Centre for Japanese Research:
Architecture for Japan's Shrinking Cities
Feb. 26, 2020
12:00-1:00 pm
Asian Centre, Room 604
Within Japan, the growing aging population conflated with the shrinking of cities, is giving rise to new strategies to stabilize local economies and slow down the population decline. Within the field of architecture, a variety of approaches have been tested throughout the past few decades to mixed success. What the recent approaches share is the offering of architecture with a capital A; the offering of buildings as a solution. This research looks to consider alternative modes of practice that conceive of the architect as possessing relevant knowledge and skills that can be directed towards positive social and spatial transformation.
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Special lecture by Kotani Mari on Hagio Motoo
March
5 2020, Thursday
5-6:30 pm
Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues
Special lecture by popular culture critic Kotani Mari on Hagio Motoo, one of the founders of shôjo manga, to celebrate the new English translation of Hagio's masterpiece Pô no Ichizoku (The Poe Clan). This talk will be in Japanese.
Translation and Modernity in Japan
March 6-7, 2020
Friday: 9:30AM-4:45pm | Keynote: 5:15-6:15pm
Saturday: 10:30AM-3:00PM
Auditorium, Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
The Translation and Modernity in Japan workshop is a Centre for Japanese Research initiative. Happening next week, the workshop is graced by remarkable guest speakers from all over the world.
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That's all for now
Have a great week!
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