The
Opening Plenary Session and Icebreaking
Tuesday, 5 August
2003
International Exchange
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15:00-18:20
Plenary
Session 'Ed Soja meets Japanese
sociologist and geographer'
Meeting Room No. 1,
International Exchange
Building
(Chairperson:
Fujio MIZUOKA)
Keynote: @@@Edward
SOJA (UCLA)
Commentator: @Shunya
YOSHIMI ‹gŒ©rÆ
(The University of
Tokyo)
@@@@ Kenkichi
NAGAO ’·”öŒª‹g
(Osaka City University)
18:40-21:00
Icebreaking
Party
International Reception
Room III,
Paper
Sessions /I
Central Building,
The National Olympics Memorial Youth
Center (NOMYC)@
Session@A1 (510
Central Building)
Towards Alternative Concepts of Geography
(Chairperson: Kenji TSUTSUMI)
9:30-10:00
Sachiko KOTANI
The Politics of Presenting Research gInternationallyh: Hegemony, Positionality, and English-Language Scholarship
10:10-10:50
Mary
McDONALD
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A Pedagogy for Critical Geography in
11:00-11:30
Yukiko
Numata BEDFORD ƒxƒbƒhƒtƒH[ƒháŽq
(Setsunan University)
gGeography of Japanh
Reinterpreted
Session@B1 (503
Central Building)
Poverty and Empowerment in Urban Governance
(Chairperson:
Toshio MIZUUCHI)
9:30-10:00
Trouong thi Kim CHUYEN
(
Capacity
building for urban poverty reduction : Some learning lessons from Localized
Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Program
10:10-10:40
HA Seong-Kyu
(
Housing Poverty and the Role of Urban Governance in
11:00-11:30
TANG
Wing-Shing û¹‰i¬@(Hong
Kong Baptist University)
Global
Restructuring, Urban Redevelopment and Population Displacement in Tsuen
Wan, Hong Kong
Session@C1 (502 Central
Building)
The Space of China in Transition from Socialist to Market
Economy
(Chairperson: Shii OKUNO)
9:30-10:00
Shiuh-Shen
CHIEN(Crison) ŠÈˆ®L
(London School of
Economics and Political Science)
Explanations
for territorial competition and uneven development at different scales in China
since 1949
10:10-10:40
YUN Lihong
(University of Orebro)
(cancelled)
The other urbanisation in
Session@D1 ( 511
Central Building)
Production of the Urban Mosaic in Japanese Cities
(Chairperson:
Tadayoshi UCHIDA)
Class
and space: Social class segretation in Japanese
cities
10:10-10:40 @@@@@@Paul WALEY
(
Globalisation and the celebration of the
local : place as cultural commodity in 'old'
11:00-11:30 @@@@@@David RANDS (Department of History, University of Southern California)
The formation of the Korean Community in Osaka: Development of a Unique
History
LUNCH BREAK
(11:30-13:30)
Session@A2 ( 510 Central
Building)
The Conflicting Processes in Creating Urban Image
(Chairperson:
Paul WALEY)
13:30-14:00
Shih-yao LAI û®ŽdêŸ (University College
London)
The
Making of City Image : Forming a Theoretical Framework for the Research of
Shanghaifs New Urban Landscape
14:10-14:40
Koji KANDA _“cFŽ¡ (,Osaka City University)
Variations of the concept of homeland : A case study of the changing process
of the homeland art movement
in Wakayama City in the early
days of the Showa era
14:50-15:30
Tamami FUKUDA •Ÿ“cŽìŒÈ (Osaka Prefecture
University)
Reproduction of the domestic space and the family life in
Japanese museums
Session@B2 (503
Central Building)
Struggling for Alternative Urban Space from the Bottom
(Chairperson:
HA Seong-Kyu)
A case of homeless people social movement : 1996
Shinjuku's homeless sit-in
14:10-14:40
Toshio MIZUUCHI …“àr—Y (Osaka City
University)
A new stage in the policy and NGO
activities for rough sleepers in Osaka,
Japan
14:50-15:20 @@@Yusuke KAKITA, Toshiko YOSHINAKA (Osaka Prefecture University)
General characteristics of rough sleepers through the national survey of
homeless people in Japan
Session@C2 (502
Central Building)
Market and Non-market Elements in Industrial Geography
(Chairperson:
Byung-Doo CHOI)
13:30-14:00
Jinn-Yuh HSU
™iûÄ
(National Taiwan
University)
Nodal
City in the gUngrounded Empireh: Taipei as an Interface City in the Cross-border
Business Networks
14:10-14:40
Norhaslina
HASSAN (
The Regional Impacts of
Session@D2 (511 Central
Building)
Towards Alternative Provision of Public Services
(Chairperson:
Akihiko TAKAGI)
Water for Prosperity or Peace: Anti-Dam Construction
movement of
14:10-14:40
Izumi TAKEDA •“cò
(Hokkaido University of
Education(Iwamizawa))
The Privation of the Japan National Railways : the Myth of Neo-Liberal Reform
and Spatial
Configurations of the Rail network in Japan -a view from Critical
Geography
14:50-15:30
Myungrae CHO
(Dankook University)
New civic space and New civic subject in Korea
Session@A3 (510
Central Building)
Production of Local Culture in Market Economy
(Chairperson:
Pierpaolo MUDU)
16:00-16:30
Shii OKUNO ‰œ–ìŽuˆÌ
(University of Marketing
and Distribution Sciences)
An
exploration into local culture : Beyond martial arts in Hong Kong
films
16:40-
17:10
Naoki OSHIRO ‘åé’¼Ž÷
(Kobe
University)
Representations and practices around
"Kyodo" (homeplace, homeland, Heimat) in Japan
Session@B3 (503
Central Building)
Market and Planning in Producing the Urban Built Environment
(Chairperson: MALINAS David)
Gentrification of a particular type : gentrification and
the welfare state in the case of Prenzlauer
Berg
Global Forces, Local Politics and Community Response :
the case of participatory planning in
17:20-17:50 Kenji TSUTSUMI
’猤“ñ
(Osaka
University)
An Old
"New Town": Involution in Senri New Town, Osaka
prefecture
Session@C3 (502
Central Building)
Overcoming Underdevelopment from Below
(Chairperson:
Edward L. JACKIEWICZ)
Introgenous development through Exploitation of the Relative
Regional Advantages case study :
The non-industrial and Under-development
South eastern region of
Globalization, plannig and
Regional Development in Less Developed Areas Case from
17:20-17:50
Keichi KUMAGAI ŒF’JŒ\’m
(Ochanomizu University)
Urban
Beautification or Ruralization of City? :
Globalization and Migrant
Settlements in
Session@D3 (511
Central Building)
Spatial Aspect of Human Right Issues in Least Developed Countries
(Chairperson: Anthony J FIELDING)
16:40-17:10
Mohammad Kamal HOSSAIN
(Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
Hidden Tragedy at Dublachar, Bangladesh
Paper
Sessions /II
Venue:
Session@A4 (510
Central Building)
Oppressions andResistances in Globalising
Cities
(Chairperson: Keichi KUMAGAI)
A Geographical Analysis of Slum Eviction in
The Stagnant Winds of Change : Air Pollution and Social
Mobilization in
11:00-11:30
@YIM,
Seok-Hoi ”CŽà˜ð
(Daegu University)
The
Restoration of Territorial Community and Urban Community Movement based on
Apartment Residential Space
Session@B4 (503
Central Building)
Alternative Sexualities and Gender
(Chairperson:
Li-ling HUANG)
9:30-10:00
Wen-Yu WU
Œà•¶ûU
(National Taiwan
University)
The
Fluid Landscapes of Local Gay People in Taiwan : From Public Sex to Political
Mobilization
10:10-10:40
Yoko YOSHIDA ‹g“c—eŽq
(Nara Women's
University)
Employed
married women and thespatial division between
workplace and home
Spatiality
of daily lives of mother-workers of Tin Shui Wai new town in
Venue:
Training Room A (Room No.704), 7F, Abeno MEDIX, Osaka City University Abeno
Campus (‘åãŽs—§‘åŠw
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Organiser: Koji NAKASHIMA ’†“‡O“ñ
(Kanazawa University)
@@@@@@@@ Takashi
YAMAZAKI ŽRèFŽj (Osaka City
University)
Chair:
Takashi YAMAZAKI ŽRèFŽj(Osaka City
University)
@@@@@@@ Koji NAKASHIMA ’†“‡O“ñ (Kanazawa
University)
Contact:
Koji NAKASHIMA
’†“‡O“ñ
koji331a@lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp
9:20-12:10 Part 1. Actualities
of peoplefs insecurity
and popular movements against military bases in East Asia
9:20
Opening
9:30-10:00 Takashi
YAMAZAKI ŽRèFŽj(Osaka City
University)
Geopolitical
context of "redefined" security: Japan and U.S.bases
in the post-Cold War era
10:00-10:40 Yoshikazu
MAKISHI ^ŠìŽuDˆê(Okinawa
Environmental Network)
The
real facts about the construction of new air bases in Okinawa according to
U.S.military long-range
planning
10:40-10:50 Coffee break
10:50-11:30 Ryuji URATA ‰Y“c—´ŽŸ
(What should we do with the
What
have been seen through the U.S. forcesf
military exercises in Hijudai
11:30-12:10
@Yu-Jin JEONG “A
—M’Á(National Campaign for Eradication of Crime by U.S. Troops in
Making
peace
12:10-13:10
Lunch (2) East Asian
Experiences for Tackling with the Urban Poor and
Homeless
13:10-14:40@@Part 2. Movie show:
Maehyangri
A documentary film on
the U.S. forces firing range in South Korea. Produced by gMaehyangrih Producing
Committee in 2001, Japan
14:50-17:50
Part 3. Toward a
counter-geopolitics of grass-roots popular movement
14:50-15:30 Machiko
MATSUMURA ¼‘º^’mŽq(What
should we do with the
Seeking
peace through the exchanges with Okinawa and South Korea
15:30-16:10
Byung-Doo CHOI
›Á
àz“l (Daegu University)
Micro-Geopolitics against the U.S. Forces in S.@Korea: Local Problems Caused by the U.S. Military Bases and Resolving Strategies
16:10-16:20
Coffee Break
16:20-16:50
Koji NAKASHIMA ’†“‡O“ñ (Kanazawa
University)
Re-examining 'security' and constructing alternative reality of
living world
16:50-17:50
Comments and Discussions
17:50
Closing
This
on-site workshop is held in Airin district, popularly
known as Kamagasaki, in Osaka , where largest number of casual day-labourers and
rough sleepers in Japan concentrate. In the current economic depression, rapid
increase of rough sleepers urge not only city government but also ordinary
residents and the non-government sectors to take action with respect to serius
problems related to housing, jobloss, and social welfare. The situation is
especially grave for the aged male singletons struggling for their survival in
this community. Together with the East Asian colleagues tackling with the issues
in support of aged people and rough sleepers with difficulty, this workshop aims
to deal with and to share among us the present conditions of disadvantaged aged
male singletons and rough sleepers, and at the same time community support
action for these persons, especially in Osaka, Taipei and Hong
Kong.
Venue: Osaka
Castle Park, Airin District and Taishi Community Center (‘åãéŒö‰€A‚ ‚¢‚è‚ñ’n‹æA‘¾Žq•ŸŽƒŠÙ)
Organisers: Toshio MIZUUCHI
…“àr—Y (Osaka City University), Toru NAKAYAMA ’†ŽR“O (Osaka City University), Yoshihisa MATSUMURA
¼‘º‰Ã‹v (Hannan
University), Sen
ARIMURA ‚ ‚è‚Þ‚çö (Nishinari Labor Welfare
Center)
Chair:
Toshio MIZUUCHI …“àr—Y (Osaka City University)
Contact:
Toshio MIZUUCHI
…“àr—Y mizuuchi@lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Part
1. Visiting Rough Sleepers Tent Community in Osaka Castle Park (discussion with
the sleepers)
9:00 Start from the Business
Hotel Chuo which locates in the middle of this Airin
district (Former cheap inns for day labourers)
<15 minutes train
ride, JPY160>
9:20-10:10 Visiting tent living
rough sleepers at Osaka Castle Park, and discussing with the leader of these
rough sleepers' community
10:10-11:00 Visiting municipal shelter
in Osaka Castle Park, then, going around the tent community
<back to Tennoji by train,
JPY160>
11:30-12:30 Lunch at Tennoji Park (Street musicians road)
Part 2. Visiting
Airin district
12:40-14:10 Walking
through Airin district, then, visiting one supportive
housing for ex-rough sleepers
Discussing with managers
and guests (20 minutes)
Visiting a day center for aged singletons
(NPO's office, 20 minutes)
Visiting a temporary shelter (600 beds, only one night stay without
meal)
Part 3. Workshop,
Experience and Action in Osaka, Taipei, and Honk Kong; Toward Regeneration of
Community for Disadvantaged People
Venue: The Taishi Community Center
14:20-14:50
Toshio
MIZUUCHI …“àr—Y
( Osaka City
University)
Briefing
of present conditions of Airin districts and actual
supportive actions
14:50-15:15
Takeshi
HARAGUCHI Œ´Œû „( Osaka City
University)
Munehiro
NISHIGUCHI ¼Œû@G( Manager of
Supportive House)
Neighborhood association struggle for rehabilitating
Community
15:15-15:40
Magokoro YOSHIHIRA ‹`•½‚Ü‚²‚±‚ë( Tokyo University)
 Sen ARIMURA
‚ ‚è‚Þ‚çö (Nishinari Labor Welfare
Center)
Introduction
of Kamagasaki (Airin)
Regeneration Forum and its regeneration movement emachidukurif
15:40-16:00 Coffee
break
16:00-16:30 YANG
Yun-Sheng ( Taipei City Government)
The
present conditions of rough sleepers in Taipei and its counter-measure (Taipei
city outreach social worker for rough sleepers)
16:30-17:00 Wing Shing TANG (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Life of various senior citizens and their struggle in the lower class inner city in Hong Kong
17:00-17:45 Comments and
Discussions
(3)
Small-firm (SMEs) dominated industrial district in Higashi Osaka and
Kobe
Not only big
firms such as SONY and Toyota, but also small firms are key players of the
Japanese manufacturing industry. Industrial districts dominated by those
small-firms are distinctive due to high density of factories, inter-firm
networks and community activities. Since the mid-1980s, districts have been
pressured by endaka (yen appreciation), competition with south-east Asia and
China, and land-use conflict. We would like to discuss the sustainability of
small firms in global competition
Venue: Excursion
to Nagata district in Kobe and Takaida district in Higashi
Osaka
Organisers:
Kenkichi NAGAO ’·”öŒª‹g (Osaka City University), Michiyo YOSHIDA ‹g“c“¹‘ã (Setsunan
University) , Satoshi NAKAGAWA
’†ì@‘ (Kobe
University), Naoki OSHIRO
‘åé’¼Ž÷ (Kobe
University)
Contact: Kenkichi
NAGAO
’·”öŒª‹g
nagao@econ.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Part 1.
Kobe
9:30 Depart from Hotel Chuo to JR
Shin Nagata Station in Kobe <JPY
780>
10:30 Visit to Kutsu no Machi Nagata
(Nagata: town of chemical shoes)
11:15 Plant
visit and walking through a redevelopment area after the Hanshin-Awaji great
earthquake
Lunch break
Part 2. Higashi Osaka
13:30 Depart from JR
Shin Nagata Station to Osaka Subway Takaida Station < JPY
920>
15:00 Walking through a neighbourhood
of small firms and plant visit
17:40 Depart
from Kintetsu Fuse Station to JR Shin Imamiya Station <JPY310>
18:30- Banquet
Field
Trips
Zuboraya
(Shinsekai district) http://www.zuboraya.co.jp/pages/sekai.html
(Japanese site)
Closing Plenary
Session
Saturday,
9 August
9:30-12:00
Manifesting
Resistance to the Globalism
Under the Hegemony of Neo-Liberalism and US Military Power
Venue: Abeno MEDIX, Osaka City University Abeno
Campus
Chair:
TANG Wing-Shing û¹‰i¬(Hong Kong Baptist
University)
9:30
Opening
Presentations:
9.40-10.15
Pierpaolo MUDU
(University
of Rome "La Sapienza")
Strategies
of resistance to Neoliberalism: the Italian Social
Centers
10.15-10.50 Byung-Doo
CHOI
›Áàz“l
(Daegu University)
New Imperialism, New Security Strategy of the US, and the future of East Asia
Comment
10.50-11.10 Fujio
MIZUOKA
…‰ª•s“ñ—Y
(Hitotsubashi University)
Shifting
Geopolitical Policy of the US and its New Security Strategy
11.10-12.10 General
Discussions
12.10-12.25
Proposal for the 4th EARCAG Conference
LUNCH
(12:30-13:15)
i1j
Organiser:
Tamami
FUKUDA
•Ÿ“cŽìŒÈ
(Osaka Prefecture University), Takashi
YAMAZAKI
ŽRèFŽj
(Osaka City University)
Contact: Tamami
FUKUDA
•Ÿ“cŽìŒÈ
tamami@be.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp
The trip leaves Abeno MEDIX around 13:15, and ends at Shijo-Kawaramachi
(Kyoto) around 18:30. The trip will visit Kyoto Station, Kiyomizu Temple,
Jishu Shrine, Sannei-zaka (Preservation District for a Group of Important
Historic Buildings), Yasaka Shrine and Gion. Itinerary is subject to change
in case of rain.
13:15-15:45
(2)
Osaka Human Rights Museum('Liberty Osaka') (optional,
JPY1,000)
Organizer: Toshio MIZUUCHI …“àr—Y
(Osaka City University),
Fujio
MIZUOKA
…‰ª•s“ñ—Y
(Hitotsubashi University)
Contact: Toshio MIZUUCHI …“àr—Y
mizuuchi@lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp
(as of 28 July 2003)