Lecturers: Akira OKAWADA (Literary Critic, Kyoai Gakuen University),
Mark WINCHESTER(Kanda University of International Studies),
Yuriko YAMANOUCHI(TUFS)
18:00-20:30, Thursday, 21 January 2016
Middle Conference Room, Administration offices, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Fuchu Campus)
The "Ainu and Indigenous People in Australia: Assimilation, Discrimination and Current Issues" workshop, co-hosted by the Comparative Japanese Culture and International Cooperation sections, aimed at an understanding of the current situation for Ainu and indigenous Australian people through the latest research findings and at providing an opportunity for research exchange.
The presenters were: OKAWADA Akira (literary critic; part-time lecturer, Kyoai Gakuen University) "Imagination for Resistance to Ainu Denial: From SHINYA Gyo and MIYOSHI Fumio to MUKAI Toyoaki"; Mark WINCHESTER (lecturer, Kanda University of International Studies) "10 Years of Ainu Denial: A Negative Geneology from KONO Motomichi to KANEKO Yasuyuki"; YAMANOUCHI Yuriko (lecturer, TUFS Institute of Global Studies) "Indigenous Australians Living in Cities."
Poster ( PDF )