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Peace as a Global Language (PGL)会議は、2001年に、平和について学び、考える機会としてはじまりました。その後、毎年、東京と関西方面で、交互にひらかれてきています。研究者のみならず、学術研究のわくをこえて、さまざまな分野で、地球的な課題についてとりくむ実践者とも幅広く、交流をはかることをねらいとしています。そのために英語と日本語の二言語での運営もつづけられています。とりあげるテーマも、平和学、人権や環境問題、教育に関するものなど、多岐にわたります。会合の持ち方も柔軟で、組織もそれぞれにことなったやり方で、運営されてきました。

日本で英語を教えている方も多く参加されていますが、英語を学ぶことは世界を学ぶことにつながるという思いもあり、教育を社会的な視野からとらることに特徴があります。また、教える者と学ぶ者といった階層性への問いかけもあります。この会合がたがいに成長する関係、プロセスとしての参加・協働するための契機になったらよいとも考えます。

2001年の米国での9.11「同時多発テロ事件」をきっかけに、何とかしたいという思いから、この会合が生まれました。英語教育関係者に知られた'English

as a global language"はいわばグローバル化の象徴ですが、その対抗としてのPeace as a Global Languageは発案されました。

!About PGL Peace as a Global Language started in 2001 and is now firmly established in Japan as an annual conference open to academics, activists and concerned individuals. Those who attend from academia range from full professors working in the humanities and social sciences (and other fields) to graduate students and undergraduates. Activists from various NGOs and grass roots organizations regularly contribute, as do political activists and journalists.

Message from the Conference Chair !Dear Conference Presenters and Participants !It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Peace as a Global Language 2011. This year’s theme is Peace without Boundaries, and we look forward to a diverse cross-section of people visiting Nishinomiya. Konan CUBE, our stunning conference location, opened its doors to students less than three years ago. We are proud to be located here in Nishinomiya, close to the Hyogo Performing Arts Center. The Center opened in 2005 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1995 earthquake that devastated large areas in and around the city. We would like to dedicate this year’s conference to the victims of both the 1995 disaster and the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, an ongoing tragedy set in motion on March 11th of this year. !PGL 2011 has only come about due to all those who are participating in it, and that means those who have come from all over Japan and beyond in the common cause of peace and its associations with conflict resolution, education and human rights. I especially wish to express my gratitude to the presenters for their time and energy in coming here to share their insights, expertise and experience. At the same time, I would like to say how much I appreciate the efforts of the organizing committee, student volunteers, and Konan University staff and faculty who have done so much to help prepare for the conference. !I am greatly honoured by the presence of our two Plenary Speakers. Professor Kozo Mayumi is an expert on the Jevons paradox, which concerns the serious consequences of technological ‘progress’, and has published widely on the dangers to our planet inherent in large-scale agro-biofuel production. Aileen Mioko Smith is one of Japan's leading voices challenging the production, commerce and transport of nuclear material. I feel confident that they will help us orientate our vision to a more peaceful future, and I encourage you to join in the debate in all of the sessions scheduled over the two days. !I look forward to seeing many of you at the Peace Banquet on Saturday evening in support of Table for Two. I also highly recommend you to pay a visit to PeaceWorks, our digital slideshow in the lobby. !Thank you again for your participation at PGL 2011, and I look forward to an unforgettable weekend with you. !Roger Palmer, PGL 2011 Conference Chair

General Information Refer to the information in this Conference Guide for information about the conference. Feel free to approach the Help Desk, located next to the Registration Desk in the Lobby on the Ground Floor, or any of the conference staff or student volunteers who will be present throughout the building wearing red T-shirts. !Information and Registration The PGL 2011 Registration and Help Desks are situated in the Lobby (1F) on Saturday and Sunday, and will be open at the following times: Saturday, October 22nd 09:00 - 18:00 Sunday, October 23rd 09:00-16:00 !Payment (cash only) For those paying on site, please note that we will not be able to process credit cards. !Meals & Drinks Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided between sessions on the 2nd floor. All other meals, including lunch and dinner, can be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around Konan CUBE. Ask at the Help Desk for tips on good places to eat and drink in the local area. !Photocopy Services If you are using handouts for your presentation, make copies before arriving at the conference site. Photocopying services are available at local convenience stores. Ask at the Help Desk. !Internet For wireless internet access, ask at the Help Desk. !Presentations and Equipment Presentation rooms are equipped with a 50-inch monitor or screen and projector. Please bring your own laptop (and a connector or dongle if you’re a Mac user). We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in case one fails. !!Welcome address The Conference opening address will be at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 22nd in Room 201, immediately before Prof Kozo Mayumi’s plenary. !Peace Banquet in aid of Table for Two For those who pre-registered and paid in full, please join us at the Peace Banquet on the 5th floor on Saturday from 18:00. Oxford University Press are kindly providing the wine. The meal is not huge: it seeks to draw attention to the hunger affecting billions around the world. !

PechaKucha Night takes place on the 5th floor on Saturday from 18:40-20:40. Cash bar and light food (fried potato, chicken, etc.) available. Please join us for a great evening of entertainment. PKN is held right next to the Peace Banquet, so it’s hard to miss! !Poster Sessions will run from 1300 to 1400 on both days. !Parallel Sessions will run all day. Saturday Session 1: 1115 - 1145 Session 2: 1200 - 1230 (lunch) Session 3: 1330 - 1400 (or 1430) Session 4: 1445 - 1515 (break) Session 5: 1600 - 1630 Session 6: 1645 - 1715 !Sunday Session 1: 1115 - 1145 Session 2: 1200 - 1230 (lunch) Session 3: 1330 - 1400 (or 1430) Session 4: 1445 - 1515 Session 5: 1530 - 1600 !A Polite Request to All Participants Participants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of other presenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number of presentations, and that they should not overrun. Volunteers will assume the timekeeping role. !Badges When you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge IS required for entrance to the sessions. If you lose your badge it can be replaced for a fee of JPY 5000. You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference. If you are not wearing your badge, security will stop you and ask you to show your ID and evidence that you are registered. Those unable to show proof will be escorted from the Conference by security. !Security The Japanese police have been enforcing random passport and identification checks. If you do not have identification when stopped, the police will detain you. There may

also be a financial penalty. For the enjoyment of all participants, inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and violators will be removed from the premises. Do not leave personal items or conference bags unattended anywhere in Konan CUBE as this will be taken away by security. !Cloakroom None available. You may leave items at your own risk in room 202. !Smoking The Hirao School of Management has implemented a Clean Indoor Air Act; therefore, smoking is not permitted in any of the conference rooms or communal areas. Please smoke only in designated areas (behind the building). !Photo/Recording Waiver There may be photography, audio or video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you give consent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution. !Conference Proceedings The Conference Proceedings will be published online as part of the PGL archive, where they will be freely accessible. !!

!Programme Details for Saturday, October 22nd !

Saturday

Registration Main Lobby (First Floor) 9am--> (desk will be manned throughout the day)

Time/Room 201 204 205 206 207 303 305 306 2nd fl

Open

9:45 -10:00

!Opening Address

1 10:00 -11:00

Kozo Mayumi, Biofuel

Delusion and Granfaloons: Quo vadis?"

2 11:15 -11:45

David Alenga,

Globalization of

Insecurity

Adam Clifton,

Australia and the GFC - At

What Cost

Katherine Fuji,

Judaism, Christianity and Islam: The Three Abrahamic Monotheistic Religions

Richard Miller, TBA

Kirk Johnson, Breaking

the Banking System

3 12:00 -12:30

Myria Christophi

ni, Animation Without

Boundaries

Sarah Houghton,

Positive Peace and

Media Conglomeration: A US

Case Study

Thomas Mach,

Japan’s Sustainable Roots: What the Edo Era

Can Teach Us About

Living Within Limits

Kevin Ramsden,

A Collaborative Learning Approach

to Teaching/Learning Human Rights

Ted Quock, 3-11

Editorial Cartoons: Intention

vs. Perception

Jack Ryan, Building Peace:

Habitat for Habitat

Tanuja Sachdev,

Reconciliation: A

Holistic Approach for Post-Conflict

Rebuilding

12:30 -1:30 Lunch

4

1:30 - 2:30 ONE

HOUR

Albie Sharpe,

The Patriot's

Pitchfork: Adventure

s and Misadventures with Nationalism in the

Classroom.

Anne Provet, Trauma

and Healing as Pathway to

Peace

John Paul Loucky.

"One Heart, One

World" Peace Poetry

Translation Project

Robert O'Mochain,

Peace, Masculinitie

s, and “Capote” as Classroom Resource

Mary Goebel Noguchi

and Jiyan Ghadimi, Attacking

BIHE: Denying Higher

Education to Iran's Largest Minority

Robert Kowalczyk,

The Nuclear Thread

1:00- 2:00

Posters

5 2:45 - 3:15

Ryan Richardso

n, Population decline as

a move toward peace

Zane Ritchie,

The Sticky Truth

About Oil

Mari Aoki, Psychologi

cal Approach to Peace without

Boundaries

Paul Scott, R2P- POC and Libya -

A Teachable Moment

and More

Esmat Azizi,Talking of Peace

Tim Bryar, Overcoming Structural

and Cultural Violence through

Nonviolent Struggle

3:15- 3:45 Break

6 4:00- 4:30

Kimberlye Kowalczyk, Media for

Peace Building

Kazuya Asakawa, Trends of Right of

People to Peace

Susanne Balogh,

Education for a New Humanity

Pamila Florea, If We Can Dream It

We Can Be It

Brendan Ries, The Power of Circles

Kip Cates: Invited

Speaker, Language,

Peace, Education and Action:

Myths, Metaphors

and Methods

(one hour)

7 4:45 - 5:15

Jeffery Nazzaro, All You Need is

Love

Kai Sawyer,

Introduction to Non Violent

Communication

Koji Nakamura,

Peace Education

for Exchange Students

from North America

and Europe

Mark Sheehan, From the Library, to

the Workshop,

to the World: An

Interdisciplinary

Approach to

Addressing Gobal

Issues at a Japanese University

Naoko Kakuta,

Awareness, Skills and

Social Decision-

making into a

Curriculum for Teacher

Training

Felicity Greenland,

Peace Songs and

Protest Songs

Kip Cates: (continued)

6:00- Table for Two Peace Banquet

6:40 - 8:40 Pecha-Kucha

Highlights !Conference Plenary Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 Room 201 Kozo Mayumi Biofuel Delusion and Granfaloons: Quo vadis? !Many people believe that growing our ago-biofuel will improve energy security and independence, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote rural development. We show that such perceived advantages are quite simply not the case. We argue that large-scale biofuel production will perpetuate the industrial-agriculture paradigm, thereby further decaying rural society rather than promoting it, as some claim. We present our critique of the powerful forces in industrial agriculture that are pushing for biofuel production, which can be termed as “Granfaloons”. We expose some of the ugly ways that science and politics have been framed in order to serve vested interests, rather than society at large. !Professor Kozo Mayumi, University of Tokushima, works in the field of ecological economics and complex hierarchy theory. He is an editorial board member of Ecological Economics, Journal of Economic Structures, International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, and International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research. Dr Mayumi is co-author of The Origins of Ecological Economics: The Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen, The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements, and The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large-Scale Agro-Biofuel Production. His latest books are The Metabolic Pattern of Societies: Where Economists Fall Short, and The Energetics of Modern Societies. !Featured Speakers Saturday 13:30 - 14:30 Room 303 Mary Noguchi and Jiyan Ghadimi Attacking BIHE: Denying Higher Education to Iran’s Largest Minority !The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates both religious freedom and the right to education, yet Iran’s largest minority, the Baha’is, are being denied both. Although the principles of the Baha’i Faith include world peace, obedience to government and non-involvement in politics, Baha’is in Iran have faced persecution since the founding of their faith there in 1844. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, this persecution has been systematized. Baha’is have been threatened, their property confiscated and their leaders imprisoned. Moreover, they are not allowed to attend universities in Iran. To provide university education to their young, educated Iranian Baha’is united with Baha’is living around the world to establish the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE). The New York Times called this online education system “an elaborate act of communal self-preservation.” Yet recently, a number of BIHE teachers have been arrested. Government leaders and human rights groups around the world have protested this further attack on the Baha’is human rights, but the situation is little known in Japan. This presentation will strive to provide background information and serve as a forum to discuss possible actions that can be

taken to show that people living in Japan, too, are concerned about these developments. !Mary Noguchi is an American Professor at Kansai University who has taught English for BIHE. Although her professional research has focused on sociolinguistics, she is passionately devoted to promoting peace and human rights through spiritual development. Jiyan Ghadimi is an Iranian born Canadian national who is a full-time Lecturer at Ashiya University. His expertise is in Management Studies. He has been closely involved with the education of young people in Uganda, Lebanon, The United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Iran. !!Featured Speaker Saturday 16:00 - 17:00 Room 306 Kip Cates Language, Peace, Education and Action: Myths, Metaphors and Methods !A growing number of individuals, groups and organizations around the globe are working to spread “peace beyond boundaries” in the quest for a world without war. One aspect of working for peace involves breaking down barriers such as hate, ignorance and prejudice that divide peoples, cultures and nations. Another aspect involves breaking down conceptual barriers that prevent empowerment, energy and action. One barrier faced by educators is the existence of a number of common “myths” about war that are widely shared by people of all ages. These touch on topics such as violence, human nature and history. These popular misconceptions prevent a proper understanding of the nature of war, lead to cynicism and doubt, and discourage active participation – especially among youth – in the global campaign for a more peaceful future. Another barrier concerns language. This involves both terminology – the words we employ to talk about conflict and violence – as well as the metaphors people use, and the impact these have, in discussions of war and peace. In this talk, the presenter will critique a number of these common “myths” about war, outline how language, terminology and metaphors impact our understanding of peace, and discuss methods that can be used by educators and activists to more effectively promote “peace beyond boundaries”. !Kip A. Cates is a professor in the Faculty of Regional Sciences at Tottori University. He works in the field of global education as a writer, speaker and teacher trainer. He chairs JALT’s Global Issues Special Interest Group and publishes its Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter. He is a founder of the Asian Youth Forum (AYF) and past chair of TESOLers for Social Responsibility. He has given presentations in countries such as Greece, Hungary, Vietnam, Canada, Pakistan, Costa Rica and Korea. He has worked, lived or traveled in 50 countries and speaks nine languages. His website is <www.kipcates.com http://www.kipcates.com

Programme Details for Sunday, October 23rd !Sunday

Registration Main Lobby (First Floor) From 9:30--> (desk will be manned throughout the day)

Time/Room 201 204 205 206 207 303 305 306 2nd fl

Open

2 10:00 -11:00

Aileen Smith, From

Minamata to

Fukushima

3 11:15 -11:45

Hiroko Urakawa,

The Challenges for Health

without Boundaries

Thomas Mach,

Permaculture’s

foothold in Japan

Brent Jones, Project-Based

Learning and Peace

Studies

Jean-Paul DuQuette,

Cypris Village:

ProNaoko Kakuta,

Awareness, Skills and

Social Decision-

making into a

Curriculum for Teacher

Training

Katerine Fuji &

Anthonette Gibson,

Exploring A Graying Japan: Silver

Tsunami or Peaceful

Acceptance of

Equality? Sally

McLaren & Asuka

Tomaru, March 11 and the Media

Rita Verma,

The Courage to

Teach Critically: Crossing

Boundaries to Engage

in

12:00 -12:30

Michael Iwane-

Salovaara, The

Language of Peace

Mark Sawyer,

Intercultural Citizenship: Negotiating

Identity Boundaries

of University

Students in Japan

Steve Silsbee,

Peace from within !

Warren Decker, Peace

Through Experiential Learning

Aaron Fox, The How to

Guide to Using the iPad in the

EFL classroom

Jose G. Vargas,

Indigenous Political Ecology

approach to social

movements in Mexico and Latin America

4 12:30 -1:30 Lunch

!!Highlights !Conference Plenary Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 Room 201 Aileen Mioko Smith From Minamata to Fukushima !Peace. Democracy. Human Rights. What do you imagine when you hear these words? Serenity, equality, happiness? A static state, or something that’s always changing? Everything just appearing peaceful is not enough. If we really want peace and democracy, we have to work at it all the time. We will lose it if we do not live it. And “we” doesn’t mean someone else. It means you and it means me. And we have to work at it even if we are told, “realistically, it’s difficult” or “it can’t be done right now,” or “it’s not practical.” We may have figured out what is wrong, but that’s not enough in itself. The key thing is to figure out how we can change it and then to make that happen. I will talk about this universal challenge based on my own experiences with mercury pollution in Minamata, radiation in Fukushima, and working to end nuclear power in Japan. !Aileen Mioko Smith first became aware of the dangers of hazardous waste and technology in the 1970s, when she and her husband, photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, spent three years documenting the human toll of mercury poisoning on the town of Minamata. Years later, as she became aware of the safety problems at Japan’s nuclear power plants, she worked to turn public concern for plans for a plutonium-based energy economy into international opposition. She is the executive director of

51:30 -2:30 ONE

HOUR

Kevin Maher,

Understanding Cultural

Starting Points,

Understanding Each

Other

John Einarsen

and Tomas Svab,

Restoring Memories

Project

Charles Kowalski,

War Peace and

Language

Kip Cates, Peace

Education Activities for the

Language Classroom

Jennifer Teeter,

Peace Boat and

Disaster Relief

1:00 -2:00

Posters

6 2:45 -3:15

Yoko Chase, AWEP What is

Empowerment for Asian

Women

Adam Clifton, The Japan-US Alliance:

Past, Present

and Future

Ellen Head, Non

Violent Communic

ation

Gerry Yokota,

The Rhetoric of Diaspora

Jacob Schnickel,

Peer Coaching: A Portable Framework (one hour)

7 3:30 -4:00

Kenji Chida, Japan's

Immigration Prospects Sandy

Healy, TBA

Mao Tameda, Water for

Peace

Penny Sugihara,

TBA

Jacob Schnickel (contd.)

Kyoto-based Green Action and has become one of Japan’s leading and most effective voices challenging the production, commerce and transport of nuclear material, and calling for sustainable energy policies. www.greenaction-japan.org !!PeaceWorks II: Restoring Dignity Ground Floor Lobby Digital slideshow by Albie Sharpe, arranged by John Einarsen, featuring works by Lana Slezic, Daniel Heyman, Matthias Ley, Rothany Srun, Justin Min, John Ashburne, Tomas Svab, and Shunto Kenichi. !!!Access !!

! !!!Hankyu Kobe Line (between Umeda and Sannomiya). Get off at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station and take the east exit. About 4 minutes on foot.

Special thanks to all those who gave up their time and energy to make this happen: !!

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Organizing Committee Name

Conference Chair Roger Palmer

Kansai Area Chair Richard Miller

Business planning/sponsors Richard Miller

Conference Handbook Roger Palmer

Essay Contest Greg Rouault

High School Liaison Angus McGregor

International Liaison Tim Denny

Local Liaison/Logistics Rob Higgins

PeaceWorks Slideshow John Einarsen

Proceedings Co-Editors Ryan Richardson, Mike Parrish

Program Chair Zane Ritchie

Publicity/PR (Inter)National Albie Sharpe

Publicity/PR Local Albie Sharpe

Registration Richard Miller, Zane Ritchie

SIG Liaison Richard Silver

Student Interns Brent Jones

Submissions/Vetting Richard Miller

Technical Support Andy Sowter

Treasurer Ryan Richardson

Website Coordinator Zane Ritchie