Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2015

Manga Empire: Comics and Companion Species

Thomas LAMARRE (McGill University)

April 27th, 2015 (Monday), 6:30 pm-8pm
Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus Lecture in English / No RSVP required

The 1930s saw the emergence of new possibilities for expanding serialization across media. Cartoon animals played a key role in establishing multimedia series.
The serialization of “Norakuro” across the pages of Shōnen kurabu and into manga films, recordings, and radio is a prime example. Cartoon animals also brought to the fore contradictory visions of society and
community: racial legacies of differentiating peoples on the basis of species, and utopian claims for integrating peoples on the same basis. What is it about the expanded multimedia manga field that allowed it to assemble these contradictory stances?

For more information:
http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/html/events/2015-2016/15042
7_Lamarre.pdf

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Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture presents an evening with the Asian Rural Institute:

Training for transformation:
how a training program can impact values to bring about broader change in communities

April 28, 7-9pm
Sophia University, Yotsuya Camps
Bldg. 10, room 301

Contents:
Panel discussion and presentations on working with grassroots leaders over the past 40 years: how values learned and shared may effect social change.

Moderator:
-Prof. David Slater, Sophia University
Panelists:
-Tomoko Arakawa, ARI Director
-Sarajean Rossitto, ARI Assessment Project Coordinator, Nonprofit NGO consultant -Zacivolu Rhakho, India, Training Program Graduate, ARI staff member -Rev. Timothy B. Appau, Ghana, Training Program Graduate, Chaplain
Commentator:
-Prof. Richard Gardner, Sophia University

In English; no translation.
Open to all, no prior registration necessary

About the event:
Panelists will discuss how a distinctive leaders training program has impacted the lives of its participants over the past 40 years. The focus will be on how training can relay more than knowledge and skills but also influence values having the potential to effect broader social change. While many programs focus on skills and knowledge development alone, the Asian Rural institute (ARI) located in Tochigi Prefecture, aims to also transfer values which bring about more equitable and just communities. Stories from research as well as from current staff and former participants will share some of the changes experienced by individuals and how they are able to impact their local communities.

For more information:
Event
Flier:http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/html/events/2015-2016
/150428_Training_for_Transformation.pdf

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