japan@ihj
[japan@ihj] Hawai`i as Japan’s Paradise—Consuming Images of the Tropics
Share
*This event has finished.
- Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 6:30-9:00 pm
(*Panel will be preceded by a hula performance at 6:30-6:50) - Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
- Language: English (without Japanese interpretation)
- Admission: 1000 Yen (Students and Non-Japanese:500, IHJ Member:Free) (reservations required)
Panelists:
Tada Osamu (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) /
“Constructing Okinawa as Japan’s Hawai`i”
Tezuka Yoshiharu (Associate Professor, Komazawa University) /
“Hawai`i as Paradise in Japanese Cinema”
Yaguchi Yujin (Professor, University of Tokyo) /
“Searching for Paradise through Hula Performance in Japan”
Christine Yano (Professor, University of Hawai`i) /
“Plucking Paradise: Ukulele Performance in Japan”
Moderator: Christine Yano
Notions of paradise—harmonious, idyllic contentment—have fueled popular culture throughout history. In many instances paradise lies not in the here and now, but in distant locales and other times (past and future) as part of an escapist regime from everyday life.
This panel takes modern Japan as a case in point, and explores the notion of paradise embedded within the images of Hawai`i in different popular culture forms, asking what kind of paradise is this, in what contexts, and to what effects? How is the concept of paradise historically situated as a product of its time? How is paradise as market-driven commodity manufactured, bought, and sold? By exploring the notion of Hawai`i as tropical paradise in far-ranging Japanese contexts from movies to tourism to music and dance, the speakers will frame utopic visions within the geopolitical realities of transnational markets, as well as embedded within the intimacies of people’s lives.
*Participants are encouraged to wear aloha attire.
Archives
Program
Japan-India Programs Lectures & Sessions featuring Kazuyo SEJIMA
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
Japan-India Programs Seminar Series on Contemporary India for Business Persons
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
Lecture Series with Indo-Pacific Leaders #3 Protecting Children from Abuse and Violence through Closer Collaboration
Philosophy
Leadership Development
Video
Lecture Series with Indo-Pacific Leaders #2 Voices of Young Environmentalists in Asia: Possible Steps and Alternatives to Change the World
Philosophy
Leadership Development
Video
Lecture Series with Indo-Pacific Leaders #1 Malaysia’s Response to COVID-19
Philosophy
Leadership Development
Program
I-House Public Programs: Archives [Peace Symposium Tokyo 2022] Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature
Arts & Design Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Video
Lecture Series with Indo-Pacific Leaders Recovery after Conflict, Disaster, and the PandemicA Special Tribute to Tetsu Nakamura, 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Philosophy
Leadership Development
Related Programs
Philosophy Japan-India Programs
I-House, which has engaged in various exchange activities with India and Indian nationals since its early stages, offers a set of Japan-India exchange programs, including a distinguished visitors’ pro...
Intellectual Dialogue
