PROGRAM
Farm Lab
Tokyo Festival Farm Lab Public Lecture “Stateless – Where Do I Belong? “
Special public lecture looking at nationality and identity
Special public lecture looking at nationality and identity
Tokyo Festival Farm Lab aims to cultivate young professionals able to freely navigate the many increasingly fluid borders of our world. The initiative encourages artists to explore the interdisciplinary and interregional "Transfield" through collaboration with others. Lectures offered under this program will be open to the public.
The lecturer for this session will be CHEN Tien-shi, who was born in Yokohama Chinatown to Taiwanese parents who immigrated to Japan and yet remained stateless under Japanese law for thirty years or so due to the severance in diplomatic relations between Japan and Taiwan which accompanied the normalization of ties between China and Japan.
After the lecture there will also be a discussion in which CHEN joins Tokyo Festival Farm Lab participants from other parts of Asia to consider the meaning of nationality and identity.
Profile
陳 天璽（Lara, CHEN Tienshi）
Lara, CHEN Tien-shi, who was born and raised in Chinatown in Yokohama, lived as a stateless person for over 30 years. After completing her Ph.D. in International Political Economy, she started researching the lives of Stateless people from an Anthropological approach. She wrote the book “Mukokuseki (無国籍 Stateless,)” “Mukokuseki to Fukushukokuseki (無国籍と複数国籍 Stateless and Multiple-Citienship)”, and picture book “Nijiiro no Pendanto (にじいろのペンダント Rainbow Pendant)” etc,. She now teaches at the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, also representative of NPO Stateless Network.
Comment from Lecturer
"What is your nationality?" "Where are you from?"
In a gathering of people from all over the world, conversations often begin with such questions when meeting someone for the first time. This may be the case at the Tokyo Festival Farm.
Many people often answer with their nationality, such as "I am Japanese," "I am Chinese," or "I am American.” Who asked the question also often expects such an answer.
But what does nationality really represent about a person?
Through my own experience of living as a stateless person for about 30 years, and through research and activities of stateless people, I will think about nationality, identity, and place in the era of globalization.
Schedule
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m.
- The broadcast may end slightly earlier or later than advertised.
Language
Japanese (Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available)
Ticket information
Free (Application required)
How to participate
– The performance will be streamed via video conferencing software Zoom. Please check your viewing environment using the link below:
support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023
– Zoom can be used from smartphones and devices such as iPads, iPhones, and Android devices.
– As the event will be broadcast over the internet, in some cases the visuals or audio may be disrupted by connection issues, etc. Depending on the situation, it may become necessary for us to temporarily stop the broadcast and re-connect.
– To keep the quality of sound, please mute your microphone before joining the meeting room.
– You can use your webcam at your choice.
– The URL for Zoom will be sent to you by auto-reply to your registration email.
– There is a QA session for discussion with the lecturer.
– Please note that the Farm-Lab Office will record this event and use the screenshot taken during the event for PR.
– Recording the lecture in any way (audio/video recording, screen captures, etc.) is strictly prohibited.
Venues
Online
Staff credits
Tokyo Festival Farm Director: TADA Junnosuke
Tokyo Festival Farm Co-Director: NAGASHIMA Kaku
Farm-Lab Office (syuz’gen LLC.)
Chief Manager: UEMATSU Yuko
Program Manager: TANI Akiho
Program Coordinators: MAEHARA Takuya, FURUKAWA Mao, TERADA Rin, EGUCHI Masato, OKAWA Satoshi, MIYAHARA Kanae, MITO Ayumi
Public Relations: YUKAWA Yuko
Back Office: KAWAMURA Mihoka, SOMEYA Hinako
Communication Design Team (Art Translators Collective)
Team Lead: TAMURA Kanoko
Members: YAMADA Kyle, MIZUNO Hibiki, HARUKAWA Yuki, MORIMOTO Yume, UEDA Haruka
Tokyo Festival Executive Committee
Manager (Farm): MUROUCHI Naomi
Organizer credits
Organizers
Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Toshima City, Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo), Tokyo Metropolitan Government]
Supported by
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in fiscal 2022
Sponsored by
Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.
Related link
About Tokyo Festival Farm
https://tokyo-festival.jp/en/tf_farm/
Inquiries
Farm-Lab Office
farm@tokyo-festival.jp
+81(0)3-4213-4293 (Open weekdays 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. )