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About PGL
Peace as a Global Language started in 2001 and is now firmly established in Japan as
an annual conference open to academics, activists and concerned individuals. Those
who attend from academia range from full professors working in the humanities and
social sciences (and other fields) to graduate students and undergraduates. Activists
from various NGOs and grass roots organizations regularly contribute, as do political
activists and journalists.
Message from the Conference Chair

Dear Conference Presenters and Participants

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Peace as a Global Language 2011. This
years theme is Peace without Boundaries, and we look forward to a diverse cross-
section of people visiting Nishinomiya. Konan CUBE, our stunning conference
location, opened its doors to students less than three years ago. We are proud to be
located here in Nishinomiya, close to the Hyogo Performing Arts Center. The Center
opened in 2005 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1995 earthquake that
devastated large areas in and around the city. We would like to dedicate this years
conference to the victims of both the 1995 disaster and the 2011 earthquake, tsunami
and nuclear meltdown, an ongoing tragedy set in motion on March 11th of this year.

PGL 2011 has only come about due to all those who are participating in it, and that
means those who have come from all over Japan and beyond in the common cause of
peace and its associations with conflict resolution, education and human rights. I
especially wish to express my gratitude to the presenters for their time and energy in
coming here to share their insights, expertise and experience. At the same time, I
would like to say how much I appreciate the efforts of the organizing committee,
student volunteers, and Konan University staff and faculty who have done so much to
help prepare for the conference.

I am greatly honoured by the presence of our two Plenary Speakers. Professor Kozo
Mayumi is an expert on the Jevons paradox, which concerns the serious
consequences of technological progress, and has published widely on the dangers to
our planet inherent in large-scale agro-biofuel production. Aileen Mioko Smith is one
of Japan's leading voices challenging the production, commerce and transport of
nuclear material. I feel confident that they will help us orientate our vision to a more
peaceful future, and I encourage you to join in the debate in all of the sessions
scheduled over the two days.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Peace Banquet on Saturday evening in
support of Table for Two. I also highly recommend you to pay a visit to PeaceWorks,
our digital slideshow in the lobby.

Thank you again for your participation at PGL 2011, and I look forward to an
unforgettable weekend with you.

Roger Palmer, PGL 2011 Conference Chair
General Information
Refer to the information in this Conference Guide for information about the
conference. Feel free to approach the Help Desk, located next to the Registration
Desk in the Lobby on the Ground Floor, or any of the conference staff or student
volunteers who will be present throughout the building wearing red T-shirts.

Information and Registration
The PGL 2011 Registration and Help Desks are situated in the Lobby (1F) on
Saturday and Sunday, and will be open at the following times:
Saturday, October 22nd 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday, October 23rd 09:00-16:00

Payment (cash only)
For those paying on site, please note that we will not be able to process credit cards.

Meals & Drinks
Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided between sessions on the 2nd floor. All other
meals, including lunch and dinner, can be purchased at any of the restaurants or
convenience stores in and around Konan CUBE. Ask at the Help Desk for tips on
good places to eat and drink in the local area.

Photocopy Services
If you are using handouts for your presentation, make copies before arriving at the
conference site. Photocopying services are available at local convenience stores. Ask
at the Help Desk.

Internet
For wireless internet access, ask at the Help Desk.

Presentations and Equipment
Presentation rooms are equipped with a 50-inch monitor or screen and projector.
Please bring your own laptop (and a connector or dongle if youre a Mac user). We
recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in case one fails.


Welcome address
The Conference opening address will be at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 22nd in
Room 201, immediately before Prof Kozo Mayumis plenary.

Peace Banquet in aid of Table for Two
For those who pre-registered and paid in full, please join us at the Peace Banquet on
the 5th floor on Saturday from 18:00. Oxford University Press are kindly providing
the wine. The meal is not huge: it seeks to draw attention to the hunger affecting
billions around the world.

PechaKucha Night takes place on the 5th floor on Saturday from 18:40-20:40. Cash
bar and light food (fried potato, chicken, etc.) available. Please join us for a great
evening of entertainment. PKN is held right next to the Peace Banquet, so its hard to
miss!

Poster Sessions will run from 1300 to 1400 on both days.

Parallel Sessions will run all day.
Saturday
Session 1: 1115 - 1145
Session 2: 1200 - 1230
(lunch)
Session 3: 1330 - 1400 (or 1430)
Session 4: 1445 - 1515
(break)
Session 5: 1600 - 1630
Session 6: 1645 - 1715

Sunday
Session 1: 1115 - 1145
Session 2: 1200 - 1230
(lunch)
Session 3: 1330 - 1400 (or 1430)
Session 4: 1445 - 1515
Session 5: 1530 - 1600

A Polite Request to All Participants
Participants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to
their own, or to those of other presenters.
Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally
between the number of presentations, and that they should not overrun. Volunteers
will assume the timekeeping role.

Badges
When you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your
name badge. Wearing your badge IS required for entrance to the sessions. If you lose
your badge it can be replaced for a fee of JPY 5000. You must wear your badge at all
times during the Conference.
If you are not wearing your badge, security will stop you and ask you to show your
ID and evidence that you are registered.
Those unable to show proof will be escorted from the Conference by security.

Security
The Japanese police have been enforcing random passport and identification checks.
If you do not have identification when stopped, the police will detain you. There may
also be a financial penalty. For the enjoyment of all participants, inappropriate
behavior will not be tolerated and violators will be removed from the premises. Do
not leave personal items or conference bags unattended anywhere in Konan CUBE as
this will be taken away by security.

Cloakroom
None available. You may leave items at your own risk in room 202.

Smoking
The Hirao School of Management has implemented a Clean Indoor Air Act;
therefore, smoking is not permitted in any of the conference rooms or communal
areas. Please smoke only in designated areas (behind the building).

Photo/Recording Waiver
There may be photography, audio or video recording at the conference. By entering
the event premises you give consent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video
or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any
educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.

Conference Proceedings
The Conference Proceedings will be published online as part of the PGL archive,
where they will be freely accessible.



Programme Details for Saturday, October 22nd

Saturday
Registration Main Lobby (First Floor) 9am--> (desk will be manned throughout the day)
Time/
Room
201 204 205 206 207 303 305 306
2nd fl
Open
9:45
-10:00

Opening
Address
1
10:00
-11:00
Kozo
Mayumi,
Biofuel
Delusion and
Granfaloons:
Quo vadis?"
2
11:15
-11:45
David
Alenga,
Globalizati
on of
Insecurity
Adam
Clifton,
Australia
and the
GFC - At
What Cost
Katherine
Fuji,
Judaism,
Christianity
and Islam:
The Three
Abrahamic
Monotheisti
c Religions
Richard
Miller, TBA
Kirk
Johnson,
Breaking
the
Banking
System
3
12:00
-12:30
Myria
Christophi
ni,
Animation
Without
Boundarie
s
Sarah
Houghton,
Positive
Peace and
Media
Conglomer
ation: A US
Case
Study
Thomas
Mach,
Japans
Sustainabl
e Roots:
What the
Edo Era
Can Teach
Us About
Living
Within
Limits
Kevin
Ramsden,
A
Collaborati
ve Learning
Approach
to
Teaching/
Learning
Human
Rights
Ted Quock,
3-11
Editorial
Cartoons:
Intention
vs.
Perception
Jack Ryan,
Building
Peace:
Habitat for
Habitat
Tanuja
Sachdev,
Reconciliati
on: A
Holistic
Approach
for Post-
Conflict
Rebuilding
12:30
-1:30
Lunch
4
1:30 -
2:30
ONE
HOUR
Albie
Sharpe,
The
Patriot's
Pitchfork:
Adventure
s and
Misadvent
ures with
Nationalis
m in the
Classroom
.
Anne
Provet,
Trauma
and
Healing as
Pathway to
Peace
John Paul
Loucky.
"One
Heart, One
World"
Peace
Poetry
Translation
Project
Robert
O'Mochain,
Peace,
Masculinitie
s, and
Capote as
Classroom
Resource
Mary
Goebel
Noguchi
and Jiyan
Ghadimi,
Attacking
BIHE:
Denying
Higher
Education
to Iran's
Largest
Minority
Robert
Kowalczyk,
The
Nuclear
Thread
1:00-
2:00
Posters
5
2:45 -
3:15
Ryan
Richardso
n,
Population
decline as
a move
toward
peace
Zane
Ritchie,
The Sticky
Truth
About Oil
Mari Aoki,
Psychologi
cal
Approach
to Peace
without
Boundaries
Paul Scott,
R2P- POC
and Libya -
A
Teachable
Moment
and More
Esmat
Azizi,Talkin
g of Peace
Tim Bryar,
Overcomin
g Structural
and
Cultural
Violence
through
Nonviolent
Struggle
3:15-
3:45
Break
6
4:00-
4:30
Kimberlye
Kowalczyk,
Media for
Peace
Building
Kazuya
Asakawa,
Trends of
Right of
People to
Peace
Susanne
Balogh,
Education
for a New
Humanity
Pamila
Florea, If
We Can
Dream It
We Can Be
It
Brendan
Ries, The
Power of
Circles
Kip Cates:
Invited
Speaker,
Language,
Peace,
Education
and Action:
Myths,
Metaphors
and
Methods
(one hour)
7
4:45 -
5:15
Jeffery
Nazzaro,
All You
Need is
Love
Kai
Sawyer,
Introductio
n to Non
Violent
Communic
ation
Koji
Nakamura,
Peace
Education
for
Exchange
Students
from North
America
and
Europe
Mark
Sheehan,
From the
Library, to
the
Workshop,
to the
World: An
Interdiscipli
nary
Approach
to
Addressing
Gobal
Issues at a
Japanese
University
Naoko
Kakuta,
Awareness
, Skills and
Social
Decision-
making into
a
Curriculum
for Teacher
Training
Felicity
Greenland,
Peace
Songs and
Protest
Songs
Kip Cates:
(continued)
6:00- Table for Two Peace Banquet
6:40 -
8:40
Pecha-Kucha
Highlights

Conference Plenary Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 Room 201
Kozo Mayumi
Biofuel Delusion and Granfaloons: Quo vadis?

Many people believe that growing our ago-biofuel will improve energy security and
independence, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote rural development. We
show that such perceived advantages are quite simply not the case.
We argue that large-scale biofuel production will perpetuate the industrial-
agriculture paradigm, thereby further decaying rural society rather than promoting
it, as some claim. We present our critique of the powerful forces in industrial
agriculture that are pushing for biofuel production, which can be termed as
Granfaloons. We expose some of the ugly ways that science and politics have been
framed in order to serve vested interests, rather than society at large.

Professor Kozo Mayumi, University of Tokushima, works in the field of ecological
economics and complex hierarchy theory. He is an editorial board member of
Ecological Economics, Journal of Economic Structures, International Journal of
Ecological Economics and Statistics, and International Journal of Transdisciplinary
Research. Dr Mayumi is co-author of The Origins of Ecological Economics: The
Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen, The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource
Efficiency Improvements, and The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large-Scale
Agro-Biofuel Production. His latest books are The Metabolic Pattern of Societies:
Where Economists Fall Short, and The Energetics of Modern Societies.

Featured Speakers Saturday 13:30 - 14:30 Room 303
Mary Noguchi and Jiyan Ghadimi
Attacking BIHE: Denying Higher Education to Irans Largest Minority

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates both religious freedom and the
right to education, yet Irans largest minority, the Bahais, are being denied both.
Although the principles of the Bahai Faith include world peace, obedience to
government and non-involvement in politics, Bahais in Iran have faced persecution
since the founding of their faith there in 1844. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979,
this persecution has been systematized. Bahais have been threatened, their property
confiscated and their leaders imprisoned. Moreover, they are not allowed to attend
universities in Iran. To provide university education to their young, educated Iranian
Bahais united with Bahais living around the world to establish the Bahai Institute
of Higher Education (BIHE). The New York Times called this online education
system an elaborate act of communal self-preservation. Yet recently, a number of
BIHE teachers have been arrested. Government leaders and human rights groups
around the world have protested this further attack on the Bahais human rights, but
the situation is little known in Japan. This presentation will strive to provide
background information and serve as a forum to discuss possible actions that can be
taken to show that people living in Japan, too, are concerned about these
developments.

Mary Noguchi is an American Professor at Kansai University who has taught English
for BIHE. Although her professional research has focused on sociolinguistics, she is
passionately devoted to promoting peace and human rights through spiritual
development.

Jiyan Ghadimi is an Iranian born Canadian national who is a full-time Lecturer at

Ashiya University. His expertise is in Management Studies. He has been closely
involved with the education of young people in Uganda, Lebanon, The United
Kingdom, Luxembourg and Iran.


Featured Speaker Saturday 16:00 - 17:00 Room 306
Kip Cates
Language, Peace, Education and Action: Myths, Metaphors and Methods

A growing number of individuals, groups and organizations around the globe are
working to spread peace beyond boundaries in the quest for a world without war.
One aspect of working for peace involves breaking down barriers such as hate,
ignorance and prejudice that divide peoples, cultures and nations. Another aspect
involves breaking down conceptual barriers that prevent empowerment, energy and
action.
One barrier faced by educators is the existence of a number of common myths
about war that are widely shared by people of all ages. These touch on topics such as
violence, human nature and history. These popular misconceptions prevent a proper
understanding of the nature of war, lead to cynicism and doubt, and discourage
active participation especially among youth in the global campaign for a more
peaceful future. Another barrier concerns language. This involves both terminology
the words we employ to talk about conflict and violence as well as the metaphors
people use, and the impact these have, in discussions of war and peace.
In this talk, the presenter will critique a number of these common myths about war,
outline how language, terminology and metaphors impact our understanding of
peace, and discuss methods that can be used by educators and activists to more
effectively promote peace beyond boundaries.

Kip A. Cates is a professor in the Faculty of Regional Sciences at Tottori University.
He works in the field of global education as a writer, speaker and teacher trainer. He
chairs JALTs Global Issues Special Interest Group and publishes its Global Issues in
Language Education Newsletter. He is a founder of the Asian Youth Forum (AYF)
and past chair of TESOLers for Social Responsibility. He has given presentations in
countries such as Greece, Hungary, Vietnam, Canada, Pakistan, Costa Rica and
Korea. He has worked, lived or traveled in 50 countries and speaks nine languages.
His website is <www.kipcates.com http://www.kipcates.com
Programme Details for Sunday, October 23rd

Sunday
Registration Main Lobby (First Floor) From 9:30--> (desk will be manned throughout the day)
Time/
Room
201 204 205 206 207 303 305 306
2nd fl
Open
2
10:00
-11:00
Aileen
Smith,
From
Minamata
to
Fukushima
3
11:15
-11:45
Hiroko
Urakawa,
The
Challenges
for Health
without
Boundaries
Thomas
Mach,
Permacultu
res
foothold in
Japan
Brent
Jones,
Project-
Based
Learning
and Peace
Studies
Jean-Paul
DuQuette,
Cypris
Village:
ProNaoko
Kakuta,
Awareness
, Skills and
Social
Decision-
making into
a
Curriculum
for Teacher
Training
Katerine
Fuji &
Anthonette
Gibson,
Exploring A
Graying
Japan:
Silver
Tsunami or
Peaceful
Acceptanc
e of
Equality?
Sally
McLaren &
Asuka
Tomaru,
March 11
and the
Media
Rita
Verma,
The
Courage to
Teach
Critically:
Crossing
Boundaries
to Engage
in
12:00
-12:30
Michael
Iwane-
Salovaara,
The
Language
of Peace
Mark
Sawyer,
Intercultural
Citizenship:
Negotiating
Identity
Boundaries
of
University
Students in
Japan
Steve
Silsbee,
Peace from
within

Warren
Decker,
Peace
Through
Experientia
l Learning
Aaron Fox,
The How to
Guide to
Using the
iPad in the
EFL
classroom
Jose G.
Vargas,
Indigenous
Political
Ecology
approach
to social
movements
in Mexico
and Latin
America
4
12:30
-1:30
Lunch


Highlights

Conference Plenary Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 Room 201
Aileen Mioko Smith
From Minamata to Fukushima

Peace. Democracy. Human Rights. What do you imagine when you hear these words?
Serenity, equality, happiness? A static state, or something thats always changing?
Everything just appearing peaceful is not enough. If we really want peace and
democracy, we have to work at it all the time. We will lose it if we do not live it. And
we doesnt mean someone else. It means you and it means me. And we have to
work at it even if we are told, realistically, its difficult or it cant be done right
now, or its not practical.
We may have figured out what is wrong, but thats not enough in itself. The key thing
is to figure out how we can change it and then to make that happen.
I will talk about this universal challenge based on my own experiences with mercury
pollution in Minamata, radiation in Fukushima, and working to end nuclear power in
Japan.

Aileen Mioko Smith first became aware of the dangers of hazardous waste and
technology in the 1970s, when she and her husband, photojournalist W. Eugene
Smith, spent three years documenting the human toll of mercury poisoning on the
town of Minamata. Years later, as she became aware of the safety problems at Japans
nuclear power plants, she worked to turn public concern for plans for a plutonium-
based energy economy into international opposition. She is the executive director of
5
1:30
-2:30
ONE
HOUR
Kevin
Maher,
Understand
ing Cultural
Starting
Points,
Understand
ing Each
Other
John
Einarsen
and Tomas
Svab,
Restoring
Memories
Project
Charles
Kowalski,
War Peace
and
Language
Kip Cates,
Peace
Education
Activities
for the
Language
Classroom
Jennifer
Teeter,
Peace Boat
and
Disaster
Relief
1:00
-2:00
Posters
6
2:45
-3:15
Yoko
Chase,
AWEP
What is
Empowerm
ent for
Asian
Women
Adam
Clifton, The
Japan-US
Alliance:
Past,
Present
and Future
Ellen
Head, Non
Violent
Communic
ation
Gerry
Yokota,
The
Rhetoric of
Diaspora
Jacob
Schnickel,
Peer
Coaching:
A Portable
Framework
(one hour)
7
3:30
-4:00
Kenji
Chida,
Japan's
Immigration
Prospects
Sandy
Healy, TBA
Mao
Tameda,
Water for
Peace
Penny
Sugihara,
TBA
Jacob
Schnickel
(contd.)
Kyoto-based Green Action and has become one of Japans leading and most effective
voices challenging the production, commerce and transport of nuclear material, and
calling for sustainable energy policies. www.greenaction-japan.org


PeaceWorks II: Restoring Dignity
Ground Floor Lobby
Digital slideshow by Albie Sharpe, arranged by John Einarsen, featuring works by
Lana Slezic, Daniel Heyman, Matthias Ley, Rothany Srun, Justin Min, John
Ashburne, Tomas Svab, and Shunto Kenichi.



Access






Hankyu Kobe Line (between Umeda and Sannomiya). Get off at Nishinomiya-
Kitaguchi Station and take the east exit. About 4 minutes on foot.
Special thanks to all those who gave up their time and energy to make this happen:










Organizing Committee Name
Conference Chair Roger Palmer
Kansai Area Chair Richard Miller
Business planning/sponsors Richard Miller
Conference Handbook Roger Palmer
Essay Contest Greg Rouault
High School Liaison Angus McGregor
International Liaison Tim Denny
Local Liaison/Logistics Rob Higgins
PeaceWorks Slideshow John Einarsen
Proceedings Co-Editors Ryan Richardson, Mike Parrish
Program Chair Zane Ritchie
Publicity/PR (Inter)National Albie Sharpe
Publicity/PR Local Albie Sharpe
Registration Richard Miller, Zane Ritchie
SIG Liaison Richard Silver
Student Interns Brent Jones
Submissions/Vetting Richard Miller
Technical Support Andy Sowter
Treasurer Ryan Richardson
Website Coordinator Zane Ritchie