Subject: Tags: Spam prevention:Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically. If the code is hard to read, then just try to guess it right. If you enter the wrong code, a new image is created and you get another chance to enter it right.Enter code: Content: OCHIAI Emiko Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The seventh Next-Generation Global Workshop "Care > and Gender" took place in early December at the > Faculty of Letters Main Building, Kyoto > University. The annual Workshop was first held in > 2008 under the Kyoto University Global Center of > Excellence (Global COE) program, and is now > organized by the Kyoto University Asian Studies > Unit (KUASU). Participants consisted of 19 > students and researchers from 17 countries and > regions -- including South Korea, China, Taiwan, > the Philippines, India, Nepal, Singapore, Qatar, > Malaysia, Finland, France, Germany, UK, and the > United States, -- in addition to local > participants from Kyoto University and Doshisha > University.During the first two days, participants > presented on their research and received feedback > from senior faculty from the KUASU counterpart > universities and from Kyoto University, as well as > attending seven special lectures to deepen their > understanding of the Workshop theme.On the third > day, participants gained valuable experience > in the field through interactions with > preschool-aged children in daycare, and with > residents of a privately-run eldercare home. At > the daycare center, Takanogawa Nursery School, one > participant observed with surprise that the > children were encouraged to be free and > spontaneous, yet appeared to be well-organized and > disciplined. Then at the retirement facility, > Kitashirakawa-no-Hana-no-Ie (literally "house of > flowers in Kitashirakawa"), the residents, > including those with dementia, astonished and > delighted the care staff by engaging the visitors > in animated conversations.Comments from some of > the early-career scholars who took part in the > three-day program included: "It was great to be > given the opportunity to receive feedback about my > presentation from other participants. The > experience will surely benefit my future work. I > also learned a great deal by visiting the daycare > and eldercare facilities "; "The workshop was very > well organized. It was clearly designed to inspire > us to work on further expanding our knowledge so > that we can deliver in the international arena"; > "The program has helped significantly increase my > self-confidence by enabling me to have completely > new experiences -- visiting a foreign country and > presenting to an international audience. I also > found that the workshop was an excellent > international networking opportunity".At the > conclusion of the Workshop, participants promised > to keep in touch with each other via the recently > launched website of the Kyoto International > Consortium for Asian Studies (KICAS), and to work > on strengthening collaborations among their > universities with the possible establishment of a > credit transfer system and exchange programs for > student, researcher, and faculty.The 2015 > Next-Generation Global Workshop will be held as > part of the "Rediscovering Japan through > Collaboration in the Open ASEAN+6 -- International > Human Resource Development Centering on the SEND > Program" and the Super Global University (SGU) > program.