International Symposium ‘Family Potential in Uncertain Times’
When:
2023年03月14日 @ 09:30 – 2023年03月16日 @ 16:30
Asia/Tokyo Timezone
2023-03-14T09:30:00+09:00
2023-03-16T16:30:00+09:00
Where:
Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
| Date | Tuesday, March 14 – Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
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| Venue | Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka |
| Language | English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available) |
| Capacity | 40 people |
| Registration Required | For registration and further information, please contact us by email ＜mori-office (at) minpaku.ac.jp＞. The deadline for application is Monday, March 6th. |
This conference is held by Minpaku (National Museum of Ethnology）Special Research Project ‘Family Potential in Uncertain Times. Mobility, Technology, and Body’
Program
March 14. Tue.
Conference opening
Chair: Akiko Mori
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Welcome | Kenji Yoshida, Director General, Minpaku |
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| 13:10 – 13:30 | Introduction of the symposium | Akiko Mori, Minpaku |
Session 1: Reflecting on the anthropological figure of family
Chair: Fukachi Furukawa
| 13:30 – 14:00 | The outskirts of families: The relative care supports and the individualization of kinship in Finland | Erika Takahashi, Chiba University |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 | Imagining Biological Relations: Enacted realities in Third Party Reproduction in India | Mizuho Matsuo, Minpaku |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Break | |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Everyone is related: Family potential and platform kinship | Lawrence Cohen, Univ. of California, Berkeley |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Comments | Yoko Taguchi, Eikei University of Hiroshima |
| 15:25 – 16:10 | Discussion |
March 15. Wed.
Session 2: Weaving the flexible interface of family with society
Chair: Miki Namba
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Waves, responsibilities, and autistic care during Covid time in Japan | Makoto Nishi, Hiroshima University |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Caring for Piety: Changes of Family Forms among Hui Muslims in Contemporary China | Masashi Nara, Minpaku |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Family as a way of knowing | Felicity Aulino, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Break | |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Comments | Sae Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo |
| 11:25 – 12:10 | Discussion | |
| 12:10 – 13:30 | Lunch |
Session 3: Reconfiguring family and the emergence of new forms
Chair: Sae Nakamura
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Moving towards post-familial living? Overseas Japanese lifestyle migrants’ approaches to family, gender and work | Susanne Klien, Hokkaido University |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 | Family and sexuality in migrant life: Narratives of a Filipino sexual minority in France | Itaru Nagasaka, Hiroshima University |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Unlocking Family. History, Violence, and the New Configurations of Kinship | Roberto Beneduce, Univ. of Turin |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Break | |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Comments | Sayaka Ogawa, Ritsumeikan University Miki Namba, Kagoshima University |
| 15:40 – 16:25 | Discussion |
March 16. Thu.
Session 4: Families with/in spaces
Chair: Yoko Taguchi
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Freedom and dependence among Hmong refugee families in France | Osamu Nakagawa, Minpaku |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Autonomy of contemporary ie in a more-than-human world | Takeshi Matsushima, Hiroshima University |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Negotiating the Family Boundary through the Funeral: Land, Care, and the Dead in Southern Ghana | Akinori Hamada, University of Tokyo |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Break | |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Comments | Fukachi Furukawa, Kyushu University |
| 11:25 – 12:10 | Discussion | |
| 12:10 – 13:30 | Lunch |
Session 5: Reflections & Discussion
Chair: Sayaka Ogawa
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Reflections and general discussion |
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Conference closing
| 15:00 | Closing remarks | Akiko Mori |
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