Category: Meeting

This event is co-sponsored by JALT Osaka, and consists of two presentations:

SIETAR Kansai & JALT Osaka present

A Double Presentation

Date:                   February 16, 2014 （Sunday）                   Time: 14:00-17:30

Presenters:           (1) Jason Bartashius and (2) Jennifer Teeter

Venue:                 Nishinomiya Daigaku Koryu Center

                             (ACTA East Tower 6F, Room 2)

                             2 minutes from Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi station

                             Tel.(0798)69-3155 http://www.nishi.or.jp/homepage.daigaku/

Fee:                    Free for members and students;      500 yen for non-members

Language:          English

Social event:        If you are interested in going to a restaurant after the session, 

                            contact Miho Yoshioka uskj30641@@iris.eonet.ne.jp

 

＊Contact address for the program: sietar.kansai2@@gmail.com

＊No application needed before the program.

 

 

(1)“The Filipino Community and Social Initiative Projects in Post-3/11 Japan”

 

1. Jason Bartashius – Resilient Minorities in Japan: –  Filipino English Teachers in Japan

Tohoku is suffering a job loss caused by the 3/11 disasters. In response, Cesar Santoyo launched Social Enterprise English Language Schools (SEELS), a micro-franchising initiative that trains Filipina migrants to be English instructors. http://seels.jp/english.html

In addition to discussing the formation of SEELS this presentation examines the history of Filipina migration to Japan as well as the pre- and post-3/11 struggles of migrants. Attention will be given to the “Watch Us Maybe” documentary project. The film is to be a collage of smartphone videos in which migrants tell their stories of contributing to reconstruction efforts in Tohoku and engagement in social enterprises elsewhere in Japan. The film’s aim is to advocate a more socially inclusive Tohoku and Japan by educating viewers about social initiative projects migrants are currently engaged in.

Profile of Presenter

Jason Bartashius is a lecturer of Japanese Religions at Osaka Gakuin University and Nagoya University of Foreign Studies and works for the Center for Japanese Filipino Families. He is the founder of After School Lessons for Tohoku Children, a project which matches Tohoku children with volunteer English teachers, and has been involved with other forms of activism and volunteerism related to 3/11 as well. This spring he will begin his doctoral studies at Sophia University.

(2) ” Jennifer Teeter – Youth Empowerment through the Aotearoa Ainumosir Exchange Program”

This presentation will discuss the formation and activities of the Aotearoa Ainumosor Exchange Program. After a brief introduction of the current Ainu situation, the origins and activities of the Aotearoa Ainumosir exchange will be discussed. The program is designed for indigenous Ainu youth to participate in a study tour of Aotearoa New Zealand to learn experientially from Maori about their efforts for cultural survival. The initiatives that have grown out of the experiences of these Ainu youth in Aotearoa in terms of Ainu language revitalization and the creation of an Ainu-managed and owned space in the Tokyo metropolitan area will also be discussed.

Profile of Presenter

Jennifer Teeter is a lecturer at Kyoto University and is working to create a sustainable solar sail cargo ship tailored to meet the needs of marginalized coastal communities while dedicating herself to supporting Ainu youth.

SIETAR Kansai

(Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)

SIETAR Student Fair

 

Date:                    December 8, 2013 (Sunday)　　13:30-16:30

Presenters:            Students from several universities in Kansai

Venue:                   Takatsuki Shiritsu Sogo ShiminKoryu Center,

5^th floor (audio-visual center)
(1 minute walk from JR Takatsuki Station) Tel.0726-85-3721

http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/kakuka/shimin/bunkasp/gyomuannai/bunkagyomuannai/sogoshiminsenta/sogoshiminsenta.html

Fee:                      Free for SIETAR members and students;

500 yen for non-members

Language:             English and Japanese

Social:                  People are welcome to come to dinner after the session at

a reasonably priced Thai/Balinese restaurant.

                             Reservations are required by December 4.

Contact fujimotodonna@gmail.com

 

SIETAR Student Fair       

Come and see what activities university students in the Kansai area are engaged in. We will hold a special fair featuring students from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Osaka Gakuin University, Osaka Jogakuin University, Kansai University, Kwansei University, Ritsumeikan University and others. They will share their experiences with volunteer work,  service learning,  and study abroad programs. Please bring your friends, classmates, colleagues, and family members and support our young participants.

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker:            Nanako Kurihara, Producer/Director

Date:                   November 2, 2013 (Saturday)　　

                           15:00-18:00 (note time change)

                            (Dinner after the session at a Thai/Balinese restaurant. Reservations

                            required by October 27. Contact fujimotodonna@@gmail.com)

Venue:                Takatsuki Shiritsu Sogo Shimin Koryu Center,　

                           5^th floor (1 minute walk from JR Takatsuki Station) 

                           Tel.0726-85-3721
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Fee:                   Free for SIETAR, GALE SIG members, and students;

                          500 yen for non-members

Language:      English (questions & answers in Japanese and English)

 

We are very fortunate to have Nanako Kurihara, the filmmaker of an exceptional documentary about the Japanese women’s liberation movement in the 1970s. “Ripples of Change” combines powerful political analysis with a deeply personal and passionate story. In the 1980s Kurihara left her homeland, frustrated by the lack of interesting roles for women in Japan. In New York, she met a Japanese woman who had been involved in the women’s liberation movement in Japan, and this started her own journey. Kurihara returned to Japan and brought together interviews with veterans of the movement, fascinating archival footage, and her own personal impressions. The film explores the meaning of the liberation movement, the factors that motivated it, and the effect it has had on people’s attitudes.

“Ripples of Change” was screened internationally at film festivals, universities, women’s centers, and museums. It has been broadcast on foreign public television stations, on PBS in the United States and SBS in Australia. It has been used in classrooms internationally at colleges and universities. The film was partially funded by the Japan Foundation, Hoso Bunka Foundation, Tokyo Women’s Fund, NY State Council for the Arts, and Astraea Foundation. “Ripples of Change” is an excellent resource for the study of global feminism, women’s roles, and Japanese society.

Nanako Kurihara graduated from Waseda University with a BA in Political Science. After working as a magazine editor, she moved to New York where she started to make documentaries. She earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Performance Studies at New York University. More recently Kurihara made the film, “A Grandpa from Brazil,” which is about a first-generation immigrant’s personal look at Japanese migration to Brazil and the return migration of Japanese-Brazilians to Japan. It takes an honest look at the economic crisis that face Japanese Brazilians in Japan.