Overview

The expanding global human migration due to globalisation has had a variety of impacts on modern society. The increase in the number of cross-border migrants and foreign workers has raised various issues concerning the lives of foreign residents and discrimination in host societies, and has led to widespread discussions on social inclusion and coexistence among people with diverse backgrounds (nationality, race, language, gender, disability, class, etc.).In particular, with the growing threat of the rise of home-country-first mentality, as well as criticism and conflict over racism and hate speech against certain people, social fragmentation has become a serious challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has further encouraged such fragmentation. In other words, lockdowns in various regions have created walls that restrict human traffic across national and metropolitan borders, and the thorough implementation of social distancing has radically changed lifestyles and the ways of culture and arts in society, as well as the relationships between people. The exclusion of people of certain races, ethnicities, or occupations has become apparent in the world under the pandemic, as is fresh in our minds. Our world is surrounded by walls that separate people of different backgrounds, and it is important to consider the various problems created by these walls, and continue discussions towards solving them, in order to build a new society after the pandemic.
Therefore, this project will deliberate on the ideal form and prospects of a society consisting of people from different backgrounds while consciously considering the existence of various walls in the modern world from the perspective of cultural policies and practices in Asian cities including Japan.

Part I includes reports from young researchers engaged in the study of cultural policies in cities in Asia and subsequent discussions.
Part II proceeds in a workshop format, and through interactive exchanges between the speakers and the audience, participants will experience the barriers of language and physics surrounding us, and consider ways to communicate to overcome those barriers.
(Please click the link here for Part II)

Registration

Please register through the Google form or QR code.
https://forms.gle/xA9CMyskTV2qgdet6

It is possible to leave during the session and participate only in the workshop/discussion.

Contact

Yuka Yamaguchi (Research Fellow of Q-AOS, Kyushu University)
[E-mail] yamaguchi.yuka.931★m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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