Home>2010/12/15-17 International Symposium 'Towards the Century of Cities' Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion

2010/12/15-17 International Symposium 'Towards the Century of Cities' Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion

The 1st International Roundtable Meeting

Towards the Century of Cities

International Symposium

Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion


The first decade of the 21st century, dubbed the century of Cities, has passed. Osaka as well the cities around the world have faced financial storms of globalism causing mass unemployment, community destruction and environmental degradation. Cooperating with the Osaka International House Foundation, the Urban Research Plaza organizes an international symposium to hold the first roundtable discussion [Towards the Century of Cities] to find solutions to the challenges confronted by cities.

The symposium is an event to commemorate simultaneously the first international roundtable meeting, the launch of an international journal of City, Culture and Society (CCS) and the 130th anniversary of Osaka City University.

PROGRAM


Wed.15th, Dec. Keynotes and Plenary Speech

Opening Session 1, 10:30-15:20 *includes lunch break

Welcome Remark:
Yoshiki Nishizawa, President of Osaka City University
Kunio Hiramatsu, Mayor of the City of Osaka
Opening Address:
Masayuki Sasaki, Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU

Keynote Speech "Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion" 
Sharon Zukin, Professor at the City University of New York
Lily Kong, Vice President at the National University of Singapore
Takashi Machimura, Professor at Hitotsubashi University
Facilitator:
Toshio Mizuuchi, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU


Session 2, 15:40-17:40

Plenary Speech "Perspectives from the new journal City, Culture and Society"
François Colbert, Professor at HEC Montréal
Andrew Kirby, Professor at Arizona State University
Andy Pratt, Professor at Kings College London
Hyun Bang Shin, Lecturer at London School of Economics
Coordinator:
Hiroshi Okano, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU



Thu.16th, Dec. Sessions for experts and researchers

Session 3, 10:00-12:30 Round Table
"Rethinking Urban Creativity"

Andy Pratt, Professor at Kings College London
Patrick Cohendet, Professor at the University of Strasbourg / Visiting Professor at HEC Montréal
Luciana Lazzeretti, Professor at the University of Florence
Seiji Hanzawa, Lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University
Coordinator:
Kenkichi Nagao, Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, OCU

Session 4, 14:00-17:00 Round Table
"Networking the Asian Urban Studies"

Binson Bussakorn, Associate Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Nicolaas Warouw, Professor Assistant at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesea
Ying Fang Chen, Professor at East China Normal University, China
Wing Shing Tang, Professor at Hong Kong Baptist Univerity, Hong Kong
Jong Gyun Seo, Researcher at Korea Center for Urban and Environment Research, South Korea
Suzy Goldsmith, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne
Li-Ling Huang, Associate Professor at the National Taiwan University
Moderator:
Shin Nakagawa, Professor at the Graduate School of Literature, OCU



Fri.17th, Dec. Sessions for experts and researchers

Session 5, 10:00-12:30 Research Presentations
"Presentations by URP Research Fellows"
Chisako Takashima
Audience Development and Successor Training in Japanese Traditional Performing Arts.
Hannu Kurunsaari
Accounting in Recycling Network Enterprises: Reflections on Capability-building.
Sunsik Kim
The Experimental Investigation between Social Enterprise and Community-based Art.
Tatsuya Shirahase
Social Roles of Faith-Related Organizations in Homeless Support.
Lisa Kuzunishi
Ploblem of Mismatch between the Process of Securing Permanent Housing and Housing Policy for Single Mother Households in Japan. 
Commentators:
Laura Braslow, Hyun Bang Shin
Coordinator: 
Hong Gyu Jeon, Associate Professor at the Urban Research Plaza, OCU

Session 6, 14:00-17:00 Panel Discussion
"Perspectives of the AUC and its Prospects"

The broad purpose of the association for urban creativity (AUC) is to tap into creative knowledge of citizens in solving practical problems creatively and then combine this collected "citizen knowledge" with "academic knowledge" in order to create unexpected, but well-matching theories for urban studies.
In this session, we discuss presentations of the previous three days and aim to understand "citizen knowledge" reflected in activities of the AUC. In particular, we focus on social inclusion through arts and cultural creativity applied by the Asian Network of the Plaza. We also discuss potential ways to establish a new paradigm for theories on the creative city and what is the vision for creative city planning and urban administration.  
Moderator:
Masayuki Sasaki, Director of the Urban Research Plaza
Toshio Kamo, Professor at Ritsumeikan University, the former-director of the Urban Research Plaza



Co-hosted by
the Urban Research Plaza of Osaka City University
and The Osaka International House.
Supported by
The Agency for Cultural Affiars,
The Japan Foundation,
and Tadao ANDO Foundation for Culture.



Outlines for the Three Days Symposium:
In this symposium, we discuss to set forth new guidelines for the urban future in "the Century of Cities" in which key concepts like "sustainable city", "compact city", "postmodern city", "mega-city" and more have been elaborated.
In the first day, we have keynote addresses and invitation ones. The former point out critical issues for urban regeneration based on cultural creativity and social inclusion. The latter consider the great possibility of innovative social practices created by the mixture between "academic knowledge" and "citizen knowledge" which is a central concern of the journal "City, Culture and Society".
In the second day, experts sessions gives two round tables for researchers and professionals. Firstly, we discuss roles and policies of creative industry that makes full use of creativity of cultures and individuals. Secondly, the representatives of overseas sub-centers which are active bases of network through Asian region set up by URP argue actual practices for urban regeneration in their fields. 
In the third day, firstly, we have the session in which URP research fellows present challenging cases studies on social inclusion on the base of artistic and cultural activities and their scientific possibility. Lastly, in the final session, confronted urban problems in Osaka and other large cities, we indicate the role of AUC and suggest a new perspectives for urban theory and policies in future.



An International Academic Journal; City, Culture and Society (CCS):
City, Culture and Society, edited by URP, was published in this year from Elsevier, the world' leading publisher for academic journals. The journal aims to stimulate a new interdisciplinary paradigm that embraces multiple perspectives and applies this paradigm to the urban imperative that defines this century.

The Association for Urban Creativity (AUC):
This International Symposium targets on foundation of a new international academic society, the Association for Urban Creativity (AUC) to produce an inter-disciplinary project based innovative paradigm.

Urban Research Plaza, Global Center of Excellence (G-COE):
Urban Research Plaza (URP) in Osaka City University is a new type of research and educational institution. We put the importance on local and international networking and are building network consisted of fields plaza throughout Osaka City and overseas sub-centers in Asia.
In 2007, URP was selected as Global Center of Excellence by Japan's ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT).

Categories: