IGUコミッションGender and Geographyプレカンファレンスのお知らせ
2013年８月４〜９日に行われる2013年京都国際地理学会議のプレカンファレンスイベントとして，IGUコミッションGender and Geographyミーティングが８月１〜４日奈良女子大学にて開催されます．
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IGU
Commission on Gender and Geography meeting, Nara, Japan, 1-4 August 2013
Objectives
of the Conference
Preceding the 33rd International
Geographical Congress in Kyoto, the Commission on Gender and Geography invites
everyone who is interested in gender issues in geography to Nara for an
international pre-conference which is organized by a local study group. You are
cordially invited to join the meeting.
General
Theme
“Gender, Power and
Knowledge: Building Global Networks through Local Sensitivities”
This general theme highlights the following three points: 1) recognizing a (the?) significance of gender issues concerning knowledge and power as ‘situated’ ones; not from universal or a view from ‘nowhere’ and not falling into essentialism or local parochialism’: 2) reconstructing a feminist geography which arises from different places and different voices including not only the West but also the East and the Global South: 3) (re)constituting global and sustainable networks by discussing the above matters in the pre-conference and the IGU Kyoto and after.
It is not necessary for every participant to
be a presenter. But we hope that every participant will have a chance to
discuss the general theme.
Conference
format
A registration for the pre-conference and
welcome dinner will be start on 1 August.
Paper panels will run on the second and
third day. We will have six sessions and each session has 4 papers. Every
presenter lets us know your presentation title. The local organizers will
arrange themed sessions.
We will also have a round table-discussion through
seeing a film concerning about gender issues. We prepare a wrap-up session as a
closing meeting.
Besides these sessions, we plan to have
optional walks both on the second and third day in Nara and have a field trip
in downtown Osaka before traveling to Kyoto on the final day. Please refer to
the tentative program.
Call
for Papers and Preliminary Program
Deadline for abstracts April 30th
2013; Please send your presentation title, abstract with 500 words maximum and
the present biographical information to Dr. Yoko Yoshida (yoko@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp). A preliminary
program will be circulated in the middle of May 2013.
Conference
fee
For university members: 5,000JPY, for
students: 3,000JPY, including tea, coffee and lunch. Dinner, field trip in
Osaka and transfer to Kyoto are not included. Please register with an email to
the local organizer and pay registration fee by a credit card until June 30th
2013. We will follow up the details of this way later.
Dr. Yoko Yoshida (yoko@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp)
Location
Nara Women's University has good access
to transportation and yet surrounded in the picturesque tranquility of Nara’s
cultural heritage. The university is located in the central area in Nara City,
only 7 minutes away from Kintetsu Nara
Station on foot. In addition, it is easy to access to Kyoto and Osaka. After
the pre-conference in Nara, you can easily arrive to IGU Kyoto for around 60
minutes by train. You can also enjoy many traditional tourist attractions in
Nara City which has eight world
heritage properties designated by UNESCO. During the conference, as
a resolute of this history, you are able to relax taking a walk through the
Nara Park and visiting Nara’s many World Heritage sites. We are planning the
excursion to Nara Park
and Naramachi (Nara town, the
former merchant district of Nara).
- Access to Nara Women's University
- Osaka International Airport http://osaka-airport.co.jp/en/
- Kansai International Airport http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp
- Nara City sightseeing information
Accommodation
There are more than 50 accommodations
around the university and you can choose from various types of them, including
not only modern hotels but also traditional Japanese inns and guest houses with
cozy atmosphere.
We will send an accommodation list in
advance.
Dr. Yoko YOSHIDA(Nara Women’s University),
Prof. Keichi KUMAGAI(Ochanomizu University), Dr. Yuichiro NISHIMURA(Nara Women’s
University), Dr. Mikoto KUKIMOTO(Nara Women’s University)
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