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The Diversity Challenge. Japan in the world; the world in Japan
Did you know that there are two million foreign people living in Japan? In recent years, there have been many people coming to study or work in Japan. Most Japanese people now have something to do with foreign people, whether in the context of work, friendship or love.
Japan has never been a nation made up of indigenous people alone. Since its earliest history, Japan was made up of people from China, South East Asia and Korea, as well as indigenous Ainu people and others. The reality is that Japan is a country with great diversity. Most Japanese people however seem not to be aware of this. Despite the fact that the Japanese population is not homogenous, there are still people who occasionally claim, for political reasons, it is.
Another issue concerns Korean people living in Japan. During World War Two, the Japanese government brought many Korean people to Japan to work. Some of those people, known as “zainichi”, are still living here in Japan and in many ways have assimilated into Japanese society. Their presence is not openly discussed among Japanese people, yet they face discrimination for being Korean. This is one example of an issue from Japan’s past which continues to cause problems today. What other issues of diversity still need to be worked on?
We welcome everybody to come to this weekend: zainichi Korean, Korean Japanese, newly arrived migrants, people from South America, foreign students, Japanese people who have lived overseas and all Japanese people who are interested in issues relating to diversity.
This conflict transformation work is based on the principle of “deep democracy”, which is about appreciating all voices, big and small, and all forms of participation from every individual in the group. Together we will create a dialogue that has not been held before.
We are looking forward to you being part of this historic event.
Facilitator: Takeo Kiriyama (Certified Process Worker, Workshop Center Japan) When you book, we can give you more detailed information.
Fee: 28,000 yen *Early bird 25,000 yen Deadline 30th Nov. Japanese Student18000 yen Foreign student 5,000yen
13〜14 Dec Fee: 24,000 yen Japanese Student15,000 yen Foreign student 5,000yen
Accommodation Fee: 2 nights from 12th Dec (including breakfast on 13th & 14th ; dinner on 14th ) 7000 yen 1 night from 13th Dec (including dinner on 13th, breakfast on 14th) 5000 yen If you bring your sleeping bag, we can give you a discount of 500 yen
Deadline for registration: 10th Dec
What is world work?
World work is conflict transformation group work based on Process-oriented Psychology, which comes from Jungian psychology. This work can be applied to individual psychological issues, as well as to social, political and historical issues affecting whole communities.
References: Sitting in the Fire, by Arnold Mindell, 2001 Deep Democracy in Open Forums, by Arnold Mindell, 2005 The Leader as Martial Artist, by Arnold Mindell,
Procedure: Facilitators are present to help the group discuss the topics they most want to discuss. The process is different from most meetings or conferences, because in addition to taking into account verbal contributions, the Process Work facilitator is also trained to be aware of non verbal communication, emotional issues and “synchronicity” in the Jungian sense. The facilitator encourages the group to be aware of these issues as well.
World Work Steps: 1) Be aware of the atmosphere of the group. 2) The facilitator helps the group to choose a topic for discussion. 3) The person who suggested the topic that is chosen begins to talk. 4) Free dialogue, facilitated by the facilitator. 5) The facilitator mediates conflict as it arises and helps the group to get to the essence of the issues raised.
Deep Democracy: This principle comes from Process-Oriented Psychology. Based on the awareness that minority groups are usually marginalized in society, the facilitator trained in this method works to bring out those voices that are usually silenced.
Please provide your name, phone number & email address in an email entitled “Kyoto World Work” and you will be provided with more detailed information about this event.