The International Symposium of Minpaku for the 50th Anniversary of the Museum’s Founding ” Human and Cultural Heritages from Maritime Perspectives”
| Date | Saturday, 11th May – Sunday, 12th May, 2024 10：30-16：30 (Doors open at 10:00) |
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| Venue | National Museum of Ethnology Auditorium, Osaka |
| Audience | Open to the public (at NME) free of charge / advance registration required / capacity of 350 [first-come, first-served] (online) free of charge / advance registration required / capacity of 500 [first-come, first-served] |
| Language | English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available) |
| Organizer | National Museum of Ethnology |
| Cosponsership | NIHU, Global Area Studies Program “Maritime Asian and Pacific Studies” |
Symposium Abstract
This is an international symposium designed and conducted by National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) with the joint of the Center for the Maritime Asian and Pacific Studies (MAPS) at Minpaku. As the 50th anniversary of Minpaku, this symposium focuses on the past and current situation of tangible and intangible cultural heritages in the maritime world, mainly in coastal and island environments. MAPS project consists a part of the Global Area Studies Program launched by the National Institutes for the Humanities in FY2022.
For these years, Minpaku and MAPS has conducted researches from the perspective of human-induced development and environmental change, focusing mainly on the protection of archaeological sites and cultural heritages that have been directly affected by infrastructure and resource development in the island worlds, and the conversion of these sites into tourism resources, as well as on cultural revival and reaffirmation of identity, which are becoming increasingly active as a resistance to globalization and development.
Based on these current research and projects, the symposium will be divided into three main themes; (1) Cultural Heritages, Indigenous Culture and Museums (2) Canoe and Traditional Navigation Knowledge, and (3) Bark-cloth (Tapa) and Paper Mulberry-its Origin, Tradition, and Art, all of which provide important issues and cases of both intangible and tangible cultural heritages in maritime world. We invite various speakers who have been very active in front lines of each topics from the world to report and discuss the current situation and future tasks how to conserve, continue and develop such cultural heritages and human activities.
Program
Saturday, 11th May
Opening Ceremony
| 10:30-10:40 |
Preface Kenji Yoshida (National Museum of Ethnology) |
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| 10:40–10:45 |
Introduction Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
Cultural Heritages, Indigenous Culture and Museums
| 10:45-11:00 |
Introduction of the Session and Presenters Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Title: Public, Private, People Partnership for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Indonesia Marlon Ririmassei (BRIN Indonesia) |
| 11:35-12:05 |
Title: The Initiative and Development of Museum Bahari Jakarta Program to Conserve Indonesia Cultural Heritage Mis Ari (Museum Bahari, Indonesia) |
| 12:10-12:40 |
Title: The Collection of Sail Guard in Department of Museums Malaysia: A Study of Theme and Meaning Mohd. Nasrulamiazam Mohd Nasir (Museum Negara, Malaysia) |
Canoe and Traditional Navigation Knowledge
| 13:45-14:00 |
Introduction of the Session and Presenters Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
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| 14:00-14:30 |
Title: Ancestral Network Knowing and Wind System Navigation Marianne “Mimi” George (Pacific Tradition Society, USA) |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Title: Voyage of Resilience: WAM’s Sustainable Maritime Solutions for the Pacific Alson J. Kelen (Waan Aelõñ in Majel, Micronesia) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Title: Hidden technology: Navigation and Canoe making in the Caroline Islands Kyoko Miyazawa (Umikobo Inc, Japan) |
| 15:45-16:15 |
Title: Human expansion to the maritime world: a review of indigenous boats of the Circum-Pacific World. Akira Goto (Nanzan University, Japan) |
| 16:15-16:30 |
Closing Remarks Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
Sunday, 12th May
Bark-cloth (Tapa) and Paper Mulberry -its Origin, Tradition, and Art
| 10:30-10:45 |
Introduction of the Session and Presenters Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
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| 10:45-11:15 |
Title: Bark cloth story: Fiji Museum approach to Safeguarding a Fijian heirloom. Sipiriano Nemani Ranuku (Museum, Fiji) |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Title: Report on Cultural Transformation and Inheritance of Bark Cloth Making in the South Pacific – A Case Study of Fiji Republic and Solomon Islands Ryoko Ogata (Tapa production, Fiji) |
| 11:55-12:25 |
Title:Siapo making Today in Tutuila Reggie Meredith (American Samoa, bark cloth) |
| 12:25-12:30 | Brief Introduction of the Afternoon Session |
| 12:30-13:30 | Break |
| 13:30-14:00 |
Title: Connecting the Past, Present and Future through Tapa – Perspectives Obtained from Museum of Samoa and Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Yuka Keino (Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori Public University) |
| 14:05-14:35 |
Title: Population genomics of paper mulberry: Insights into Austronesian expansion and migration. Kuo-Fang Chung (DNA of paper mulberry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan) |
| 14:35-14:45 | Break |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Title: Treasures for the people of Oceania Shigeki Fukumoto (Artist) |
| 15:35-16:05 |
Title: Japanese Development of Kaji Trees (paper mulberry) for Bark Cloth Minao Kitamura (Visual Folklore, Japan) |
| 16:10-16:30 |
Closing Remarks Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology) |
Registration
Please access this URL and fill out the registration form.
https://www.senri-f.or.jp/50thsympo-2/
- Registration Period: Friday, 1st March – Thursday, 2nd May, 17:00, 2024 (JST)
- Capacity: (at NME) capacity of 350 [first-come, first-served]
(online) capacity of 500 [first-come, first-served] - Charge : Free
Contact information
Office of the Symposium (The Senri Foundation)
Email: 50thsympo★senri-f.or.jp
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