Continuity, Symbiosis, and the Mind in Traditional Cultures of Modern Societies(November 1-2, 2008)

(co.-hosted by Global COE Program, Hokkaido University

Program

November 1 (Saturday)

09:00-17:00 Registration
09:30-09:50 Welcome Address by the Organizers
Takako YAMADA & Takashi IRIMOTO

Session 1: Continuity of Indigenous Heritage in the Modern World
09:50‐10:30 Kanaqlak (George P. CHARLES) (University of Alaska Anchorage)“Yuyarraq (The Way of the Human Being): Voices of Our Elder in the Transmission of Spiritual and Cultural Knowledge”
10:30‐11:10 Mikako YAMAGUCHI (Hokkaido University) “A Struggle for the Co-existence between the European Canadians and the Kaska Athapaskan Hunters”
11:10‐11:50 Takako YAMADA (Kyoto University)“Relationship between Humans and Nature: From Animism to a Philosophy of Ecology”

11:50‐2:20 Discussions

12:20‐13:20 Lunch Meeting

Session 2: Power of Traditional Cultures in Modern Societies
13:20‐14:00 Rinzing Dolma Gyari (Wako University)“Keeping “Tibetanness” in Refugees’ Societies”
14:00‐14:40 Chikako UEHARA (Hokkaido University)“A Strategy for Coexistence: Case of the Festival at Temple W in Haidong District, Qinghai Province, China”
14:40‐15:00 Coffee break
15:00‐15:40 Jelena PORSANGER (Sami University College & Nordic Sami Institute)“Sami Concepts and Modern Indigenous Approaches to Theorizing”
15:40‐16:20 Takayuki SAITO (Hokkaido University)“The Survival and Symbiosis of Blacksmiths in Bishnupur, India”
16:20‐17:00 Seika WAZAKI (Kyoto University)
17:00‐17:30 Discussion
18:00‐19:30 Reception

November 2 (Sunday)

Session 3: Rituals and Symbiosis in the Modern World
09:30‐10:10 Adkham A. ASHIROV (History Institute of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)“Local Features of Shamanistic Customs in Ferghana Valley”
10:10‐10:50 Toko FUJIMOTO (Kyoto University)“Kazakh Memorial Services in the Post-Soviet Period: A Case Study of Northern Kazakhstan Villages”
10:50‐11:30 Takashi IRIMOTO (Hokkaido University)“Revival of the Ainu Bear Festival: Mind, Ethnic Symbiosis and Continuity of Traditional Culture”
11:30‐12:20 Lunch Meeting
12:20‐13:00 Closing Discussion
13:30‐16:00 Excursion to Hokkaido University Botanical Garden/University Museum
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