Monday, 14. November 2005

Vortrag: Urban Complexity: The dynamics of urban public space in an everyday perspective

An inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural study of the city in Japan
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Friday, 11. November 2005

Research Proposal

VSJF-Conference

http://www.vsjf.net/html/fg_kultmed.htm

http://www.vsjf.net/anja/newsartikel/tg_2005_programm.htm#fg_kultur

Thursday, 20. October 2005

Conference

At the moment the days are full of different work: preparing my PhD proposal, and organising all the things around (fieldwork in Japan, literature review etc.) ...and I also will attend my first conference in Germany ... the topic is about Japan and urban space and so I am already excited to see how this experience will be ...meeting interesting people of the field and hopefully make some useful contacts... I think this will be a good chance to see how my topic is related to the different research areas and to hear what others think about... and a good start to learn to be "reflective"

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Tuesday, 18. October 2005

Urban Complexity: The dynamics of urban public space in an everyday perspective

A inter-disciplinary study of the City in East-Asia: case Japan

(Stadt und Komplexität: Die Dynamik des urbanen Raumes aus der Sicht des Alltäglichen
Eine interdisziplinäre Betrachtung der Stadt in Ostasien: Beispiel Japan)

Work in Progress

Abstract

The city is the built expression of our cultural values and is seen as a complex patterning of activity. Urban space is a dynamic, rapidly alterable milieu of people, information, and composition, indispensable related to time. Furthermore, the city is used by people: everyday routines, urban rituals, sociospatial movements and pattern of relations and interaction give meaning to the city. We make the city by living (in) the city. But in the 21st century, architectural and urban spaces are becoming more and more homogeneous and lose local, historical and cultural meanings. Globally influenced, cities in East-Asia which urban form is historically proposed by local culture are the recipients of Western concepts of built environment. The local cultural interpretation of space, and the imported ideas of the spatial arrangement interact and produce individual urban mosaics and patterns. How we have to deal with this dynamic urban space in the ‘age of the chaos and complexity theory’? The aim of the interdisciplinary research is to investigate how microscopic processes of everyday urban life, and especially the human being, affect the dynamics of urban space, and in particular, shape the built form of the city in East-Asia, especially in Japan. Furthermore, the research will take the view that issues of urban planning and urban morphology cannot be separated from the microscopic processes of daily life in the city (as it happens in Western oriented design concepts which dominate current urban development). The city in East-Asia and especially the Japanese city may have different (maybe almost opposite) pattern and forms to those of the West, different from what we might have imagined. However, the lesson on the city in East-Asia is not inevitably random. For example, considering the fact that ‘space’ or ‘place’ in the Japanese sense is an area defined by particular human activities. Several authors from different backgrounds (e.g. Yoshiro Ashihara, Peter Popham, Roman Cybriwsky, Gunther Nitschke, Barnie Shelton etc.) tried to capture these urban phenomena and point out that there is a need for further investigation into the agenda bias of cross-cultural discourse to bridge the existing gap between (social) urban research theories in East and West. Accordingly, the contrasting East-Asian experiences should offer us further insights into our own (Western) urban conditions and how the contemporary city is lived and shaped by the cultural processes of everyday urban life.

ASCJ 2006

ASCJ 2006
The tenth Asian Studies Conference Japan will be held at International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo on 24-25 June 2006. Please note the change of venue.
Further details about the application process are provided below. Applications from presenters can now be accepted. The deadline for applications is November 25, 2005.


[Other dates to note: see calendar.]


The Executive Committee invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers to be presented at the 2006 Asian Studies Conference Japan. It especially welcomes proposals that, by focusing on more than one region or by drawing on more than one discipline, will attract a broad range of scholarly interest.

Panels are proposed by individual scholars around a common subject. Panels are composed of three or four paper presenters and one or more discussants. Panel proposals should include a 250 word (maximum) abstract from each participant as well as a 250 word (maximum) statement that explains the session as a whole.
--> Online form for panel proposals.

Roundtables offer an opportunity for participants to discuss a specific theme, issue or significant recent publication. A maximum of six active participants is recommended. While a roundtable proposal will not be as detailed as a panel proposal, it should explain fully the purpose, themes or issues, and scope of the session.
--> Online form for roundtable proposals.

Individual papers give scholars an opportunity to participate in the conference even if they are not able to put together a complete panel. Since only a limited number of individual papers can be accommodated, preference will be given to junior scholars. Your paper has a better chance of acceptance as part of a panel. Paper proposals should include a 250 word (maximum) abstract.
--> Online form for individual paper proposals.

Please note that no person can appear on the program more than once. The one exception is the doubling up of roles within a given panel (organizer/chair for example, or organizer/presenter).

If you are considering making a proposal, you will find it useful to examine the onlines forms now, in order to see exactly what information you need to provide, and how it should be formatted.

Calendar
October 10, 2005 - Online applications for proposals begin.
November 25 - Online applications close. All proposals must be received in full by this date. Follow the links above for panel / roundtable / individual proposal forms. Proposals must include the following information:
(1) Title of panel, roundtable or individual paper;
(2) Names of all presenters, including chair and/or organizer and discussant (for panels) and chair and/or organizer (for roundtables);
(3) Affiliation, specialization (field/region), mailing address, and email addresses of all participants;
(4) Explanation of the session (for panels and roundtables); abstract of each panel presentation or each individual paper.
mid-late December - All those who applied to give individual papers will be contacted by email, as will organizers of panels and roundtables. Panel and roundatable organizers should contact everyone on their panel to let them know the result. At this stage successful applicants will be sent instructions on how to resubmit their abstracts incorporating final changes (if any) for printed and online programs.
January 31, 2006 - Deadline for resubmitting the abstracts in Microsoft Word format.
March 1 - Opening of online registration for presenters and ther participants whose names are to appear on the program. The conference fee can be paid either by bank transfer or by faxing a credit card authorization form.
April 15 - All presenters and other participants whose names are to appear on the program must complete registration and payment by this date. General registration for all others attending the conference will open on this date.
June 10 - Last day for general registration in advance by bank transfer or fax.
June 24, 2006 - Conference at ICU campus begins. Those who have not registered in advance may pay the onsite conference fee on the day of the conference, but tickets to the reception may not be available on the day.

Conference venue

ICU (International Christian University) is in Mitaka on the JR Chuo Line. Mitaka Station can be reached from Shinjuku Station in as little as 30 minutes. Further details about how to reach the campus will be provided before the conference. [ICU website] [directions]

Jahrestagung 2005

Die Tagung wird vom 18.–20. November 2005 im Adam-Stegerwald-Haus in Königswinter unter dem Rahmenthema
Stadt-Räume in Japan: Die sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung und der „Spatial Turn“ /
Urban Spaces in Japan: The Social Scientific Study of Japan and the „Spatial Turn“ stattfinden.

Der weltweite Trend zur Verstädterung hat sich wohl in keinem zweiten Land so rasant durchgesetzt wie in Japan, wo die Transformation einer Agrar- in eine urbane Gesellschaft nur wenige Jahrzehnte benötigte. Mehr als 100 Millionen Japaner leben mittlerweile in Städten, nicht selten gewaltigen Agglomerationen, die sich auf einen sehr kleinen Teil der Landmasse konzentrieren. Diese Entwicklung ist von vielen auch in Japan selbst immer stärker thematisierten Problemen begleitet, wie etwa Raummangel, nach wie vor hohen Grundstückspreisen, Verkehrsproblemen, Katastrophenanfälligkeit und reizlosen Stadtbildern. Doch verhindert dies nicht, dass in Japans Städten der Löwenanteil des weltweit zweitgrößten Bruttosozialprodukts erwirtschaftet wird. Und sowohl Hochhaus-Wohnblocks als auch die oftmals dörflich wirkenden älteren Viertel sind bemerkenswert frei von den gravierenden sozialen Konflikten, die andernorts den Vormarsch der Stadt begleitet haben. Mittlerweile dürfte die Mehrheit der Japaner nicht nur Städter sein, sondern auch nie woanders gewohnt haben. Von einem Ausdruck der Innovation und Expansion sind japanische Stadträume damit zur Normalität geworden, und es ist an der Zeit, statt der Urbanisierung die Urbanität in den Blick zu nehmen.
Die Tagung 2005 soll sich dem Umgang mit Stadträumen in Japan widmen. Das Konzept des Raums bietet sich dazu an, denn über die Grenzen der einschlägigen Disziplinen wie Architektur, Geographie und Stadtsoziologie hinaus ist in den Sozialwissenschaften ein “spatial turn” zu verzeichnen. In Anlehnung an Simmel und Foucault, de Certeau und Soja werden Räume dabei nicht als selbstverständlich gegeben angesehen. Vielmehr sind sie sozial konstituiert und immer auch ein Beziehungsgefüge, dessen Grenzen in der sozialen und kulturellen Praxis ständig neu verhandelt werden. Stadtplanung und Architektur, Romane und Reportagen, Volkszählung und Kartierung leisten dazu ihren jeweils eigenen Beitrag.
Die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen, politischen und kulturellen Dimensionen japanischer Stadträume sind das Thema der Tagung, sowohl ihre heutigen Formen als auch ihre historische Genese. Gibt es Lösungsmöglichkeiten für die identifizierten Probleme, und sind nicht auch einmal die Leistungen japanischer Städte zu würdigen? Ist eine Konvergenz mit den Mustern anderer Industriegesellschaften zu beobachten, oder bleiben die Besonderheiten (wie etwa die Allgegenwart nachbarschaftlicher Selbstorganisation) erhalten? Gibt es eine spezifisch japanische Urbanität, und was tragen Stadtplanung, Wirtschaft, Politik, Recht oder Medien zu ihr bei? Und welchen Sinn haben Dichotomien wie "Stadt" und "Land" überhaupt noch im Zeitalter der Globalisierung und des entgrenzten Raumes? Wie sich hinsichtlich dieser und anderer Fragen die physische und symbolische Aneignung von Räumen vollzieht und welche Akteure diesen sozialen Prozess tragen, wird zu klären sein und auch Aufschluss darüber geben, welchen Stellenwert das Konzept des Raums in den jeweiligen Spezialwissenschaften hat.

Die Tagung wird von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Münchener Universitätsgesellschaft gefördert.
Die Teilnahme an dieser Tagung ist keineswegs auf die Mitglieder der VSJF e.V. (www.vsjf.net) begrenzt – Gäste sind herzlich willkommen!
Wir freuen uns auf eine rege Teilnahme an der Tagung.

Tagungsorganisation:

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Schulz
Department für Asienstudien
Japan-Zentrum
Oettingenstr. 67
80538 München
Tel. (Durchwahl): (089) 2180-9803
Tel. (Sekretariat): (089) 2180-9800
Fax: (089) 2180-9801
Email: evelyn.schulz@ostasien.fak12.uni-muenchen.de
http://www.japan.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. Christoph Brumann
Institut für Völkerkunde
Universität zu Köln
50923 Köln
Tel.: (0221) 470 2706
Fax: (0221) 470 5117
Email: christoph.brumann@uni-koeln.de
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/voelkerkunde/institut/brumann.htm

Friday, 23. September 2005

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