Rivalry between Various Knowledges on Disaster Prevention

Thinking about Cooperation of Art and Science from a Sociological Point of View

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to overview the current state of rivalry between a variety of knowledges on disaster prevention and confirm the profound connotation of ‘the third knowledge,’ namely, ‘mediating knowledge/alternative knowledge,’ emerging from the above rivalry. This article considers, in effect, the possibility and subject for the future analysis of cooperation of art and science from a sociological point of view.