We are looking for new kyodo 20-30 participants! -What are our plans for the 2021 Beyond Invisible Borders?-
Hello, I am Yano, Project Director of Beyond Invisible Borders. I am writing to announce our new plans for the project scheduled to take place in the 2021 fiscal year.
In the 2021 fiscal year, we would like to rethink and reflect on the purpose of this project once again, and focus on activities about the “invisible borders”, in order to further stress the original message of the project.
Simply put, this fiscal year’s key points will be:
1) To reflect on the original purpose of the project, and focus on the “invisible borders in Tokyo” as a theme of our activities and productions.
2) To make our community more open and accessible so it will be easier for anyone to participate in and access.
We would like to give importance to the two points mentioned above, and further clarify the message of this project.
■About kyodo 20_30
Themes and Goals:
Based on our hypothesis: “Tokyo has invisible borders”, kyodo 20_30 aims to recruit “players” aged between 20 and 30 who will be in charge of our society in 2030, in order to reflect on each player’s views on such invisible borders and try to take action.
We endeavor to create an organic community (kyodo-tai) in which various people regardless of nationality, language, and cultural backgrounds can collaborate (kyodo) and interact with each other, based in Kyodo, Setagaya.
** The phrase “invisible borders” here has the following two aspects:
1) Borders and walls/obstacles that many foreign residents as well as people with foreign backgrounds must have.
2) Borders and walls/obstacles that are “invisible”, in a sense that foreign residents as well as people with foreign backgrounds feel othered because Japanese people are either willfully blind about them or making them invisible.
What We Will Do:
【June 2021 - August 2021】
<Getting to Know>
We will talk with various people about “Invisible Borders”. For example, we will learn about topics like: “why were those borders born?”, and “what kind of borders are creating what kind of problems?”
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【August 2021 - September 2021】
＜Going Deeper＞
We will create things together based on your research on your interests and the borders you want to talk more about.
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【Late September 2021 - October 2021】
＜Communicating Your Findings＞
We will talk about the borders we have discovered so far, and share our findings with the group. Then, we will form teams based shared interests.
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【November 2021 - January 2022】
＜Taking Action＞
We will work further on our creations, based on your findings and feelings about the borders you are interested in. Then, we will prepare for our presentations in teams.
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【February 2022】
＜Giving Final Presentations＞
We will give presentations on what we have thought about, as well as what we have done about it. The presentation venue will be at Kyodo Atelier, as well as other spots in Kyodo.
■Recruitment of kyodo 20_30 Participants
Following last year, we are looking for new kyodo 20_30 participants.
We are looking for youth aged between 20-30 who fit at least one of the following criteria:
● Has foreign/non-Japanese backgrounds and resides in Tokyo
● Is Interested in international communication and the idea of interacting with others with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds
● Is interested in art and creation, but unsure of where to start
● Wants to meet people with whom they can create and discuss together
Fees:
Free
Dates:
3-4 hour long workshops scheduled bi-weekly on Saturday afternoons from June 26, 2021 to February 2022
※Not including required creation/production time.
Location：
Kyodo Atelier
4-31-8 Kyodo, Setagaya-ku
Tokyo 156-0052
and various spots in and around Kyodo, Setagaya-ku
※Flexible programming facilitation including online programming will be provided, depending on social conditions.
How to Apply：
Please send an email with the following details to the program director: info@tokyokokkyo.tokyo
・Name
・Age
・Email address
・Phone number
・Brief description of why you want to participate
※No deadline has been set at this time. Participants are recruited on a rolling basis.
■Structural Changes of Our Administrative Office
There have been some structural changes at our administrative office. In the 2021 fiscal year, the project will be run by the following staff.
Nanami Abe: Chief of the Administrative Office (in training)
Masayuki Kobayashi: Advisor for the Chief of the Administrative Office
Yuko Kawabuchi: Accounting
TEI USHIN: PR & Communications
Yasuhito Yano: Executive Director
Thank you so much for reading all the way till the end - We are appreciative of your continued support of our activities.
Yasuhito Yano, Executive Director of Beyond Invisible Borders
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