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January 5, 2011

[SSJ: 6476] [Symposium on "Peace and Culture"] at the International House of Japan

From: Junko Ikeda
Date: 2011/01/05

[Symposium "Peace and Culture"] "Cultivating a Culture of Peace in Asia"

Building a basis for peace with a culture based on a deep, shared sense of humanity is becoming ever more important in this century that we live in. By highlighting cultural activities in Asia that contribute to peace in the contemporary world, this program will examine how culture can confront the violence and disruptions created by war and conflicts in Asia in the recent past and present and create a basis for peace.

* Coordinator: Ashiwa Yoshiko, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
* Admission: Free (reservations required)
* Language: English/Japanese (with simultaneous
translation)
* Sponsor: Japan Foundation
* In cooperation with Center for the Study of Peace and
Reconciliation, Hitotsubashi University, Tessen-kai,INSLA and Arts Intiative Tokyo

Symposium 1
"Shura, Okinawa and Peace Seen Through Noh Theater"
This program will shed light on contemporary Noh plays written by the late Tada Tomio especially related to Okinawa and the Asia Pacific War through the voices of practitioners of this art, as an extension of the above tradition and a living contemporary art that can sublimate sorrows and anger into a culture of peace.

* Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 2:00 - 6:00 pm
* Speakers: Shimizu Kanji (Noh actor), Shida Fusako (Traditional
Okinawan dancer), Katsukata-Inafuku Keiko (Professor, Waseda
University) and Yamamoto Tojiro (short performances included)

Symposium 2
"Arts and Peace in Contemporary Asia"
How do artists in Asia understand and express the past and present conflicts and violence? This program gathers together artists and specialists active in Asia to witness this fresh and critical phase of peace and culture in contemporary art as found in their works.

* Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 2:00 - 5:30 pm
* Speakers: Khadim Ali (Artist/Pakistan), Dinh Q.
Le
(Artist/Vietnam), Ishiuchi Miyako
(Photographer/Japan), Wong Hoy
Cheong (Artist/Malaysia), Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Professor, Kyushu
University/Japan)

for more info

http://www.i-house.or.jp/en/ProgramActivities/publicpro
gram/index.htm


Registration: Program Department, International House of Japan
Tel: 03-3470-3211 Fax: 03-3470-3170 E-mail:
program@i-house.or.jp

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