PROGRAM RELEASE for International Seminar "Decolonizing Futures: Transforming an Era of Environmental Catastrophe, Poverty, Hatred, Discrimination and Violence into an Era of Hope"

Slot 

Time

Chair 

Registration  

8:00~ 

Coffee

Panel A

8:45-10:00

Miho Zlazli, Carles Jornet & Seira Duncan  "Towards Decolonizing Methodologies: Insights from Early Stage Researchers"

(Kaoru Okano)

Presentation 1

10:00

Hiroshi Maruyama “Return to us what you have stolen”: Scientific Racism, Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance against Colonial Academic Societies in Japan”

Presentation 2

10:20

Olivia Doyle “Research alongside Karafuto Ainu Descendants: Activism or Scholarship?”

Presentation 3

10:40

Andrea Boccardi “The Okinawan Oceanic Environment as a (De)Colonial Body: Narrating the Trauma of the (Extra)Human in The Sea Where Dugongs Return “ (translator: Shinnosuke) 

Presentation 4

11:10

Toshio Takahashi “PFAS and Water Contamination in Okinawa” (translator: Hiroshi & Olivia) 

Presentation 5

11:40

Pedro Muñoz Ramírez “Tourism geopolitics and its Implications on Island Cultures: Observations on Subic Bay and Chatan”

Presentation 6 

12:00

Nirupama Chandrasekhar “Dinosaur-Infested Paradise: JUNGLIA and the Issue of Ecotourism in Okinawa” 

Lunch 

12:20-13:20

Lunch (SriLanka Curry (Chicken, Fish or Vegetarian) 

Presentation 7

13:20

Shikoh Shiraiwa “Self-reflexive Approach on Decolonising: Disalienation and Subjectivity of Research” 

(Carles Jornet)

Presentation 8

13:40

Kazuma Maetakenishi “Things, Words, and Madness in Postcolonial Okinawa” 

Presentation 9

14.00

Gijs van der Lubbe “Applying the concept of ‘polynomic language’ to decolonise language education for new speakers” 

Presentation 10

14:20

Kaoru Okano “Between misunderstanding and understanding: the image of China in 18th-century German decorative arts and architecture”

Presentation 11

14:40 

Sutej Hugu “Self-strengthening process for a visionary common future from the Indigenous Peoples’ movement in Taiwan”

Presentation 12

15:00

I-Yun Cheng (Elaine) “How Taiwanese Indigenous Voices Being Heard in Museums: Case Studies of National Museum of Taiwan Literature” 

Break 

15.20-15:40

Coffee

Presentation 13

15:40

Kamrul Hossain “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Culture: A Take by Treaty Monitoring Bodies and Case Law Jurisprudence” 

   (Kei Yamada)

Presentation 14

16:00

Ayelet Zohar “Community Activism and the Choir: Mao Ishikawa’s The Great Ryūkyū Photographic Scroll (2010-2023), Between History and Memory”

Panel B

16:20-17:35

Risako Sakai, Olivia Doyle & Yuko Osakada, Madoka Hammine  “Indigenous Feminism”

Slot 

Time 

Chair 

Registration 

8:00~ 

Coffee

Workshop 

8:30-10:00

Sachiyo Fujita-Round, Matthew Topping, Akiko Yokoyama, Joy Taniguchi, Jelisava Sethna (Biba) “Language Revitalization Workshop ‘Experience from Different Communities” 

(Ryuki Kochi)     

Presentation 1

10:00

Misato Matsuda & Oksana Burduzhan “Language, Identity, and Empowerment”

Presentation 2

10:20

Matthew Guay “Boosting community involvement: How stamp rallies, apps, and conversation guide sheets may help decolonize ideologies and aid revitalization efforts in the Ryukyus.”

Presentation 3

10:40

Masahide Ishihara “Language/culture preservation in Okinawan diaspora in Hawaii—Featuring Ukwanshin Kabudan and their activities” 

Presentation 4

11:00

Gillian Sawyer “Decolonizing Language Work by Practicing Inclusivity” 

Presentation 5

11:20

Nick Overacker, Michal Ptaszynski, Karol Nowakowski “Overcoming Technological Barriers to Language Revitalization” 

Presentation 6

11:40

Tomasz Wicherkiewicz “Decolonizing (?) Linguistic Diversity  Cases of Poland and Latvia”

Lunch 

12:00-13:00

Lunch (Taco Rice, Quesadilla Rap or Veggie Taco Rice) 

Presentation 7

13:00

Barry Keith “Efforts to Revitalize the Cherokee Language”

(Masahide Ishihara)

Presentation 8

13:20

Ryo Hagino “Reclaiming Voices: The Role of Native American Literature in Decolonizing American History and Pedagogy”

Presentation 9 

Presentation 10

Presentation 11

Presentation 12

13:40

13:55 

14:10 

14:25

1. Nayuko Kinjo  “Who am I ?” 

2. Shinnosuke Ouchi  “Countering Native-Speakerism in English Language Education in Japan”

3. Orie Tomiyoshi  “Historical Stereotypes in Disney Movies -A Critical Discourse Analysis on Ethnic Jokes from 1944 to 2020” 

4. Nathanael Rudolph  ““Criticality” and “Seeing” in Applied Linguistics and Language Education”

Break 

13:45-14:00

Coffee

Presentation 13

15:00 

Szymon Gredżuk “Aquatic Artivism in Underwater Ecocinema” 

(Olivia Doyle) 

Presentation 14

15:20

Sylwia Dobkowska “Immersive Art Exhibitions” 

Panel C

15:40-17:00

Antonie Grahamsdaughter, Kanae Uema (translator Szymon Gredżuk)  & Stefanía Castelblanco Pérez “Art and Activism”

Slot 

Time 

Title 

Film 1

9:30

Inga Hansen “In the wake of modern life, women becoming leaders”  (A Film from Greenland)”

Film 2

10:00

Siboné Oroza  “When I´m on Stage, I Rule: Cholita Futurism in Cochabamba, Bolivia”

Film 3

11:30

Sachiyo Fujita-Round “The Future of Myaakufutsu”  (A Film from Miyako Island, the Ryukyus) 

Film 4

12:00

Tomoaki Fujino “The Line of Hope” (A Film about Amareya Theatre's performance in Monbetsu, Ainu Mosir) 

Slot 

Time 

Title 

Presentation 16

Milosz Kusz  “Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice—a Strategic Complement to the UNDRIP”

Presentation 17

Alexandra Antonopoulou “International Student Library: A Postcolonial Approach in Art and Design Learning”

Presentation 18

Siboné Oroza “Cholitas combating marginalization through music”

Presentation 19

Sustarum Thammaboosadee “Utilizing Folktales and Board Games to Promote the Welfare State Concept for Dismantling Patriarchy in Contemporary Thai Capitalism Society”