International Symposium 国際シンポジウム

Reimagining Nature Through Japanese Studies & Art: How to Think the Unthinkable Beyond Ecoanxiety

日本研究とアートで自然を再想像する: 思考の限界に挑んでエコ不安を超える方法

In the age of the climate crisis, ecoanxiety among young people has become a significant concern worldwide. Global warming, symbolised by the image of a polar bear clinging to a small piece of ice, evokes feelings of anger, sadness, and helplessness in young people. The question is not just how to reduce CO2 emissions. To address the challenges we face in the Anthropocene, we need to rethink the anthropocentric human-nature relationship that underpins modernity. However, imagining a non-anthropocentric world is difficult because we have few references in contemporary society that allow us to conceive of an alternative relationship with nature. In this context, what is the significance of Japanese Studies and art? In this international symposium, we explore the possibilities of reimagining the human-nature relationship through Japanese Studies and art, and its relevance for envisioning a sustainable future.

気候危機の時代といわれる今日、世界中で若者の「エコ不安」が問題となっている。小さな氷にしがみつく北極グマ。そのイメージに代表される地球温暖化は、人々、特に若者に怒りや悲しみ、無力感などをもたらしている。問題は二酸化炭素の排出量をどうやって減らすかということだけではない。アントロポセン（人新世）において人類が直面している問題を解決するためには、ここに至った道、即ち、現代社会の根底にある人間中心主義的自然観を問い直す必要がある。しかし人間中心主義ではない自然との関係とはどういうものか。それを想像することは容易ではない。想像するために参考にできるものが、現代社会では非常に乏しいからだ。このような現実の中で、日本研究や日本のアートはどのような意味を持つのだろう。この国際シンポジウムでは、日本研究やアートを通して、人間と自然の関係を捉え直すことの可能性とその意味について考える。

Art serves as a powerful way to open our minds to the life-world, and animals are an effective means to challenge the dualism humans have established. The artist, Tomoko Konoike, questions and challenges the anthropocentric human-nature relationship and its underlying dualism through the compelling media of art and animals. The symposium provides a rare opportunity to hear this renowned artist discuss her perspective on the relationship between humans and nature, how she depicts it, and what she hopes to communicate through her art.

アートは私たちを生命世界に開く優れたメディアであり、動物は人間の作り上げた二分法を揺るがす重要なメディアである。鴻池朋子氏はアートと動物という二つの強力なメディアを使って人間中心主義的な人間と自然の関係や、その根底にある二元的な思考に挑戦する。このシンポジウムでは鴻池氏を基調講演にお招きして、人間と自然、人間と非人間なるものの関係をどのように捉え、表現し、それによって何を伝えようとしているか、作品の紹介を通じてお話を伺う。

©Tomoko Konoike

About Tomoko Konoike

Tomoko Konoike was born in 1960 in Akita Prefecture. After graduating from the Department of Painting (Japanese Painting) at Tokyo University of the Arts, she was involved in planning and designing toys, sundries, and furniture, and these activities have carried over into the present day. Even as she employs several kinds of media—animation, illustrated books, painting, sculpture, songs, photography, handicrafts, or fairy tales. She has participated in many interdisciplinary sessions with people in other fields, created site-specific works that incorporate descriptions of a region’s climate and terrain, and continued to address primordial questions about art.

鴻池朋子氏プロフィール

1960年秋田県生まれ。1985年東京藝術大学絵画科日本画専攻卒業後、玩具、雑貨などのデザインに携わり、現在もその延長で、アニメーション、絵本、絵画、彫刻、映像、歌、影絵、手芸、おとぎ話など、様々なメディアで作品を発表している。場所や天候を巻き込んだ、屋外でのサイトスペシフィックな作品を各地で展開し、人間の文化の原型である狩猟採集の再考、芸術の根源的な問い直しを続けている。

Other presenters include:

Yoshiyuki Nagata, Professor, Department of Education, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo
Mark Koolmatrie, First Nations Cultural Authority and Owner of Kool Tours
Russell Kelty, Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Philip Weinstein, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Shoko Yoneyama, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide (Research Lead)

他の発表者

聖心女子大学現代教育学部教授	永田佳之
先住民族文化権威者・クールツアー社長	Mark Koolmatrie
南オーストラリア美術館アジア・アート・キュレーター	Russell Kelty
アデレード大学公衆衛生医学部教授	Philip Weinstein
アデレード大学社会科学部准教授（研究企画リード）	米山尚子

Research Team:

Associate Professor Shoko Yoneyama (Research lead), School of Social Sciences, ABLE, University of Adelaide.
Russell Kelty, Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia.
Professor Philip Weinstein, School of Public Health, SET, University of Adelaide.

****************************************************Program Schedule*************************************************

9:30-10:30 (1h)	IT test run (speakers only)
10:00-10:30 (30m)	Registration (all guests)
10:30-10:50 (20m)	Welcome (MC: Russell Kelty)
	Acknowledgement of Country by Mark Koolmatrie, First Nations Cultural Authority
	Opening by Professor Simone Dennis, Head of School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
	Address by the Consul-General: Tokuro Furuya, Consul-General of Japan in Melbourne
	Housekeeping
10:50-11:10 (20m)	Associate Professor Shoko Yoneyama, University of Adelaide \| Reimagining Nature Beyond Ecoanxiety: Animism for a Sustainable Future
11:10-11:30 (20m)	Professor Yoshiyuki Nagata, Sacred Heart University, Tokyo (Zoom) \| Reimagining Education beyond Anthropocentrism - Toward a Planetary Consciousness
11:30-12:30 (60m)	Keynote: Tomoko Konoike \| Wolves Travelling Between Forests and Humans
12:30-12:40 (10m)	Q&A
12:40-1:30 (50m)	Lunch (provided on site)
1:30-1:45 (15m)	Mark Koolmatrie, First Nations Cultural Authority \| My Ngartji. Your Ngartji (personal totem).
1:45-2:00 (15m)	Professor Philip Weinstein, University of Adelaide \| Reimaging Nature: Monsters as Integral to Biodiversity
2:00-2:15 (15m)	Russell Kelty, Art Gallery of South Australia \| Animating the Landscape: A Twelve-century Sculpture of Gozu Tennō from the AGSA Collection
2:15-2:30 (15m)	Madeleine Coates, University of Adelaide \| Art, Ecoanxiety and Making Friends with the Material World
2:30-2:55 (25m)	Discussion Q&A
2:55-3:00 (5m)	Closing remark
3:00-4:00 (1h)	Afternoon tea under the marquee (catered for all)
5:00	AGSA close

This event is also available via Zoom (details upon registration).

本イベントはZoomでもご参加いただけます（詳細はご登録後にお知らせします）。

For any enquiries, please contact yuexiu.shen@adelaide.edu.au.

ご不明な点がございましたら、yuexiu.shen@adelaide.edu.au までご連絡ください。

Acknowledgement:

This project is supported generously by:

The Japan Foundation, Sydney
The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)
The School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
The Faculty of Arts, Business, Law & Economics, University of Adelaide

International Symposium 国際シンポジウム

©Tomoko Konoike

title image: Wolf Bench / blue 2022 © Tomoko Konoike

タイトル画像:「狼ベンチ」青, 2022年 © 鴻池朋子

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