Community, System, and Me Towards the creation of an idea of “anarchic community development”

Abstract

As Haruki Murakami argued in his “Wall and Egg” speech, awareness of the problem demands answers to how to engage with the “system” today. In order to think about it, this paper will consider it from the perspective of the human activity of “community development”. Specifically, we will briefly trace the process of community/city development in postwar Japan, and organize the trends of community development today. Then, using the discussion between D. Graver and J. Scott as a springboard, we will attempt to build an idea for “anarchic community development” which is currently under consideration.