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The 11th International Workshop
"Continuity, symbiosis, and mind in traditional cultures of modern societies"

Date: November 1, 2008 (Saturday) 9:30-17:30, November 2, 2008 (Sunday) 9:30-13:00

Location: Hokkaido University, Faculty House Enreiso

Contents:

November 1 (Saturday)
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.
11:50-12:20   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.
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

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






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