Democracy and Disaster Relief Volunteer : Mediators connecting divided societies

デモクラシー　ト　サイガイ　ボランティア　ブンダン　サレタ　シャカイ　ヲ　ツナグ　チュウカン　リョウイキ

ヨリマサ, リョウタ

Yorimasa, Ryota

宮本, 匠

ミヤモト, タクミ

Miyamoto, Takumi

サイガイ　ト　キョウセイ　ケンキュウカイ

民主主義

中間層

disaster relief volunteer

democracy

mediators

The present paper discusses the division of disaster victims due to the polarization that occurs in the disaster area in the extremely polarized social situation of modern society. We focus on disaster volunteers as intermediaries, people who transcend the division. First, regarding the polarization of modern society, we point out that social issues are being personalized due to inequalities and the difficulties of democracy. And we express how people are divided for extreme fictionalization and escape from reality by metaphor using "sigmoid function". We consider that background in principle using the rise of the advocacy group in political in the United States, comparing biological systems and social structures. Finally, we show that just as disaster relief volunteers are connected to local mediators, overcoming the differences between the victims and achieving a smooth recovery, so too in modern society, overcoming the differences between the "I" and the "public" and having lively discussions in the intermediate area will lead to the revitalization of democracy and overcome the divisions.

宮本, 匠