Seminars, Symposia, and Academic Conferences
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Friday, March 1, 2019
The Logic and Conception of History : Cross Field Approaches from around the World -
- Date：Friday, March 1, 2019
- Venue：Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
- Languages：Japanese,
- Programmed by：Department of Cross-Field Research
- Organized by：Department of Cross-Field Research
Aim of the symposium
National Museum of Ethnology underwent a major reorganization in 2017, when it celebrated its 40th anniversary, and the department of cross-field research was established then. Its mission is to deepen ethnography research on the regions around the world by crossing the region, ethnic group and disciplines and to create a field science beyond of anthropological area research.
This international symposium is organized by the Department for Cross-Field Research. Our aim is to focus on the materiality of historical records and the logic of historical construction, while integrating the disciplines anthropology and history. We will then consider the possible multiple or universal frameworks for constructing social history.
We have two keynote lectures about the intersection of anthropology and history in East Asia and the role of history in anthropological research in Southeast Europe and three sessions for this symposium-- ①Media and Forms of Recording History, ② Religion and Identity in Historical Perspective, ③The Usage of History in Social Movements.
The logic and conception of history is a fundamental and a contemporary issue that mankind has. Historical research helps to link the past, present and future of humanity in diverse ways and in diverse co texts. We will clarify how the history is used in the contexts such as ethnic movements and citizens' movements from the perspective of cross-field approaches.
Program
9:30 - Registration 10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
Kenji Yoshida（Director-General,National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）
Introduction
Min Han（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）Keynote speech
10:10 - 11:10 "The Intersection of Anthropology and History in East Asia"
Guoqing Ma（Professor, Minzu University of China）
"The Use of Open Public Spaces and Religious Revival in Post-socialist Southeast Europe"
Vucinic-Neskovic Vesna（Professor, University of Belgrade）Session 1: Media and Forms of Recording History
Chair：Masao Kashinaga（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）11:10 - 11:30 "Reconstructing Regional and Historical Images through Pictorial Records of Mongolia"
Yuki Konagaya（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）11:30 - 11:50 "Family Records and Forms of Memory
An Analysis of Objects, Video and Documentary Records from East Asia"
Min Han（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）11:50 - 12:10 "Plants As Records of Human History"
Peter Matthews（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）12:10 - 12:30 Comment
Mamoru Sasaki（Kobe University）12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Session 2: Religion and Identity in Historical Perspective
Chair：Yuki Konagaya（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）13:30 - 13:50 "Trapped by the Subject of History and by the Sense of Belonging: Coexistence and Narrative Discontinuity of Protestant Churches in South Korea"
Shimpei Ota（Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）13:50 - 14:10 "Historical Narratives of Origin and the Awakening of National Identity –In the case of Greek Catholic’s Double Identity"
Mitsuhiro Shinmen（Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）14:10 - 14:30 Comment
Roman Pasca（Lecturer, Kanda University of International Studies）14:30 - 14:50 Break Session 3: The Usage of History in Social Movements
Chair：Shimpei Ota（Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）14:50 - 15:10 "We are a Part of the Indigenous People: the Historical Practices of Ethnic Minorities in Fiji"
Norio Niwa（Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）15:10 - 15:30 "The Women's Movement for Reproductive Health in India: Marriage, Birth Control and Sexuality"
Mizuho Matsuo（Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）15:30 - 15:50 "Food Activism and Civil Movements in Italy"
Taeko Udagawa（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）15:50 - 16:10 Comment
Akiko Mori（Professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka）16:10 - 16:30 Break 16:30 - 17:30 General Comment and Discussion
