PEACE AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE IV

November 11-13, 2005

Kyoto Sangyo University

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Welcome

Peace as a Global Language (PGL) is an annual conference designed to bring together those interested in promoting

peace through education, researchers, members of NGOs and activists working on peace-related issues. Established

to promote paths to peaceful dialogue instead of war, PGL is now in its fourth year and has evolved to include sus-

tainable development, human rights, intercultural communication and global education in language teaching. We

hope you will be inspired and stimulated by this year's conference.

PGL IV Organizing Committee

Iain DAVEY

Leah GILNER

Blake HAYES

Salem HICKS

Keiko KIKUCHI

Kimberlye KOWALCZYK

Mary NOGUCHI

Tina OTTMAN

JongMi PARK

David PEATY

Zane RITCHIE

Tom ROBB

Albie SHARPE

Vicki STARFIRE

Seiko TAGO

Interpreting: Yoshi NAITO and Keiko TATSUMI

Musicians: Mandala & Born Again Pagans

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Programme design, layout & editing: Zane Ritchie; Tina Ottman

Cover design: Albie Sharpe

BELL WORKS

- For Better Language Learning and to Be Lifelong Learners -

http://www.bell-works.com

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Below is information you may find helpful during the conference. In addition, please feel free to approach the Help

Desk, located in the Lobby of the First Floor, or any of the conference committee members or student volunteers who

will be present throughout the building.

Meals There will be a limited amount of boxed meals available each day (including vegetarian meals) on a pre-paid basis, at

a cost of 700 yen each (available on Saturday evening and Sunday lunch only). Please order by 12:00pm on Saturday.

In addition there is a convenience store, Family Mart, on campus, which is open until 6pm on Saturday. Contact the

Help Desk for further information on local restaurants and convenience stores. Kyoto Nama Chocolat Organic Tea-

house will also be selling coffee, cakes, etc on site.

Photocopy Services If you are giving any handouts at your presentation, make copies before arriving at the conference site. Photocopying

facilities are limited to two machines on the first floor of the conference building and a few convenience stores

nearby.

Equipment/internet

If you do have any problems with equipment, you should approach a PGL helper or a member of pc4peace (sic) who

are there to help with equipment set-up, concerns and other technical issues. pc4peace will also have a small booth

set up with internet access available.

Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness

Network http:////////www.japanetwork.org

http://www.peaceboat.org

Kansai International Photographers AssociationKansai International Photographers AssociationKansai International Photographers AssociationKansai International Photographers Association

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Kansai International Photographers Association

K I P A

Jacoba Akazawa; John Ashburne; Aaron Berman; Frank

Carter; Paul Crouse; John Einarsen; Jenny Hall;

Micah Gampel; Neil Klein; Peter Macintosh;

Mitsuru Nakamura; Katherine Nako; Gilad Ronnen;

Albie Sharpe; Markuz Wernli; Mao Yamamoto

Some photos stop wars. In the Vietnam War, photographers took iconic pictures which helped people to understand

the nature of the war. But "war photography" will never end war by itself. Through a never-ending, increasingly gro-

tesque parade of images, war photography seeks to make people aware of the true horror of war, and shock them

from their complacency. However, as Susan Sontag says in her book Regarding the Pain of Others, instead of

prompting action, war photography often incites passivitythe problems are too big, too inflexible for any action by

individuals to be effective. It promotes the development of stereotypesAfricans are poor, Muslims are violent. And

shock wears offwe become immune, desensitized to its effects.

In this exhibition we try to create an alternative concept "peace photography." In peace photography, we direct our

attention towards the problems that lead to war. We seek to define peace through positive, not negative means. Our

subjects are not victims, but collaborators. We try to develop tolerance and understanding, and challenge the stereo-

types of gender and race. We work against political and religious oppression.

Peace photography helps us to revisit the way we see the world, providing food for thought and a ground for commu-

nal experience. It shows how experience-based art opens new forms for relationships and participation in the public

sphere which are key ingredients for a world of more understanding and integration. With cameras, compassion and

humour, we are working toward a culture of peace.

A full PeaceWorks exhibition will be held at the Kyoto International Community Center in Okazaki from December

6th11th, 2005.

O-S-A-K-A Branch http://www.jalt.org

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17:30-19:30

Building 5, Room 303

Working for a Better World:

The NGO Experience

Featuring: Bernard Krisher, Sarwar Bari, Agalin Nagase and Craig Smith In English with full Japanese interpretation

Bernard Krisher is the former Tokyo Bureau chief of Newsweek. Krisher now runs two NGOsAmerican Assistance

for Cambodia and Japan-Relief for Cambodia, which build rural schools with internet links, promote fair trading of

handicrafts, help victims of trafficking, and have established a charity hospital. He has helped to train journalists and

founded the first independent daily newspaper in Cambodia (The Cambodia Daily). In 1994, he started working on

famine relief activities in North Korea. Time Asia has recognized his work in its heroes column.

Sarwar Bari is the co-ordinator of PATTAN Development Organization in Pakistan, a non-profit, non-partisan or-

ganization which sets up and manages heath centers, schools, technical training, community centers and other com-

munity development projects. PATTAN has been supportive of programmes for the education and training of

women, and backed Mukhtaran Mai in the 2004 tribal justice rape case which hit international headlines. Community

activities include programmes toward income generation and community development. PATTAN operates to inform

individuals about health, family planning, sanitation, environment conservation, legal rights and community develop-

ment activities.

Agalyn Salah Nagase has many years of experience as a volunteer in the Philippines, the US and Japan, and is the

executive director of the CJFF (The Center for Japanese Filipino Families) which supports Filipina victims of domes-

tic violence and human trafficking in Japan.

Craig Smith is a university instructor whose students have, through his guidance, become involved in various charity

projects. They have built houses in the Philippines, South Korea, the USA, and Thailand; conducted education pro-

jects in Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand; participated in simulations of United Nations meetings in Japan, the

USA, and Germany; and organized orientation and debriefing sessions for fellow students in home stay abroad pro-

grammes.

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Programme Details Programme Details Programme Details Programme Details

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Room 408 Room 403 Room 405 Room 406 Room 407 Room 306 Room 307

10:00-10:50

Bradley,Noguchi, Summerville Bringing Spiritual Values into Education (panel) (110 minutes) (bilingual)

Rogers & Ottman Constructing Peace: Israelis, Palestinians & the Other (workshop)

Bollinger Teaching Peace: Creating Positive Social Change (workshop)

Haynes An EFL Unit Deal-ing with Protest Music (workshop)

Barros-Pereira Poessays for Global Awareness (workshop)

Strefford Human Rights & Foreign Debt: Japanese ODA Diplomacy to-wards Myanmar (research)

11:00-11:50 Arudou What to Do If ... (workshop)

Maki Integrated Educa-tion in Northern Ireland (research) (bilingual)

Ercanbrack & Gray Two Perspectives on Peace Studies Courses for University Stu-dents (research)

Harrison Keypal Projects for Fostering Cultural Aware-ness (workshop)

Peloghitis & Rucynski Making Experi-ences Meaningful: Building Cultural Bridges through Interviews (workshop)

Spiri Service Learning: the First Step (workshop)

11:50-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:20 Summerhawk, McMahill, Riley & Yoshihara N-Gendering New Perspectives in Research, Peda-gogy & Activism (panel) (110 minutes)

Johnston et al The Media & NGOs (panel) (110 minutes) (bilingual)

Morisawa The Position of Violence against Women in Interna-tional Law (research) (in Japanese)

Cates UN Video Series, What's Going On? (workshop)

Angeloni Press Coverage in English of Japa-nese Perceptions of Kyoto Protocol (research)

McInnis Satyagraha & Language: Building the Foundation for Peaceful, Non-Violent Futures (workshop)

Cline Blessed Are the Peacemakers (research)

14:30-15:20

Fujita bilingual Museums for Peace & Historical Monu-ments (research)

Amiri International Human Rights Regime (research)

Higgins Start with the Heart: towards Reintegration of School, Home & Community (research)

Metzger The Enneagram & Intrapersonal Peace (workshop)

Weaver Sensory Awareness as a Global Language of Peace (workshop)

16:00-16:50

Haynes, Heerin, Piasetski & Sharpe Health of the Planet (panel) (110 minutes)

Shibahara Beyond Binary Oppositions: a Case Study of Transnational Feminism in Post-War Japan (research)

Cates Teaching about Global Issues through Simula-tions (workshop)

Lieb Inspiring Global Citizenship by Activating the Affective Domain (research)

Pender Peace Education in Action (workshop)

Shahzool & Engku Treatment of Gender in News Reports (research)

17:00-17:50

Obe I Have A Dream (research) (in Japanese)

Fox Political Arrests in Japan: Recent Cases (research)

Mantle Human Rights, Human Responsi-bilities (workshop)

Ng Growing Impact of Media Literacy: Exploring New Possibilities in 2nd Language Educa-tion (research)

Frank The Potential of Shokuiku: Towards Food-based Criti-cal Education in Japan (workshop)

18:20-20:00

Yukita Juri Plenary Talk: Violence Against Women in Japan (in Japanese with full interpretation)

Scott, Bari Democracy, Peace & Development (panel) (110 minutes)

13:30-15:20

HUMAN RIGHTS NGOs AND THE MEDIA: ALLIES OR ADVERSARIES? Consecutive Japanese /English and English/Japanese interpretation

Over the past decade, international human rights NGOs have become extremely organized and influ-

ential in shaping public opinion on various issues. Yet, in Japan, such NGOs are often still seen as out-

siders or simply as voices of dissent from mainstream opinion and politics. Designed for human rights

activists who wish to learn how the Japanese media views and reports NGOs, the purpose of the semi-

nar is to offer practical advice to those in international NGO community from working news reporters

at The Japan Times, the Asahi Shimbun and other influential mainstream media who often cover hu-

man rights NGOs. This panel will examine these and other related issues.

Panelists: Masami Ito is a Tokyo-based reporter for The Japan Times who covers the Justice Ministry and writes

extensively about immigration issues; Takuya Asakura is a reporter for the Asahi Shimbun in Kobe and covers gen-

eral affairs in that city; Yuji Yoshitomi is an award-winning journalist and author who writes on Kansai area politics

and society; Debito Arudou is a Sapporo-based author and activist. The panel will be moderated by Eric Johnston,

deputy editor of The Japan Times.

Exporting democracy and good governance to the so-called developing world is a huge undertaking.

The exact relationship between democracy and development, as well as the vapid thesis that the de-

mocracies are more peaceful, has created an enormous literature that has conflicting and contradictory

conclusions. Why democracy? What is democracy? Who does development benefit? What is the na-

ture, scope, and impact of development? What is the causal link between development and democrati-

zation? These questions challenge us at a variety of levels.

18:00-20:00

Plenary Talk:

Violence Against Women in Japan Yukita Juri

In Japanese with full interpretation into English

Yukita Juri is a prominent human-rights lawyer based in Osaka who has specialized in cases relating to the rights of

women, children and refugees. In the year 2000 she represented a 21 year-old campaign worker in a sexual harass-

ment suit against former Osaka Governor, Isamu Yokoyama, setting new precedents in the Japanese legal system.

16:00-16:50

Democracy, Peace & Development

Panelists: Paul D. Scott is a professor in the Asian Studies Programme at Kansai Gaidai University and serves on the

Steering Committee of the Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia. He is also the director of the Sam Rainsy

DEED (Democratization, Education, Empowerment, Development) Center. Paul Scott has given numerous work-

shops on democratization in Mongolia, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and has been an election observer. Paul

Scott is a member of Transcend, an international peace organization founded by Johan Galtung. He writes regularly

for Kansai Time Out. Sarwar Bari heads PATTAN, a non-partisan and non-profit making Pakistani organization

working as a catalyst for the developmental activities of communities living in riverine areas. PATTAN particularly

supports women's issues in Pakistan, and backed Mukhtaran Mai in the 2004 tribal justice rape case which hit inter-

national headlines.

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Saturday, November 12

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SessionsSessionsSessionsSessions

Sunday,,,, November 13

Room 408 Room 403 Room 405 Room 406 Room 407 Room 306 Room 307 Room 308

10:00-10:50

Matsumoto, Mori, Ohta, Saga

Student NGOs (panel)

(110 minutes) (bilingual)

Balsamo, Dougherty

& Dougherty Bangladesh Seminar: A

meeting of two cultures (panel)

(110 minutes)

Muroi Imperial Gen-eral HQ of-Matsushiro: Why & How Were the

Tunnels Bored? (research)

Forker Art & Imagery in the Divided Societies of N.

Ireland (research)

Beppu Intercultural Awareness

Class (workshop)

Montanari The False

Dilemma among Peace & Truth (research)

Ockert Bridging the Gap: Global Collaborative Research Projects

(research)

11:00-11:50

Oyagi A unique

Government System in Lebanon

(research)

Fox Violent Interro-gations & False Confessions of Japanese Youth

(research)

Fujimoto Nikkeijin

(research)

Sabatini Gendered

Identity, Ways of Living,

Constraint & Deviation: A

Case Study of 3 Japanese Female

Educators (research)

Hodge Interviewing Our Elders:

Learning from Experience (workshop)

11:50-13:30

Lunchtime Plenary Talk: Room 408

Nuclear Issues Aileen Mioko Smith

(bilingual)

13:30-14:20

Donovan, Hosoki, Mantle &

Summerville Education & the Environment

(panel) (110 minutes)

Reardon et al Teachers

College Panel Images and Realities: Discerning

Possibilities for Peace

(110 minutes)

Yurita Memory, His-tory & Peda-gogy of War & War Atrocities in the Global

Age (research) (bilingual)

Porter (Peaceboat) Developing a

Global English/Espanol Train-ing Programme (research)

Hosack Teaching

Democracy as a Universal

Value (research)

Shahzool & Engku

The Media & Stereotyping of Arabs & Muslims

(workshop)

14:30-15:20

Ono (NICCO) Assistance for Self-Reliance:

NICCO's Approach (research)

Godinez Development of NGOs in Japan (research)

Kester & Sturgeon

Service Learn-ing in the Context of

Holistic Living (workshop)

Smith et al Peace Studies & Experiential

Learning (workshop)

Ramsden Content-Based Overseas Study Programme (research)

16:00-16:50

Nault Globalization & the Teaching of

Culture (research)

Summerville Bridging the Gap between Language &

Content: Teach-ing Environ-mental Issues from a Student Perspective (workshop)

Fukuda Is English Becoming Dominant Because of

Globalization? (research)

(in Japanese)

Torbert Free Trade vs Fair Trade: Is There a Middle

Ground? (research)

Krehbiel The Institution of a Global Just Peace Fund & the Universal Abolition of War Taxes (workshop)

McCullough Talking about

Racism (workshop)

Eng & Hamner Education &

Action through a Hunger Banquet (workshop)

Hardy, Lokon & Nakagawa EFL Text on

Gender Issues (panel)

(110 minutes)

The General Union http://www.generalunion.org

Trade Union assisting worker rights,

regardless of nationality and/or field of employment

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12:30-13:30

Plenary Talk: Nuclear Issues Aileen Mioko Smith Bilingual, English and Japanese

Aileen Mioko Smith is director of the Kyoto-based NGO, Green Action, and co-founder of another

NGO, Stop the Monju, the Japanese citizens' organization working to stop Japan's fast breeder reactor

programme. Green Action has played a central role in trying prevent Japan's programme to use MOX

fuel in commercial nuclear reactors and is currently active in the effort to stop the start-up of the Rok-

kasho Reprocessing Plant in northern Japan, scheduled to begin operation this year.

13:30-15:20

Columbia University Teachers College

Centre for Peace Education

Images and Realities: Discerning Possibilities for Peace Moderator: Betty Reardon

This panel discussion constitutes reflections on how perceptions, articulated in international security

discourse, feature films as popular education and print media as a source of public information, provid-

ing both obstacles and possibilities for learning toward the achievement of peace.

Betty Reardon is recognized world wide as a leading theorist, and designer of pedagogic materials and processes in

peace education. She was the recipient of the special Honourable Mention Award in Paris by UNESCO at the Peace

Education Prize Ceremonies in 2001. She was the initiator and the first academic coordinator of the Hague Appeal

for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education. Having taught as visiting professor at a wide range of universities in

the U.S. and abroad, she has 40 years of experience in the international peace education movement and 25 years in

the international movement for the human rights of women. She has served as a consultant to several UN agencies

and education organizations and has published widely in the field of peace and human rights education, and women's

issues.

Panelists:

Kozue Akibiyashi Gender Perspectives on Peace

Yasuo Fukunaga Language and Power in Hollywood Films

Michele Milner Representations of Peace in the Global News Media

Sunday,,,, November 13

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JEE Japan Environmental

Exchange http://www.jca.apc.org/jee/indexE.html

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Poster SessionsPoster SessionsPoster SessionsPoster Sessions

PGL IV is fortunate to have many talented individuals giving presentations in the form of posters displayed in rooms

401 and 402 of the third floor. All are welcome to drop by and browse any time during the conference. Please note

that not all of the people presenting posters will be there all day, every day.

Presenter

Date

Presentation Title

Abe Sat/Sun This Is Japan/This Is My LifeStep forward

for peace by knowing each other

Balsamo Sat/Sun Bangladesh Dormitory & Orphanage

Hardy Sat Improving Health Care by Understanding

Values

Jones Sun Global Issues in a Business English Curriculum

Kitajima Sat/Sun Women after the Conflict in Yugoslaviatheir

battle and learning

Kozuki Sat/Sun International Relations & International

Understanding

Lokon, Starkowski et al Sun Students' projects and reflections on civic

activities.

Murata Sat/Sun Underprivileged Indian Children & Supporting

groups

Okada Sun Takarazuka Revue Fans

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Poster Sessions ContinuedPoster Sessions ContinuedPoster Sessions ContinuedPoster Sessions Continued

Porter

(Peace Boat) Sun

Developing an English/Espanol Training

Programme

Hughes

(Peace Boat) Sun

Global University & the Global Textbook

Project

Ramsden et al

(Kyoto Gaidai Zienzele Circle) Sat/Sun AIDS Orphans in Rural Zimbabwe

Ross Sun WWOOF: Willing Workers on Organic Farms

Stamm Sat/Sun Facing the Future

Stamm Sat/Sun Peace in Action

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About Kyoto Sangyo University

Kyoto Sangyo University is situated in the Kamigamo, Rakuhoku area, in the northern part of Kyoto

City, a place renowned for its scenic beauty. Founded in 1965, the university comprises of seven under-

graduate schools and six graduate schools, plus a law school. The university has over 12,000 enrolled

students (as of May, 2005).

The educational ideals of the university are to imbue students with a working knowledge and apprecia-

tion of the cultures of both the East and the West, as well as to have them understand and deal with ever-

changing domestic and international affairs, and to have them make use of sound theoretical procedures

in forming judgments.

Dr. Toschima Araki

Founder

1 Building #1 16 Faculty Office Building #1

2 Building #10 (Computer Education) (Science) 17 Central Library

3 Main Building 18 Faculty Office Building #2

4 Health Centre 19 Laboratory Building #1 (Engineering)

5 Building #2 (Science) 20 Laboratory Building #2 (Engineering)

6 Building #12 21 Building #9

7 Building #3 (Foreign Languages) 22 Faculty Office Building #3

8 Building #7 (Dining and Club Rooms) 23 Faculty Office Building #4

9 Koyama Hall 24 Koyama Coliseum

10 Building #4 (Law) 25 Extracurricular Activities Building

11 Building #13 (Law School) 26 Multipurpose Gymnasium

12 Building #8 (Dining, bookshop, store) 27 Oiwake Dormitory

13 Building #6 (Lecture Theatres) 28 International House

14 Building #5 (Business Administration, Economics) 29 Comprehensive Sports Grounds & Dormitories

15 Building #11 (Cultural Studies) 30 Gymnasium #2 & Dormitories

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