International symposium
“Re-evaluating Umesao’s Theory of the Eco-Historical Perspective for Civilizations:Toward a New Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World”

Date & Hours: Monday, April 25, 2022, 13:00 - 17:30
Venue: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature / Zoom
Registration Form (The deadline is Saturday, April 23.)
Organizer: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NME=MINPAKU)
Co-organizers: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
LanguageJapanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Program;
  1. 13:00-13:05 (4:00-4:05 UTC) Opening Remarks
  2. Kenji YOSHIDA (Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology)

  3. 13:05-13:15 (4:05-4:15 UTC) Introduction
  4. Tetsuo NISHIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)

  5. 13:15-14:15 (4:15-5:15 UTC) Keynote Speech
  6. Junichi YAMAGIWA (Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

    “Re-evaluating Umesao’s Theory from the vantage point of Global Studies for Humanity and Nature”

  7. Break
  8. 14:20-15:50 (5:20-6:50 UTC) Comments
  9. Kazunobu IKEYA (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)

    “Global Environment from the perspective of the History of Human Civilization”

    Minoru MIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) “Cultural Flow and the Idea of “Area””

    Tetsuo NISHIO (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)

    “Natural Environment and Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World”

  10. Break
  11. 16:00-17:00 (7:00-8:00 UTC) General Discussion
  12. Facilitator: Ken-ichi ABE (Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
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This symposium is co-organized by National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NME=MINPAKU), and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), both of which are members of National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). This symposium is a part of research activities of MINPAKU Special Research Project "Global Area Studies: Toward a New Epistemology for Mapping the Globalizing World" (Project leader: Tetsuo NISHIO), in collaboration with NIHU (National Institutes for the Humanities) Transdisciplinary Project "Global Area Studies".
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