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September 25, 2024
International Symposium on Global Aging and Diversity Oct. 5-6, 2024 at Ritsumeikan University [Hybrid]
From: KIM WACHUTKA JACKIE J <wkr12168@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/09/13
Dear Colleagues,
Please allow me to announce the upcoming two-day hybrid International Symposium on Global Aging and Diversity titled "Counter-Hegemonic Narratives of Aging: Identity, Space, and Belonging" at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.
Dates
October 5, 2024 (Sat.) 08:30-17:15 (Japan Standard Time)
October 6, 2024 (Sun.) 08:30-18:30 (Japan Standard Time)
Format: Hybrid (Zoom & in-person)
* Registration at: https://jackiekim-wachutka.
* In-person participation at Ritsumeikan University, Soshikan Conference Hall (SO 101).
See URL for location: https://www.ritsumeihuman.com/
* Below is the Program:
Program Day 1 (October 5, Saturday): Narratives of Aging within an International Context
Brief Greeting & Introductory Presentation (08:30 - 09:00 JST)
Dr. Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Diversity within the Narratives of Global Aging: Presence, Visibility, and the Empowering of "Difference"
Diversity within the Narratives of Global Aging: Presence, Visibility, and the Empowering of "Difference"
Opening Keynote (09:00-09:40 JST)
Dr. Margaret A. Perkinson, University of Hawaii, USA; Dr. Emi Kiyota, National University of Singapore; Dr. Clementina Ceria-Ulep, University of Hawaii, USA
Emergent Age-Integrated Activity Spaces: The Ibasho Café
Session I (09:40-12:00 JST)
Dr. Huey-li Li, University of Akron, USA
Living with the Aging Earth: Rethinking Intergenerational Relationship in the Anthropocene
Dr. Eun Ah Cho, University of Kansas, USA
"Helping" Hands: Sexuality and Disability of Aging Bodies in The Bacchus Lady (2016)
Dr. Suzanne LaLonde, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
Intimate Testimonies: Auto/biographies of Aging and Dying Parents by Annie Ernaux and J. M. G. Le Clézio
Dr. Hyun Joo Teresa Choi, The Korea Institute for Religion and Culture, South Korea
Beyond Custodians of Culture: The Transformative Role of Aboriginal Elders in Australian Screen Narratives
-- [Lunch Break, 12:00 - 13:00 JST] --
Session II (13:00-14:45 JST)
Dr. M Ala Uddin, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Reshaping Aging Narratives: Resilience and Resistance among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Amuliya Skaria, M. A. Candidate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Be (living) and Spirituality: Perspectives, Practices, and Challenges in India
Disha, Doctoral Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India
Invisible Years: The Intersection of Ageing and LGBT+ Identity in Post-Decriminalization India
Session III (14:45-17:05 JST)
Dr. Kyoung-suk Sung, Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Frames of Time: Exploring Aging Narratives Through Cinematic Lens
Dr. Pekka Valkama, University of Turku; Dr. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Tampere University, Finland
Localist Well-being Promotion for the Elderly: The Change in the Role of Finnish Municipalities from a Local Service Provider to a Community-oriented Facilitator
Egbule Philip Onyekachukwu, M. Sc. (Ed.) University of Delta, Nigeria
Caring for the Elderly: Revisiting Some Socio-Cultural Practices in Southern Nigeria
Dr. Sascha Klotzbücher, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
"Spatial ageing" in Taiwan: Ethnographic Explorations in Abandoned or Unused Public Spaces
Closing Remarks (17:05-17:15 JST)
Program Day 2 (October 6, Sunday): Narratives of Aging in Japan
Brief Greeting (08:30-08:35 JST)
Session I (08:35-10:20 JST)
Dr. Caitlin Meagher, University of North Carolina Asheville, USA
The Mikon Middle: The Expectations, Intentions, and Anxieties of Never-married Middle-aged Women in Japan
Yingzhi Lu, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Beyond Sexuality: Reshaping Aging Women's Subjectivities from 1948 to 2023
Dr. Shinji Kojima, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Aging as a Muslim Minority: The Politics of Burial Cemeteries in Japan
Session II (10:20-12:40 JST)
Dr. Ksenia Golovina, Toyo University, Japan
Caring for and Parting with Aging Parents during the Pandemic and War: Practices of Coping and Mourning by Russian-speaking Migrant Women in Japan
Dr. Jocelyn O. Celero, Asian Center, University of the Philippines
Homebound before Sunset? Examining Social Health and Retirement Aspirations among Ageing Filipina Immigrants in Japan
Dr. Amanda Gillis-Furutaka, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Setting Up a Support Network for Long-Term Non-Japanese Nationals in Japan: Needs and Challenges
Dr. Yoko Aihara, Okayama University, Japan
Home-visiting Nurses' Perception on the Care for Older Adults with Diverse Culture and Language
-- [Lunch Break, 12:40-13:40 JST] --
Session III (13:40-16:00 JST)
Dr. Roi Sawm Sumlut, Temple University, Japan; Dr. Seunghun J. Lee, International Christian University, Japan
Elder of the Kachin Community in Japan: Migrants Who Followed Their Children
Dr. Johanna O. Zulueta, Toyo University, Japan
Aging, Migration, and "Graduated Citizenship": Examining the Case of Older Female Migrants in Japan
Dr. Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan
Between Ibasho and Resilience: Creating Spaces for Older People in Two Rural Japanese Communities
James D. Letson, Ph. D. Candidate, Hokkaido University, Japan
The Practice of Punk Care: Aging Punks and Intergenerational Relationships in Northern Japan
Section IV (16:00-17:45 JST)
Dr. Cringuta Irina Pelea, Titu Maiorescu University, Romania
The Aging Hikikomori: The Intersectionality of Age and Culturalized Expressions of Mental Health in Japanese Language Media
Federica Cavazzuti, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Turin, Italy
Identity, Space, Belonging: The Aging Female Bodies Photographed by Japanese Women
Dr. Isabelle Prochaska-Meyer, University of Vienna, Austria
Older Adults as Digital Role Models
Closing Keynote (17:45-18:25 JST)
Dr. Jason Danely, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Broken Narratives, Dis-belonging, and Aging in Carceral Circuits
Closing Remarks (18:25-18:30)
*For questions or inquiries please contact: conference@jackiekim-wachutka.
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