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Please allow me to announce the upcoming two-day hybrid International Symposium on Global Aging and Diversity titled "<b><i>Counter-Hegemonic Narratives of Aging: Identity, Space, and Belonging</i></b>" at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.</div>
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<b><u>Dates</u></b></div>
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October 5, 2024 (Sat.) 08:30–17:15 (Japan Standard Time)</div>
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October 6, 2024 (Sun.) 08:30–18:30 (Japan Standard Time)</div>
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<b><u>Format:</u></b> Hybrid (Zoom & in-person)</div>
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* Registration at: <a href="https://jackiekim-wachutka.com/symposium-registration/" id="OWA4115198c-8d4b-d95e-7c62-7c618c334c5f" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
https://jackiekim-wachutka.com/symposium-registration/</a></div>
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* In-person participation at Ritsumeikan University, Soshikan Conference Hall (SO 101). </div>
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See URL for location: <a href="https://www.ritsumeihuman.com/en/about/about612/" id="OWA690e9d7f-22e2-d6eb-c1cc-dbab5dc61897" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
https://www.ritsumeihuman.com/en/about/about612/</a></div>
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* Below is the Program:</div>
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<b><u>Program Day 1</u></b><u> (</u><b><u>October 5, Saturday): </u><i><u>Narratives of Aging within an International Context</u></i></b></div>
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<u>Brief Greeting & Introductory Presentation (08:30 – 09:00 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka, Ritsumeikan University, Japan<br>
<b><i>Diversity within the Narratives of Global Aging: Presence, Visibility, and the Empowering of “Difference”</i></b></div>
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<u>Opening Keynote (09:00–09:40 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Margaret A. Perkinson, University of Hawaii, USA; Dr. Emi Kiyota, National University of Singapore; Dr. Clementina Ceria-Ulep, University of Hawaii, USA</div>
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<b><i>Emergent Age-Integrated Activity Spaces: The Ibasho Café</i></b></div>
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<u>Session I (09:40–12:00 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Huey-li Li, University of Akron, USA</div>
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<b><i>Living with the Aging Earth: Rethinking Intergenerational Relationship in the Anthropocene</i></b></div>
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Dr. Eun Ah Cho, University of Kansas, USA</div>
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<b><i>“Helping” Hands: Sexuality and Disability of Aging Bodies in </i>The Bacchus Lady<i> (2016)</i></b></div>
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Dr. Suzanne LaLonde, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA</div>
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<b><i>Intimate Testimonies: Auto/biographies of Aging and Dying Parents by Annie Ernaux and J. M. G. Le Clézio</i></b></div>
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Dr. Hyun Joo Teresa Choi, The Korea Institute for Religion and Culture, South Korea</div>
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<b><i>Beyond Custodians of Culture: The Transformative Role of Aboriginal Elders in Australian Screen Narratives</i></b></div>
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<u>Session II (13:00–14:45 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. M Ala Uddin, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh</div>
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<b><i>Reshaping Aging Narratives: Resilience and Resistance among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh</i></b></div>
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Amuliya Skaria, M. A. Candidate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India</div>
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<b><i>Be (living) and Spirituality: Perspectives, Practices, and Challenges in India</i></b></div>
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Disha, Doctoral Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India</div>
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<b><i>Invisible Years: The Intersection of Ageing and LGBT+ Identity in Post-Decriminalization India</i></b></div>
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<u>Session III (14:45–17:05 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Kyoung-suk Sung, Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany</div>
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<b><i>Frames of Time: Exploring Aging Narratives Through Cinematic Lens</i></b></div>
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Dr. Pekka Valkama, University of Turku; Dr. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Tampere University, Finland</div>
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<b><i>Localist Well-being Promotion for the Elderly: The Change in the Role of Finnish Municipalities from a Local Service Provider to a Community-oriented Facilitator</i></b></div>
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Egbule Philip Onyekachukwu, M. Sc. (Ed.) University of Delta, Nigeria</div>
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<b><i>Caring for the Elderly: Revisiting Some Socio-Cultural Practices in Southern Nigeria</i></b></div>
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Dr. Sascha Klotzbücher, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia</div>
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<b><i>“Spatial ageing” in Taiwan: Ethnographic Explorations in Abandoned or Unused Public Spaces</i></b></div>
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<u>Closing Remarks (17:05–17:15 JST)</u></div>
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<b>Program Day 2 (October 6, Sunday): <i>Narratives of Aging in Japan</i></b></div>
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<u>Brief Greeting (08:30–08:35 JST)</u></div>
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<u>Session I (08:35–10:20 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Caitlin Meagher, University of North Carolina Asheville, USA</div>
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<b><i>The Mikon Middle: The Expectations, Intentions, and Anxieties of Never-married Middle-aged Women in Japan</i></b></div>
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Yingzhi Lu, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA</div>
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<b><i>Beyond Sexuality: Reshaping Aging Women’s Subjectivities from 1948 to 2023</i></b></div>
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Dr. Shinji Kojima, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Aging as a Muslim Minority: The Politics of Burial Cemeteries in Japan</i></b></div>
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<u>Session II (10:20–12:40 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Ksenia Golovina, Toyo University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Caring for and Parting with Aging Parents during the Pandemic and War: Practices of Coping and Mourning by Russian-speaking Migrant Women in Japan</i></b></div>
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Dr. Jocelyn O. Celero, Asian Center, University of the Philippines</div>
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<b><i>Homebound before Sunset? Examining Social Health and Retirement Aspirations among Ageing Filipina Immigrants in Japan</i></b></div>
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Dr. Amanda Gillis-Furutaka, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Setting Up a Support Network for Long-Term Non-Japanese Nationals in Japan: Needs and Challenges</i></b></div>
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Dr. Yoko Aihara, Okayama University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Home-visiting Nurses’ Perception on the Care for Older Adults with Diverse Culture and Language</i></b></div>
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<u>Session III (13:40–16:00 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Roi Sawm Sumlut, Temple University, Japan; Dr. Seunghun J. Lee, International Christian University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Elder of the Kachin Community in Japan: Migrants Who Followed Their Children</i></b></div>
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Dr. Johanna O. Zulueta, Toyo University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Aging, Migration, and “Graduated Citizenship”: Examining the Case of Older Female Migrants in Japan</i></b></div>
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Dr. Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan</div>
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<b><i>Between </i>Ibasho<i> and Resilience: Creating Spaces for Older People in Two Rural Japanese Communities</i></b></div>
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James D. Letson, Ph. D. Candidate, Hokkaido University, Japan</div>
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<b><i>The Practice of Punk Care: Aging Punks and Intergenerational Relationships in Northern Japan</i></b></div>
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<u>Section IV (16:00–17:45 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Cringuta Irina Pelea, Titu Maiorescu University, Romania</div>
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<b><i>The Aging Hikikomori: The Intersectionality of Age and Culturalized Expressions of Mental Health in Japanese Language Media</i></b></div>
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Federica Cavazzuti, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Turin, Italy</div>
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<b><i>Identity, Space, Belonging: The Aging Female Bodies Photographed by Japanese Women</i></b></div>
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Dr. Isabelle Prochaska-Meyer, University of Vienna, Austria</div>
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<b><i>Older Adults as Digital Role Models</i></b></div>
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<u>Closing Keynote (17:45–18:25 JST)</u></div>
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Dr. Jason Danely, Oxford Brookes University, UK</div>
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<b><i>Broken Narratives, Dis-belonging, and Aging in Carceral Circuits</i></b></div>
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<u>Closing Remarks (18:25–18:30)</u></div>
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