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The upcoming two-day hybrid International Symposium on Global Aging and Diversity will be titled "Counter-Hegemonic Narratives of Aging: Identity, Space, and Belonging" at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.

Dates

October 5, 2024 (Sat.) 08:30–17:15 (Japan Standard Time)

October 6, 2024 (Sun.) 08:30–18:30 (Japan Standard Time)

Format: Hybrid (Zoom & in-person)

* ​Registration can be found above.

* ​In-person participation at Ritsumeikan University, Soshikan Conference Hall (SO 101). 

 See URL for location: https://www.ritsumeihuman.com/en/about/about612/

Program Day 1 (October 5, Saturday): Narratives of Aging within an International Context

Brief Greeting & Introductory Presentation (08:30 – 09:00 JST)

Dr. Jackie J. Kim-Wachutka, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Diversity within the Narratives of Global Aging: Presence, Visibility, and the Empowering of “Difference”

Opening Keynote (09:00–09:40 JST)

Dr. Margaret A. Perkinson, University of Hawaii, USA; Dr. Emi Kiyota, National University of Singapore; Dr. Clementina Ceria-Ulep, University of Hawaii, USA

Emergent Age-Integrated Activity Spaces: The Ibasho Café

Session I (09:40–12:00 JST)

Dr. Huey-li Li, University of Akron, USA

Living with the Aging Earth: Rethinking Intergenerational Relationship in the Anthropocene

Dr. Eun Ah Cho, University of Kansas, USA

“Helping” Hands: Sexuality and Disability of Aging Bodies in The Bacchus Lady (2016)

Dr. Suzanne LaLonde, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Intimate Testimonies: Auto/biographies of Aging and Dying Parents by Annie Ernaux and J. M. G. Le Clézio

Dr. Hyun Joo Teresa Choi, The Korea Institute for Religion and Culture, South Korea

Beyond Custodians of Culture: The Transformative Role of Aboriginal Elders in Australian Screen Narratives

—  [Lunch Break, 12:00 – 13:00 JST]  —

Session II (13:00–14:45 JST)

Dr. M Ala Uddin, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Reshaping Aging Narratives: Resilience and Resistance among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Amuliya Skaria, M. A. Candidate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

Be (living) and Spirituality: Perspectives, Practices, and Challenges in India

Disha, Doctoral Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India

Invisible Years: The Intersection of Ageing and LGBT+ Identity in Post-Decriminalization India

Session III (14:45–17:05 JST)

Dr. Kyoung-suk Sung, Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

Frames of Time: Exploring Aging Narratives Through Cinematic Lens

Dr. Pekka Valkama, University of Turku; Dr. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Tampere University, Finland

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

Egbule Philip Onyekachukwu, M. Sc. (Ed.) University of Delta, Nigeria

Caring for the Elderly: Revisiting Some Socio-Cultural Practices in Southern Nigeria

Dr. Sascha Klotzbücher, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

“Spatial ageing” in Taiwan: Ethnographic Explorations in Abandoned or Unused Public Spaces

Closing Remarks (17:05–17:15 JST)

Program Day 2 (October 6, Sunday): Narratives of Aging in Japan

Brief Greeting (08:30–08:35 JST)

Session I (08:35–10:20 JST)

Dr. Caitlin Meagher, University of North Carolina Asheville, USA

The Mikon Middle: The Expectations, Intentions, and Anxieties of Never-married Middle-aged Women in Japan

Yingzhi Lu, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Beyond Sexuality: Reshaping Aging Women’s Subjectivities from 1948 to 2023

Dr. Shinji Kojima, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

Aging as a Muslim Minority: The Politics of Burial Cemeteries in Japan

Session II (10:20–12:40 JST)

Dr. Ksenia Golovina, Toyo University, Japan

Caring for and Parting with Aging Parents during the Pandemic and War: Practices of Coping and Mourning by Russian-speaking Migrant Women in Japan

Dr. Jocelyn O. Celero, Asian Center, University of the Philippines

Homebound before Sunset? Examining Social Health and Retirement Aspirations among Ageing Filipina Immigrants in Japan

Dr. Amanda Gillis-Furutaka, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Setting Up a Support Network for Long-Term Non-Japanese Nationals in Japan: Needs and Challenges

Dr. Yoko Aihara, Okayama University, Japan

Home-visiting Nurses’ Perception on the Care for Older Adults with Diverse Culture and Language

—  [Lunch Break, 12:40–13:40 JST]  —

Session III (13:40–16:00 JST)

Dr. Roi Sawm Sumlut, Temple University, Japan; Dr. Seunghun J. Lee, International Christian University, Japan

Elder of the Kachin Community in Japan: Migrants Who Followed Their Children

Dr. Johanna O. Zulueta, Toyo University, Japan

Aging, Migration, and “Graduated Citizenship”: Examining the Case of Older Female Migrants in Japan

Dr. Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan

Between Ibasho and Resilience: Creating Spaces for Older People in Two Rural Japanese Communities

James D. Letson, Ph. D. Candidate, Hokkaido University, Japan

The Practice of Punk Care: Aging Punks and Intergenerational Relationships in Northern Japan

Section IV (16:00–17:45 JST)

Dr. Cringuta Irina Pelea, Titu Maiorescu University, Romania

The Aging Hikikomori: The Intersectionality of Age and Culturalized Expressions of Mental Health in Japanese Language Media

Federica Cavazzuti, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Turin, Italy

Identity, Space, Belonging: The Aging Female Bodies Photographed by Japanese Women

Dr. Isabelle Prochaska-Meyer, University of Vienna, Austria

Older Adults as Digital Role Models

Closing Keynote (17:45–18:25 JST)

Dr. Jason Danely, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Broken Narratives, Dis-belonging, and Aging in Carceral Circuits

Closing Remarks (18:25–18:30)

 

*For questions or inquiries please contact: conference@jackiekim-wachutka.com