Report on Participation in the 11th East Asia and Contemporary Japanese-Language Literature Forum

YOSHIDA, Eri

doi:2023.17.1.293

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Report on Forum

Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2023;17(1): 293-294.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2023.17.1.293

Report on Participation in the 11th East Asia and Contemporary Japanese-Language Literature Forum

Eri YOSHIDA

Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Literature, TSURU University

第11回｢東アジアと同時代日本語文学フォーラム｣ 2023バリ大会印象記

吉田恵理

都留文科大学文学部国文学科准教授。

Correspondence Eri YOSHIDA ,Email: yoshida@tsuru.ac.jp

Published online: 30 December 2023.

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ABSTRACT

This year’s conference was held in Denpasar, Bali, after three years of online conferences since COVID-19 emerged in 2020. It was a precious and wonderful experience for researchers from various regions to gather together. The joy of sharing various research results and of further developing awareness of issues through discussions was great, and new encounters took place as we deepened our friendships over Balinese cuisine at the banquet. The special theme of this year’s conference was “Glocal Culture in Modern Asia and Intersectionality: Representation, Conflict, and Symbiosis,” which was based on the 8th conference’s theme of “Glocal Culture in Modern Asia: Identity, History, and Transformation,” with the key concept of “intersectionality” newly assimilated into that theme. Listening to the stimulating presentations on a wide range of research subjects and from a broad range of regions, I was reminded that the concept of “intersectionality” is necessary in order to theorize individual experience as a complex nexus of power and resistance, a phenomenon that cannot be captured by one-sided views or simple oppositional schemes. It was a meaningful conference, and I left with many homework assignments and perspectives to assimilate in order to further my own research.

Keywords: Bali, Participation Report, Glocal Culture, Intersectionality, Modern Asia

キ―ワ―ド: バリ, 印象記, グローカル文化, 交差性, 現代アジア