is time to build a network for spreading the idea of basic income. We first gathered in November 2007 and have held several academic seminars since then.

Provisional Purposes:

The first goals of this network are as follows:

- to hold regular seminars that facilitate academic discussion for basic income and that can function as a meeting place for people who are interested in basic income.

- to create a website and to produce an e-newsletter that publicises our activity to a wider audience.

- to build an international communication with academics and activists who work for basic income, including associations such as Basic Income Earth Network, and Citizen’s Income Trust.

- to develop this provisional network into a formal network in a few years time.

Mail to :

tyamamr (at) mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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