Symposium “Expo-logy”
This is a two-day symposium to celebrate the publication of Expo-logy: Expos as a Method of Grasping the World (Sano Mayuko, ed., Kyoto: Shibunkaku, 2020)―a product of ten-year activities of the interdisciplinary Research Team “Expos and Human History”, based in Kyoto, Japan.
Dates: 12-13 December 2020 Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower (2nd Floor) International Conference Hall
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To attend the symposium, please click the link below and complete pre-registration. https://forms.gle/TLP4DcTAcEqJVxdQA The number of seats will be limited to 70 on-site and 140 on-line; registrations are on a first- come, first-served basis. Participation will be free of charge.
For on-line participants, we will send the Zoom meeting login information to your registered e-mail address before the symposium. On-site participants will also need to access Zoom, if you would like to use simultaneous interpretation; please bring your own PC, smartphone, or other internet device, and also an earphone.
If the format of the event is changed owing to the spread of COVID-19 infection, notification will be made via e-mail.
Organized by: “Expos and Human History” Research Team (Research Representative: Sano Mayuko) Co-organized by: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project (C) “Establishment of the Convention Relating to International Exhibition (1928) and the International Exhibitions Bureau (1931)”（Principal Investigator: Sano Mayuko） Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists Project ‘Transmission and exploitation of ”Japaneseness”’ （Principal Investigator: Ukai Atsuko） Granted by: The Murata Science Foundation Cooperation by: NOMURA Co., Ltd. Institute for Modern History of China, Central China Normal University Shibunkaku Co., Ltd.
Contact: [email protected]
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Programme
＜DAY 1＞ Sat. 12 December 2020 （The venue opens 30 mins. before the symposium starts.）
◇10:30-- (JST-- The same applies to all time indications hereafter.) Session 1: Expos as a Method of Grasping the World (Moderator: Sano Mayuko) Opening remarks Expos as a Method of Grasping the World: An Introduction to Expo-logy Sano Mayuko (Kyoto University) Expos and the Birth of “Pianos” Inoue Satsuki (Aichi University of the Arts) Exhibitions and Shippo (Cloisonné and Enamel Works) as a New Industry: On Gigei, Technology, and Modern Crafts Muto Yukari (Namikawa Cloisonné Museum of Kyoto) Tanaka Yoshio, a Man of Exhibitions and Museums in Late Edo and Meiji Japan Kutsuna Takahiko (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan) Expos and the Ottoman World View Miyuki Aoki-Girardelli (Istanbul Technical University) Shibusawa Eiichi and Expos: From Paris in 1867 to San Francisco in 1915 Sekine Hitoshi (Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation) Discussion (All participants are welcome to join in! We will also introduce scholars and expo professionals participating from Japan and around the world.) During this discission time, we will welcome Professor Ma Min (Director of the Institute for Modern History of China, Central China Normal University), China’s leading expo historian, and Professor Yook YoungSoo (Chung-Ang University, South Korea), who has published the Korean translation of Expos and Human History, our society’s first multi-authored volume.
◇14:15-- Session 2: Inauguration of the BIE and the 20th Century Mirrored in Expos (Moderator: Mashiyama Kazushige) The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) within the History of Expos Iwata Yasushi (Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition) France and the 1928 Convention Relating to International Exhibitions Teramoto Noriko (Atomi University) Around the Planning of the Unrealized Grand International Exposition of Japan 1940 in Celebration of the 2600th Anniversary of the Accession of Emperor Jimmu: The Illuminated Continuity Between the Japanese Exhibits at Expos of the 1930s Mashiyama Kazushige (Chuo City, Tokyo, Board of Education Secretariat)
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Wartime Propaganda and Photo Murals: With a Focus on Yamahata Shogiku and His《Japan in Progress》at Expo 1939 New York Shirayama Mari (Japan Camera Industry Institute) Evolving Exhibition Design: Japanese Pavilions at Expos Shigyo Akihiko (Nomura Co., Ltd.) Mori Seiichiro (Nomura Co., Ltd.) Kishida Kyohei (Nomura Co., Ltd.) Postcolonial Identity Politics and Philippine Pavilions in International Expositions, 1958–1992 Edson G. Cabalfin (Tulane University) Bewildered in Montreal: The “Japan Pavilion Question” at Expo 1967 Ichikawa Fumihiko (École des hautes études en sciences sociales) Discussion We will welcome Professor Oussouby Sacko, President of Kyoto Seika University, and Mr. Takeda Ieaki, Director General of JETRO Paris (former Director of International Exhibitions Promotion at METI, former Japanese Delegate to the BIE).
◇17:00-- Session 3: Special Feature/Expo 1970 Osaka（Part 1） (Moderator: Saotome Kenji) A Leap Toward Expo 1970 Osaka Shimizu Akira (formerly Nomura Co., Ltd.) The Basic Concept of Expo 1970 Osaka: Its Background and Drafting Process Developed by the “Bankokuhaku o Kangaeru Kai (The Expo Thinkers Group)” Saotome Kenji (Suita City Museum) The Showa Emperor and Expos Makihara Izuru (The University of Tokyo) Maglev and Atomic Bomb: The Origin and Development of Exhibitions on Science and Technology in the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 1970 Osaka Ariga Nobumichi (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan) Discussion
＜DAY 2＞ Sun. 13 December 2020 （The venue opens 30 mins. before the symposium starts.） ◇10:15-- Session 3: Special Feature/Expo 1970 Osaka（Part 2） (Moderator: Iida Yutaka) A Blue Print of Corporate Pavilions at Expo 1970 Osaka Iida Yutaka (Ritsumeikan University) The Roles of Buddhist Objects at Expo 1970 Osaka Kimishima Ayako (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
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The Postwar Debate on Subjectivity in the Christian World: The Anti-Expo Movement and the Christian Pavilion at Expo 1970 Osaka Masuda Itsuki (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan) Architects and Expos: A Consideration of Kurokawa Kisho at Expo 1970 Osaka Inoue Shoichi ( International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Discussion During this session, Ms. Lorelei Liu, Director of World Expo Museum, will be joining us.
◇13:10-- Session 4: Expos Continuing to Mirror the World (Moderator: Ichikawa Fumihiko)
◇15:40-- General Discussions (Moderator: Sano Mayuko) While looking back the two-day discussions, we shall talk about the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai from our “expo-logy” perspectives with on-site and on-line participants.
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To prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) This event will be implemented under Kyoto Prefecture’s ‘Guidelines on Preventing the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus’ and Kyoto University’s ‘Conditions for the Use of the Clocktower Centennial Hall’. ✓ The administrative office of the Clocktower Centennial Hall requests that the organisers submit a register of the names of all participants and their contact information. We thank you for your cooperation. (Please write your address and telephone number on your application form.) Personal information provided will be submitted to public institutions, such as health centres, in the event that a COVID-19 case appears. This information will not be used for any purpose other than to prevent the spread of infection. Any information provided will be kept on file in the Clocktower Centennial Hall’s administrative office, with the expectation that it will be destroyed after one month. ✓ If possible, please install the COVID-19 contract tracing apps Kokotoro or COCOA. ✓ At the entrance to the venue, all participants will be subject to temperature checks via thermography or non-contact thermometers. Persons with a temperature of over 37.5° C and persons not feeling well will not be admitted to the venue. ✓ At the venue, participants are requested to put on a mask, and to wash and disinfect their hands whenever possible. We request your cooperation in maintaining social distancing and air circulation procedures within the venue. The number of participants allowed will be one-third of the total venue capacity.
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