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SUMMARY:Hiroe Ishihara (University of Tokyo) "Reconstructing Relational V
 alues: Constitutive Values\, Norm Circles\, and Cultural Assemblages"
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nCalls for transformative change in sustainability 
 highlight the need to understand how environmental values are formed\, s
 ustained\, and transformed. Yet\, most frameworks still treat values as 
 individual preferences rather than as socially embedded relations. This 
 presentation develops a relational and institutional account of value fo
 rmation by integrating the philosophical notion of constitutive value—th
 e idea that certain relations with nature are integral to “good life”—wi
 th the sociological concept of norm circles\, which sustain and reproduc
 e shared norms through mutual recognition and sanction. Using the case o
 f the lobster fishing institution in Wagu\, Japan\, I show how cooperati
 ve fishing practices and shared moral expectations generate ethics of ca
 re\, restraint\, and stewardship that have become constitutive of commun
 ity identity and moral life. This analysis reconceptualises environmenta
 l values as culturally and institutionally constituted\, rather than as 
 abstract ethical ideals\, and reveals how their endurance depends on eve
 ryday social practices. It concludes by suggesting that a constitutive a
 pproach to biodiversity governance can complement ongoing efforts in rel
 ational and plural valuation by illuminating the social processes throug
 h which values acquire meaning and stability.\n \nBio:\nHiroe Ishihara i
 s an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences\, t
 he University of Tokyo. Her research explores the cultural and instituti
 onal dimensions of biodiversity governance\, with a focus on how environ
 mental values are shaped through everyday practices\, power relations\, 
 and symbolic meanings. Drawing on institutional economics\, political ec
 ology\, and environmental sociology\, she examines cases ranging from Ja
 panese coastal fisheries to international biodiversity policy. She earne
 d her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and has since collaborated 
 with institutions such as the Stockholm Resilience Centre\, the Universi
 ty of Bonn (ZEF)\, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. She has contributed to
  multiple IPBES assessments\, including the Values Assessment and the on
 going Second Global Assessment.
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