The 2nd International Roundtable Meeting: "Towards the Century of Cities"International Symposium 'Post Disaster Communities and Arts Management' + exhibition
Published on Nov 11, 2011
On 1 and 2 December 2011 the Osaka City University Urban Research Plaza and Osaka International House Foundation will jointly organize the international symposium 'Post Disaster Communities and Arts Management'.
Asian countries are often severely affected by disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic activity, social conflicts and terrorism. The symposium will focus on the role of art in techniques and skills to recover after a disaster. Why arts, how to manage the process, and how can we share the knowledge gained by local communities?
Date
Thursday 1 December 2011 and Friday 2 December 2011
Program
Thursday, 1 December
| 1 | 10:30-12:30 | Regular Session Case studies in Thai, Indonesia and Japan (Japanese/English) |
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| 2 | 13:30-15:30 | Public Workshop Arts for psychological care and community regeneration: a case study of Osaka (Japanese/English) Coordinator: Shin Nakagawa (Osaka City University) |
| 3 | 16:00-18:00 | Professional Meeting Dialogue between academia and society Chair: Etsuko Yamaguchi (Osaka City University) |
| 4 | 18:00-20:00 | Exhibition of "Unotori-Kagura (Folkloric Performing Arts in Iwate prefecture)" Commentary: Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Morioka University) |
Friday, 2 December
| 5 | 10:30-12:30 | Regular Session |
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| 6 | 14:00-15:00 | Keynote Speech Folkloric Performing Arts and Local Society: Kagura in Rikuchu regions. (Japanese/English), Speaker: Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Morioka University) |
| 7 | 15:10-17:30 | Plenary Session: Post Disaster Communities and Arts Management Chair: Masaki Abe (Osaka City University) |
Venue
The Osaka International House, 8-2-6 Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka (http://www.ih-osaka.or.jp/english/access/)
Organization
Urban Research Plaza,Osaka City University and Osaka International House Foundation
Registration
Admission is free, but registration is required before 21 November (applications will be closed when the attendee limit is reached).
Please apply via: http://www.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en/contact/index.html. Send your name, number of participants, address, telephone number and the numbers of the sessions that you will join*.
*It is NOT required to send application, if you join ONLY the exhibition of Unotori-Kagura (Session 4)
Exhibition: Simultaneously with the symposium there will be an exhibition (no registration required) on Unotori-Kagura. Unotori-Kagura is a folkloric performing art from Iwate prefecture.
