Unity in Diversity
From Exclusive State to Collaborating Communities
- Date: November 6 (Tue) & 7 (Wed), 2007 6:00-9:00 pm
- Venue:Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
- Admission: free
- Language: Japanese/English (with simultaneous translation)
The Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) has for the past eleven years brought distinguished Asian intellectuals to Japan to discuss pan-Asian issues in a collaborative setting. For the past two months, six ALFP fellows have interacted with each other and with civil society in Japan in interdisciplinary dialogues. They will be addressing a two-day public symposium on the theme “Unity in Diversity: From Exclusive State to Collaborating Communities.” They will explore the notions of “people,””state” and “security” through art, sexuality, theories and images from Honk-Kong, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand and Japan.
The ALFP is a joint program of the International House of Japan and the Japan Foundation, and invites you to join the fellows in their collective exploration and inquiry.
“People, State, Whose Security?”
- November 6th (Tuesday) 6:00-9:00 pm
- “Voice on the Move”
“Sustainability and Community System” - Testimonies by (a) foreign migrant worker(s) in Japan
Huang Jiansheng(China) Associate Professor, Yunnan Nationalities University - “Migration: Diverse Experiences”
Kaoru Aoyama (Japan) COE Fellow, Gender Law and Policy Center, Tohoku University/ Co-president, People’s Plan Study Group - “Stories from Borders and Stories of Borders”
Sriprapha Petcharamesree (Thailand) Lecturer, Office of Human Rights Studies and Social Development, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University
“Looks, Looking, and Lurking: Sex-Youth-Art: An Experience with Hong Kong, Malaysia and India”
- November 7th (Wednesday) 6:00-9:00 pm
- “The Possibilities of a Second Spring: Japanese ‘Shu-fu’ and HK Chinese ‘Si-nai'”
Sik-Ying Ho(Hong Kong, China) Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong - “Energy 4 (for) Change”
Hishamuddina Rais(Malaysia) Lecturer, National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy - “Gallerie: Another Way of Looking”
Bina Sarkar Ellias (India) Editor and Publisher of “Gallerie” magazine
For profiles of the fellows, please see this page.
Those who wish to attend are requested to call or e-mail the ALFP Secretariat for reservations.
ALFP Program Department
International House of Japan
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPAN
Tel: 03-3470-3211 Fax: 03-3470-3170
E-mail: alfp@i-house.or.jp