On Jan. 26, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” was shown at the German students community in University of Tsukuba, “Baumkuchener Verein”. A total of about 30 Japanese and German students took part. The student directors, Okazaki and Sasaki, were the presenters, and after the screening, a discussion was held involving the entire group. The student directors raised the questions about the harmful rumors due to the nuclear power station accident and about the fading of the memory, within Japan, of the devastating earthquake. Comments from the crowd pointed to the importance to reexamine Japan from a global standpoint and suggested that there should be more effort to show the movie abroad.
On Feb. 20, a screening intended for students and citizens will be held at the University of Bonn in Germany. Two of our student directors will fly over for the event and we expect a lively discussion on the day. We would like to thank the members of “Baumkuchener Verein” and all those who took part. (Iida)
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” screening at Iwaki Alios
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” will be shown at the Iwaki Performing Arts Center, Alios, on Feb. 1, Sunday, as a part of the program, “Iwaki Town Development and Reconstruction Symposium: Regional Revitalization by the Young Generation”. The student directors will also be on stage for the talk session. Since anyone is welcome to attend, please take this opportunity to attend both the symposium and screening. (Iida)
Date & Time: Feb. 1, 2015, 10:50 to 16:30
(Screening of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” scheduled to start at 11:00)
Venue: Iwaki Performing Arts Center, Alios, Small Theater
Free of Charge
Host: University of Tsukuba. Sponsor: Iwaki/Fukushima Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
>>Click here for details of Symposium.
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” to be shown at German-Japanese Youth Leaders Exchange Meeting
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” will be shown at the University of Bonn, Germany, in February. The student directors will fly to Germany for the screening. A screening event is being planned so that many people, including students majoring in Japanese studies at the University of Bonn as well as ordinary Bonn citizens, would be able to take part.
Ahead of the overseas screening, there will be a screening of the movie with English subtitles and a discussion session at the University of Tsukuba German-Japanese Youth Leaders Exchange Meeting. Please take this opportunity to take part, as anyone is welcome to attend. (Iida)
Date & Time: Jan. 26 (Monday), 18:15〜
Venue: Student Commons, Presentation Room (Area 1, A203, Next to Soup Factory)
Free of Charge
Host: University of Tsukuba German-Japanese Youth Leaders Exchange Meeting (Baumkuchener Verein)
Co-Host: University of Tsukuba Creative Reconstruction Project, College of Comparative Cultures, University of Tsukuba-European Office in Bonn.
>>Click here for Baumkuchener Verein Website.
Information Communication Team: Notice of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” screening in Hiroshima
On Feb. 1 (Sunday), there will be a screening of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” in the city of Hiroshima. The students of the Information Communication Team have been preparing for this project since last year, and they will co-host the event with “OPERATION Tsunagari”, a student volunteer group at the University of Hiroshima. The manga artist, Daisuke Nishijima, who lives in Hiroshima, has also been invited to take part. After the screening, a talk session with Nishijima, Operation Tsunagari and the student directors of“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” is being planned. Under the theme, “HELLO after 3.11”, they will talk about, from their individual points of view, the uncanny links and new ties that have formed since the earthquake. A simple workshop with the participants is also being planned. Please come and take part. (Iida)
The Movie, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)”, Screening & Talk Session in Hiroshima
HELLO after 3.11 – New Ties Since the Earthquake
Date & Time: Feb. 1 (Sunday), Doors Open at 14:00, Film Starts at 14:30
Venue: Hiroshima City Plaza for Town Development through Citizen Exchange, North Bldg. 6F, Multi-Media Studio
Capacity: 112 people
Free of Charge
Off-Campus Challenge Assignments Review Meeting
On Dec. 20 (Saturday), a review meeting of the Off-Campus Challenge Assignments/Off-Campus Challenge Special Assignments/Off-Campus Special Assignment I was held. All 10 teams composed of students registered in each course and their instructors gave a 10 to 15 minute report of their activities that they had been involved in so far.
By sharing the activities with other teams, it seemed that new ideas and themes were inspired. The review meeting served to enhance the motivation for next year’s performance and activities. (Akagi)
Preview: Catastrophe & Art, 9th & 10th Sessions
Creative Reconstruction: Catastrophe & Art, the 9th and 10th Sessions will be carried out in 2 consecutive periods. In the 6th Period, we will invite Minami Eguchi, a research follow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science, and ask her to give a lecture on the theme, “Post War Germany and Art”. In the 7th Period, Prof. Toshiharu Omuka will give a lecture summarizing the talks. Please come and take part, as anyone is welcome to attend. (Akagi)
Date & Time: Dec. 19 (Friday),
6th Period: 16:45 to 18:00 Minami Eguchi,
7th Period: 18:15 to 19:30 Toshiharu Omuka.
Venue: 5C416
CR Review Meeting
A review meeting of the Off-Campus Challenge Assignments/Off-Campus Challenge Special Assignments/Off-Campus Special Assignment I will be carried out. Students from each team will give a report of their activities.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014
Time: 9：00～12：45
Venue: 5C216
Time Schedule:
9:00 Greetings by the instructors
9:10 Okuma Team
9:30 Kamado Project Team
9:50 Yui Team
10:10 Itako Team
10:30 Taikan Taiken Lab
10:50 Break（10 min.）
11:00 Empathy Team
11:20 Information Communication Team
11:40 Vacant Properties Team
12:00 Kotonoha Team
12:20 Calligraphy Team
12:35 Summary
12:45 Close
Since anyone can attend, please come and join us. You are free to enter and leave the room during the sessions. (Akagi)
Preview: Catastrophe & Art, 8th Session
Creative Reconstruction: Catastrophe & Art, the 8th Session will invite the art historian, Yuko Saito, and ask her to give a lecture on the theme, “Disasters and Monuments: Focusing on the 1920s-40s”. Please come and take part, as anyone is welcome to attend. (Akagi)
Date & Time: Dec. 12 (Friday), 16:45 to 18:00
Venue: 5C416
Calligraphy Team holds “Appreciation of Shosha Calligraphy”
On Nov. 21, the Calligraphy Team visited Iwaki City Tabito Elementary School and Tabito Junior High School in Fukushima and with the children and pupils of both schools held an event to appreciate Shosha Calligraphy. In Fukushima prefecture, many schools take part in the “Fukushima Prefecture’s New Year’s Kakizome Calligraphy Exhibition”, an event of prefecture-wide scale, and the team helped and gave the students support in their practice of this coming year’s assigned theme. The children and pupils all used the various teaching tools that the team had prepared for them and got to work on their assignments in a very serious manner. (kanno)
Kotonoha Team visits the Koike Naganuma Nishi Emergency Temporary Housing
The Koike Naganuma Nishi Emergency Temporary Housing in Minami-Soma City, Fukushima, is a temporary housing project that allows evacuees to come with their pets. The Kotonoha Team focuses its activity on the pets, which are a precious member of the family of the evacuees. We visited 29 homes in July and were able to collect priceless stories and statements full of love for their pets. We are now in the process of creating a booklet filled with their loving words. It is our hope that not only would it be a collection of photographs of cute animals, but that it would serve as a conversation starter for the residents of the temporary housing.
On Nov. 28, we visited the temporary housing again to show and have the residents check the contents of the booklet. We were glad that everyone welcomed the booklet and said that they were looking forward to seeing the finished product. After some revisions based on their remarks, we hope that it will turn out to be an even better booklet. (Chiharu Koike, 3rd year at Comparative Culture Studies)
