{"id":1921,"date":"2008-09-29T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T05:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2008-09-29T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T05:23:22","slug":"linguapax-conference-symposium-univ-of-tokyo-sun-oct-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1921","title":{"rendered":"Linguapax Conference Symposium Univ of Tokyo Sun Oct 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHi Blog.  Just to let you know that there&#8217;s a free conference at the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus at the end of October. Called Linguapax Asia, they&#8217;re an annual event on media, language, semantics, and their effects on society; well worth your time. \u00a0And yes, I&#8217;ll be speaking there, about propaganda in Japan&#8217;s media as concerns NJ in Japan.  (I&#8217;ll be my second speech for them &#8212;\u00a0Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/arudoulinguapax2006.doc\">paper I did for them in Word format here<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/linguapax2006presentation.ppt\">Powerpoint presentation here<\/a>.) \u00a0Do consider attending if you have time that Sunday.  Just register in advance at the links below.  Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/\">http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 255px;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"4\" width=\"670\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" bordercolor=\"#111111\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\" height=\"106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/vietnam_hochiminh_26.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"178\" height=\"106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/thailand-bridge-9u.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"111\" \/><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"94\" height=\"106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/japan48%20geisha.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"71\" height=\"109\" \/><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"214\" height=\"106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/australia_52_ayers_rock.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"111\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\" height=\"106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/bali-41.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"113\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"139\" height=\"71\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/vietnam_hochiminh_22.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" \/><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"6\" width=\"486\" height=\"71\" bgcolor=\"#CC6600\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #fce9c5;\"><strong>Linguapax Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"482\" height=\"71\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/coverphotos\/laos_vientiane_9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"552\" height=\"67\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFF99\" bordercolor=\"#000000\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\"><strong><span>Symposium 2008, Oct. 26 (Sunday)\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>University of Tokyo<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span><em>Language &amp; Propaganda<\/em><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\nProgram:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/linguapax-asia_2008_program_2rev.doc\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #804040;\">Word<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #804040;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/linguapax-asia_2008_program_2rev.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #804040;\">PDF<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"551\" height=\"67\" bgcolor=\"#F9D084\" bordercolor=\"#000000\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\"><span>Working Session<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\"><span>\u00a02007<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">University of Tokyo<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Language, Religion, and Ethnicity<\/em><br \/>\nProgram:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/linguapax-asia.org\/LPA-PROGRAM-07.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #cc6600;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/linguapax-asia.org\/LPA-PROGRAM-07.doc\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Word<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"369\" height=\"61\" bgcolor=\"#F9D084\" bordercolor=\"#000000\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/index2006.html\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Symposium 2006<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">University of Tokyo<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Who Owns Language?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"369\" height=\"61\" bgcolor=\"#F9D084\" bordercolor=\"#000000\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/proceedings2005web\/website2005\/index2005.html\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Symposium 2005<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Embassy of Canada, Tokyo<br \/>\n<\/span><em>Language in Society\/Classroom<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/proceedings2005web\/proceedings2005.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Proceedings (PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"365\" height=\"61\" bgcolor=\"#F9D084\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax-asia.org\/contents.files\/proceedings2005web\/website2005\/index2004.html\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Symposium 2004<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">United Nations University<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Language Diversity\/Language Ecology<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\" width=\"1103\" height=\"33\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFCC\" bordercolor=\"#FFFFCC\">\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #cc6600;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Linguapax Asia<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #570000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">works in partnership with\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #cc6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguapax.org\/\">Linguapax Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">, a non-governmental organization\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">affiliated<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">UNESCO and located in Barcelona, Spain<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">In its role as the Asian\u00a0<\/span>associate<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">\u00a0of the Linguapax Institute, Linguapax Asia carries out the objectives of both the Linguapax Institute and<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #804040;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #cc6600;\"><strong>UNESCO&#8217;s Linguapax Project<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific Rim. These objectives are:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Promoting bilingual and multilingual education<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Elaborating new approaches to language instruction that facilitate intercultural understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Fostering respect of linguistic diversity and linguistic heritage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Supporting initiatives to preserve and revitalize endangered languages<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Raising awareness of the links between language, identity, human rights, and the quest for peace<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #763a3a;\">Participation<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #763a3a;\">\u00a0<\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #763a3a;\">in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><strong>Linguapax Asia<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #570000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #763a3a;\">activities is open to the general public as well as to those engaged in academic research.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #cc6600;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Direct inquiries to\u00a0<strong>info@linguapax-asia.org<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\">\u3000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Just to let you know that there&#8217;s a free conference at the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus at the end of October. Called Linguapax Asia, they&#8217;re an annual event on media, language, semantics, and their effects on society; well worth your time.  And yes, I&#8217;ll be speaking there, about propaganda in Japan&#8217;s media as concerns NJ in Japan. (I&#8217;ll be my second speech for them &#8212; Download the paper I did for them in Word format here, and the Powerpoint presentation here.)  Do consider attending if you have time that Sunday. Just register in advance at the links below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-media","category-speech-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}