Peace as a Global

Language 2013

November 16-17, 2013

Rikkyo University
Niiza Campus

Contents
About PGL
Message from the Organising Committee
General Information
Saturday Schedule
Plenary
Featured Speakers
Posters
Workshops 14:00-15:00
Presentations 14:00-14:30
Presentations 14:40-15:10
Presentations 15:30-16:00
Workshops 15:30-16:30
Presentations 16:10-16:40
Presentations 16:50-17:20
Documentary 17:30-19:30
Sunday Schedule
Plenary
Featured Speakers
Posters
Presentations 10:30~11:10
Workshops 10:30~11:50
Workshops 14:00~15:00
Presentations 14:00~15:30
Presentations 14:40~15:10
Presentations 15:30~16:10
Presentations 16:10~16:40

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About PGL
The Japan-based interdisciplinary conference Peace as a Global Language (PGL) was
conceived in the anxious year following 911, by activists of the Gender Awareness in
Language Education group. Wanting to emphasise peace, feeling very sad and worried,
they envisioneda healing conference devoted entirely to social awareness and socially aware
teaching. Since its first meeting in 2002, PGLopen to activists, aid professionals,
academics and studentshas been held yearly in locations all over Japan, This year it
celebrates its 12thanniversary here at Rikkyo University.

Message from the Organising Committee

We cannot afford to ignore the condition of our fellow passengers on this little
boat. If they are sick, all of us risk infection. And if they are angry, all of us can
easily get hurt.
Kofi Annan,Former Secretary General, The United Nations
In our increasingly interconnected global village, where we live in close proximity to people
from different backgrounds, creeds, genders, ethnicity, orientation and ages, many questions
remain. How should we work toward solving issues that divide our communities, both at the
local and international levels? How can we work together to achieve better ties for all, despite
the multifaceted challenges that everybody faces on a daily basis? This years PGL conference
will examine some of the issues pertaining to achieving and maintaining peace in our families
and communities, and how to bring us closer together to realise our potential to interconnect,
respect and promote recognition for all and a culture of peace, in a time of deepening
inequalities.
This year we are very fortunate to be able to hold the conference at Rikkyo Universitys Niiza
Campus, and look forward to two days of debate and contemplation from a range of experts,
researchers, scholars, and students who are coming together in the interests of increasing
awareness through their own experiences and thoughts regarding many of the problems that
we all share as global citizens on this small boat we call home.
Thank you for your participation at PGL 2013, and we look forward to an unforgettable
weekend with you all.
Zane Ritchie, Chair
Richard Miller, Vice-Chair
Tina Ottman & Michael Parrish, Scheduling & Programming
Hugh Palmer, Publicity & Sponsorship
Daniel Warchulski, Treasurer
Kazuya Asakawa, Executive Advisor & Japanese Coordination on
Zane Ritchie, Webpage/Programme Design

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 Rikkyo Arm bands and badges.
Registration Desk
The PGL 2013 Registration desk is situated in B1 of Building 8 on Saturday and Sunday, and
will be open at the following times:
Saturday: 12:00-13:00
Sunday: 9:30-10:30
Note: If you must register outside of these times, please go to the Help Desk.
Help Desk
The help desk is located near the Elevators on the fourth floor of Building 8. Late attendees
may also register here. Please do ask the staff if you should require anything or have any
problems.
Payment (cash only)
For those paying on site, please note that we will not be able to process credit cards.
Meals & Drinks
Coffee is kindly provided by Oxford. All other meals, including lunch and dinner, can be
purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around the Campus. Ask at
the Help Desk for tips on good places to eat and drink in the local area. They have a good list
of restaurants nearby.
Photocopy Services
If you are using handouts for your presentation, make copies before arriving at the
conference site. Photocopying services are unfortunately not available onsite.
Internet
Wireless Internet is available throughout the conference rooms and hallways. The SSID is:
rikkyo-guest. There is no password needed. Please note that it is not available outside of the
conference areas.
Presentations and Equipment
Presentation rooms are all equipped with large screen TVs or projectors. 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
A short opening address will be made at 12:50p.m. on Saturday, immediately before Ms.
Akemi Shimadas plenary in B1.
Banquet
For those who pre-registered and paid in full, please join us at the Peace Banquet at Kokage
Cafe (next to Subway in the adjacent building) on Saturday from 7:30p.m. following the film.
A limited amount of alcohol will be provided.
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 500 yen. You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference,
or you run the risk of being escorted off the premises.
Cloakroom
A cloakroom service is available in room N846. Student volunteers in that room will record
your name and give you a number in exchange for looking after your bag. Please be sure not
to lose your number.
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted in any of the conference rooms or communal areas. Please smoke
only in designated areas. There are smoking areas are outside the building, clearly marked. If
in doubt ask a staff member.
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 following the conference. We will be sending
out a Call for Papers after the conference.
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

Saturday Schedule
Plenary
Akemi Shimada

13:00-14:00pm (N8B1)

Ainu Youth
This presentation, after giving a brief introduction of the current Ainu situation, will discuss
the origins and activities of the Aotearoa Ainumosir exchange program, a program designed
for indigenous Ainu youth to participate in a study tour of Aotearoa New Zealand to learn
experientially from Maori about their endeavors for cultural survival. It will also outline the
initiatives that have grown out of the experiences of these Ainu youth in Aotearoa in terms of
Ainu language revitalization.

Akemi was born to Ainu parents in Shizunai, Hokkaido, in 1956 and moved to Tokyo in 1976. She
revealed her Ainu identity and began learning Ainu culture when she was 45 years old. She is one of
Tokyos leading Ainu activists and has extensive experience in international exchanges with indigenous
peoples, having participated programs in New Zealand (2009), the United States, Australia, the Sakha
(Yakutia) Republic, and the Russian Federation. Most recently she led an Ainu delegation to study
Maori cultural and political initiatives in New Zealand, sponsored by the Aotearoa/Ainumosir
Exchange Program (AAEP) Committee, of which she is Chair. She is also Vice Chair, World
Indigenous Peoples Network AINU (WIN-AINU) and Representative, Group of Greater Tokyo Ainu
Asking for an Ainu Community House. The latter group was founded by Akemi to implement her
vision of creating a space for learning and sharing among Ainu brothers and sisters.

Featured Speakers
Gerry Yokota

14:00-15:00 (N849)

Engendering Communities of Peace

In this session, Yokota will begin by talking about the benefits of promoting gender literacy as
a form of social capital, as valuable and essential a skill as media literacy, and share her
method of introducing basic concepts of gender theory to non-specialists, as she has
developed them over the years. In the workshop, participants will brainstorm about
communiversity projects, exploring avenues of collaboration between academics and
community activists. The audience is invited to experience the liberating effect that results
from the proactive promotion of awareness of gender dynamics in your community.
Gerry Yokota, a U.S. citizen of Japanese, Austrian and Scottish descent, is Professor of English and
Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies at Osaka University, where she has been teaching since 1989 with a
focus on gender, violence, war and peace. She is also affiliated with the Global Collaboration Center at
Osaka University, and is currently involved in the Community Extension Services Project, especially in
connection with the mixed roots community.

Kip Cates

15:30-16:30 (N849)

Teaching for Peace in the Global Classroom: Information, Inspiration, Action

The challenge of educators to teach for peace has been articulated in UNESCOs
constitution (since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the
defenses of peace must be constructed) and by figures such as Maria Montessori
(establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of
war). This talk will discuss how teachers can empower students in a world of militarism, war
and violence, inspire them with role models working for peace past and present, local and
global and encourage them to put into action their commitment to a world without war.
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 JALTsGlobal 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>

Posters
Posters will be in room N844.
Kip Cates: Promoting International Understanding through an Asian Youth
Forum (AYF)
This poster session will introduce the "Asian Youth Forum" (AYF), a unique series of youth
exchanges for Asian students aimed at promoting international understanding through the
medium of English-as-a-global-language. AYF was founded in 1999 and has been held in
countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, Thailand and the Philippines. The poster
will outline the aims of the AYF, report on previous AYF events, and point out the ways in
which it contributes to peace and intercultural understanding in the Asian region. The poster
will describe the challenges of organising international youth exchanges and their role in
promoting peace.
Kip Cates <www.kipcates.com> is a professor at the Faculty of Regional Sciences of Tottori
University, Japan. He coordinates JALTs "Global Issues" Special Interest Group and publishes its
Global Issues in Language EducationNewsletter. Hes a founder of the Asian Youth Forum and past
chair of TESOLers for Social Responsibility.

Yuma Fujikawa: Pro-Use Produce: An Initiative to Feed Children in Need

This poster presentation describe the presenters experiences on an internship program in
Seattle over the past summer. It outline some of the activities that he undertook at prouseproduce, an NPO located on the grounds of a church in suburban Seattle, where he and two
other young Japanese interns worked for three weeks. They collected and drying fruit for sale
to supermarkets and other retail outlets with the profits being given to children in need. The

poster will outline details of the initiative, and how it inspired him and made him think about
how to contribute to a build a stronger, vibrant community.
Yuma is a third year student at Rikkyo University majoring in welfare. He is very interested in
activities that help create and improve our communities.

Richard Miller: Idle No More: Post Colonial Oppression of First Nations in

Canada
This poster presentation will outline some of the continuing conflicts between the first nations
peoples of Canada and the government from the perspective of a 'Status Indian'. Recently
the 'Idle No More' protests swept the country and there were widespread disruptions along
with disbelief amongst non-native Canadians. The welfare state, which has been an
underlying issue between the first nations and the colonial and postcolonial governments, is
creating a continuity of oppression and conflict. The dichotomy of peace and welfare in
indigenous communities has resulted in an impossibility of achieving peace in post-modernist
Canada due to centuries of colonial oppression and marginalization.
Richard Miller is an associate professor at Kobe Gakkuin University. He earned an MBA and M.Ed.
and is currently a candidate for a doctorate in Political Economy. Born in Canada, he is a status
Indian and a member of the Kitsumkalum tribe/band.

Zane Ritchie: Race relations in New Zealand: Real integration or continued

Assimilation?
This poster presentation will examine relations between the majority Pakeha and the
indigenous Maori minority in New Zealand. Up until the 1970s the Crown pursued a policy
of assimilation of the Maori, before reversing policy to one of integration in the 1970s. This
presentation will examine whether this policy change toward Maori has worked in practice
and whether relations between the two groups today have really improved as much as is
claimed.
New Zealander Zane Ritchie is associate professor at Rikkyo University, and chair of this years Peace
as a Global Language conference. He has been involved as an organizer with the conference series for
many years.

Michele Steele: Traitor or hero?

This poster presentation outlines an activity from a seminar-type course on Media English.
The presenter asked students to pick a strip of paper, each containing one of the following
names: Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden. For the final
presentation, students were to research their selected person, discuss why the person was (or
had been) in the news, what the general response was among the populace, and the students
own opinion. Slides from the students presentations will be shown.
Michele Steele has been teaching English in Japan since 1996, and continues to reside in
Gunma prefecture. Her interests include gender issues, global issues, and peace studies. She
holds a BA in English literature and an MA in linguistics.

Workshops 14:00-15:00
X years after radiation exposure & The Lucky Dragon
Keiko Kikuchi & Katsuyuki Nara

(N848)

Keiko Kikuchi is currently teaching content-based English at three universities. She started
career as public junior and senior high school teacher. Katsuyuki Nara works as high school
English teacher and a university lecturer.
The Climate Reality Project: Climate Change - the greatest potential for global
conflict and our biggest opportunity for global peace!
Andrew Sowter

(N842)

Ninety seven percent of the world's climate scientists agree that climate change is real and
caused by man-made emissions from fossil fuels. The debate has moved from 'if' climate
change will affect humanity to how it will affect humanity. Climate change is a global threat
that requires a global response. Having no respect for national boundaries it poses a threat to
global peace and possibly our survival as a species. This presentation aims to convey the
urgency of the climate reality story and present a solution to this threat that will lead to
greater global equality and peace for the global community.
Andrew Sowter currently works at Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan. Having a scientific
background in environmental sciences, renewable technologies and the resources industry, he wants to
be an agent for positive change through delivering a simple message.

Bringing Gender Issues into the Language Class

Michele Steele

(N845)

What are gender issues, exactly? Students often find that gender issues are really human
issues, topics that concern everyone. Teachers sometimes introduce political or social issues in
their classes without realizing that they are, in fact, gender issues, as well. In this workshop,
participants will generate ideas about what kind of topics they would address in a lesson on
gender issues. An overview of an Intensive Course with a gender-centered theme will be
presented, along with the feedback received from the students at the conclusion of the course.
Michele Steele has been teaching English in Japan since 1996, and continues to reside in Gunma
prefecture. Her interests include gender issues, global issues, and peace studies. She holds a BA in
English literature and an MA in linguistics.

Presentations 14:00-14:30
Youth Engagement for Sustainable Peace: Case Studies From India, the U.S. and
the U.K.
Amardeep Kainth & Sana Saeed

(N841)

Entrusting young people to take community ownership and engage civically on issues
impacting their communities is essential to creating sustainable peace; at the local, national,
and global level. This presentation will share case studies of effective models of youth
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engagement, drawn from work with a wide variety of communities in India, the US, and the
UK. These examples, drawn directly from the field, will show how youth can be positively
engaged to create paradigm shifts across existing boundaries.
Amardeep Kainth and Sana Saeed are Rotary World Peace Fellows at Rotary International and are
based at the International Christian University Peace Centre.

Using TED to Bridge Cultures and Enrich Language

Graham Lavigne & Floyd H. Graham III

(N843)

How can local and foreign students be brought together to learn from each other while being
introduced to some of the most current global issues and profound ideas worth spreading?
Through using TED.com speeches as a content medium, educators can assist students in
discovering the thought-provoking perspectives of their peers and better prepare themselves
to interact in constructive global dialogues. Effective aspects of TED.com will be explained
along with a system to encourage this illuminating exchange. Participants leave the
presentation with the tools to establish this dynamic conversation at their own institutions.
Anthony Lavigne received his MA TESOL from the School for International Training, Vermont USA
and his research interests include curriculum development, global issues, student autonomy, and
critical thinking.
Floyd Graham received his MA in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawaii at
Manoa, USA. His research interests include critical pedagogy, content-based curriculum, and identity.

Presentations 14:40-15:10
Media Literacy in the Japanese EFL Classroom: Teaching Peace through Digital
Citizenship.
Lisa Friedli

(N843)

The history of media inevitably traces the ever expanding circle of public access to
information and modes of communication. This democratizing force, like all forms of power,
demands a certain level of responsibility on the users part. Teaching Japanese students media
literacy fosters the skills they need to engage responsibly and thoughtfully as global citizens,
for example recognition of bias and ethnocentrism. This instils them with a sense of tolerance
and empathy that allows little room for the racism, nationalism or prejudice that fuels global
conflict. With an eye towards global peace, media literacy is an essential skill to cultivate.
With a Ph.D. in French from the University of Washington in Seattle, Lisa Friedli currently teaches
English language, literature and Media studies at the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business.

Volunteer Teaching in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Volunteerism

Tim Newfields

(N841)

What motivates university EFL teachers in Japan to do volunteer teaching overseas? What
impact do their activities appear to have on local teachers and students? This presentation
explores these questions. After introducing several studies on volunteerism, the results of
semi-structured interviews with 15 participants of an EFL seminar by JALT's Teachers
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Helping Teachers SIG and the Bangladesh English Teachers Association is highlighted. Ways
that volunteerism, tourism, and meritocracy intermingle are elucidated. Factors appearing to
foster and/or discourage volunteerism are outlined. The presentation concludes by providing
information about future volunteer projects by JALT's THT-SIG and other NGOs.
Tim Newfields has a MA in TESOL from the School for International Training and has done
volunteer work in the Philippines, Thailand, and Bangladesh. His publications are online at
www.tnewfields.info/

Presentations 15:30-16:00
Building Communities, Cleaning Beaches -bSEEN
Michael Boyce

(N842)

Since 2009, the SurfQuest bSEEN volunteer group has been cleaning the Sangenya Beach
area of Hamamatsu City on the first Sunday of every month from April to November. The
volunteers are an eclectic group of people with varying nationalities and lifestyles, but all with
a common goal. Interestingly, this multi-cultural mixture came about more by accident, than
by design. Simply cleaning beaches and returning home is actually not that much fun for
anyone, so we have worked hard to develop a community by offering free beach yoga and a
vegetarian barbecue after cleaning the beaches.
Michael Boyce is currently finishing up an MA in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding
(NCRP) while lecturing at universities, working in medical technical writing, and volunteering when
he can.

Mediating Community Conflicts When Global Cultures Become Neighbors

Claire Chou Doran

(N841)

Los Angeles is a mosaic of generations of immigrant communities. However, racial tensions

run deep, as demonstrated by the 1992 Los Angeles Riots when overt violence erupted
between African American and Korean communities. As communities diversify, there is a
need for linguistic and cultural translators who can facilitate constructive dialogue in
increasingly layered conflicts. This paper explores (1) cultural and linguistic challenges for
immigrant communities, and (2) how the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
is addressing these local-global issues through innovative conflict resolution services, such as
divorce mediation for intercultural couples to reduce international child abduction.
Claire Doran is a Rotary Peace Fellow at International Christian University pursuing her MA in Peace
Studies. She specializes in community mediation, conflict transformation, and crosscultural
communication.

Native Speakerism in Japan

Sandra Healy

(N843)

The dichotomy between the 'native speaker' and the 'non-native speaker' in foreign language
teaching has a long history, and is a complex social phenomenon situated in the political and
economic climates of institutions and nations. The concept of native speakerism was first
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coined by Holliday (2005) to describe the othering of non-native speaking foreign language
teachers, but this definition seems limited and does not capture the different ways that native
speakerism is expressed in different contexts. This presentation will discuss the issue of native
speakerism in Japan and how it manifests itself and the impact it has on profession life.
Sandra Healy, who hails from the UK, is an associate professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology.

Psychological Characteristics of the Otaku: Their Impact on Japanese Society

and the World
Cecilia B.Ikeguchi

(N845)

What is otaku in relation to manga and animation? What is the psychological behaviour of
otaku individuals? College students and young adults are impacted strongly by this sociopsychological obsession with the imaginary world, causing real, not imaginary, social
problems (Pustz, 1999). The presenter will trace the cultural ramifications of animation,
manga, and the otaku world based on a study on the life and psychological characteristics of
otaku college students.
Prof. Cecilia Ikeguchi has been teaching ESL as well as International & Intercultural Communications
for several years. Her researchs thematic focus is on ICC and includes cross-cultural adjustment,
intercultural adaptation and nonverbal behaviour and their meanings.

Workshops 15:30-16:30
Working poor & unemployment
Toshihiro Yamanishi

(N848)

This presentation demonstrates how important [Work/Profession] is through learning about

The Working Poor and Unemployment through studying the messages found in the lyrics
of popular songs. The instructor asks learners listen to two songs connected with working and
learn about how severe working conditions for full-timers are nowadays for young adults.
Later on, they answered a questionnaire about Working in general and the researcher will
analyzed the results of the answers academically with ANCOVA (Analysis of Co-Variance),
factor analysis, cluster analysis relativity analysis with Pearson-r. The results suggested that
students felt it hard to express their opinions in English and they were also quite interested in
the present severity of the working situation in Japan through English and world news.
Toshihiro Yamanishi is an associate professor of Oyama National College of Technology and aPh.D
Candidate at Osaka University.

Presentations 16:10-16:40
Private Truth, Public Lie: Is Article 9 a Norm, a Security Strategy or Both?
H. Steven Green

(N845)

This presentation examines the meaning of Japans Article 9 from the perspective of
international relations. Claims about the value of Article 9 for world peace re easy to dismiss
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as rationales to justify a strategy of buck-passing, i.e reaping the security and economic
benefits of other states military power without risking Japanese blood or treasure. In this
sense, Article 9 is an example of what IR scholars call a national security myth. The good
news for those who would have the government of Japan sincerely follow Article 9 is that the
myth of pacifism is also a potentially powerful form of ideological blowback that traps
policy makers between losing office and taking at least incremental steps toward creating a
genuine norm of pacifism.
H. Steven Green is an associate professor of International Politics in the Faculty of Law at Toyo
University. He has taught at Oregon State University and was a Monbukagakusho Research Fellow at
the University of Tokyo.

Anatomy of Is: The Metaphysics of Peace

Michael Iwane-Salovaara

(N842)

Conflict is often the interplay of competing narratives. While these narratives often make
truth claims, their real power is in their ability to convince people to believe in the respective
narrative. This presentation will outline an original existential framework from which to
examine narratives that seek to alter or establish the status quo. This framework works within
or between that which can be measured and that which cannot: in other words, the physical
and the metaphysical. Examples will range from current world events to issues within the workplace.
Michael Iwane-Salovaara is an EFL lecturer at Momoyama Gakuin University. He has an unending
fascination with what is observed, experienced, and understood.

Peace Education at the University Level: Towards the Creation of a Dynamic

International Learning Environment
James Daniel Short

(N843)

This presentation will examine some of the challenges and opportunities facing peace
educators at universities in Japan. Tracing the development of the new Peace Studies course
at Toyo University, which deals with issues in peace learning, it will describe the process of
curriculum design and classroom implementation of this course, and the subsequent lessons
learned from this experience. In particular this includes the challenge of identifying effective
means of delivering intellectually-demanding content to students whose native language is not
English, and devising teaching methods which will capture and maintain the interest of
foreign exchange students who are simultaneously studying the same content as their Japanese
counterparts.
James Short holds a Masters and PhD in Education for International Understanding from Hiroshima
University. Following the completion of a PhD, he worked at the UN office in Hiroshima and since
2008, has been teaching in the Faculty of Law at Toyo University.

Blood Diamonds and Other Precious Stones

Anthony C. Torbert

(N841)

What gives something value? How is a price agreed upon for an item whose only purpose is
to decorate or display wealth? Throughout the developing world mining plays a big role, and
when it comes to gemstones the track record is not good. Despite international efforts to
reduce the impact of so-called blood diamonds (and other precious stones), wars continue
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to be funded in part by illegal trade in such commodities. Young people today are exposed to
a lot of bling, and its worth encouraging students to develop a critical view of such
adornment and to explore the issues, rather than take the trends at face value.
Anthony Torbert has been researching and teaching about commodities in a Japanese university for a
number of years. He is very interested in producing scaffolded content for lower level learners.

Presentations 16:50-17:20
Conflict Transformation in the Educational Environment and Beyond
Michael Boyce

N841

Throughout our lives we have been told to stop fighting. This is very sound advice, but it also
steers us away from addressing the reasons why we may be feeling the urge to fight to begin
with. Conflict has been given a bad reputation, when in fact conflict has never been the real
problem. Conflict is neither good nor bad, it is in fact the way that we choose to perceive and
respond to conflict that leads us to positive evolution or pain. With conflict management
education and training we can access the hidden opportunities for understanding within all
conflict.
Michael Boyce is currently finishing up an MA in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding
(NCRP) while lecturing at universities, working in medical technical writing, and volunteering when
he can.

Thinking About Systems: An Indirect Approach

Hugh Graham-Marr

(N842)

Only through considerations of systems of power and through envisioning different

arrangements can we genuinely work towards systems that promote peace and focus on the
welfare of the populace. Yet such considerations threaten the people and institutions who
most benefit from current arrangements and who often set educational directions, and so
unsurprisingly low on the agenda of many curriculum designers. Fortunately for educators
working towards social justice, many areas of studycultural exchange and critical thinking
among themare being actively promoted for narrower reasons of economic and national
interests, naturally leading to wider consideration of systems as a whole.
Hugh Graham-Marr has been teaching and thinking about teaching English for over 20 years. He is
also co-owner of the publishing house, Abax.

The Karbala Effect: How an ancient conflict threatens peace in Japan today
Richard Miller

(N845)

The secular differences in the Middle East have the potential to cause a disruption to the flow
of oil through the region and into the rest of the world. This presentation will explain the
1400 year origins of the conflict and through the ages. A brief discussion of the more recent
and ongoing conflicts will be explained and the potential for more. The presentation will then
conclude with an account of the importance of this area for the rest of the world, in
particular Japan, with respect to the hydrocarbons imported from the region.

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Richard Miller is an associate professor at Kobe Gakuin University. He earned an MBA and M.Ed.
and is currently a candidate for a doctorate in Political Economy. Born in Canada, he is a status
Indian and a member of the Kitsumkalum tribe/band.

Gender and militarism in Singers in the Band

Tina Ottman

(N848)

(Documentary introduction & background)

This presentation will prove a brief introduction and background information to the
documentary Singers in the Band which will be screened at 17:30.
Tina Ottman is a peace studies researcher focusing on the role of trauma in conflict. She has been
lecturing at Japanese universities for 18 years; this is the fourth time for her to serve on the organizing
team of the Peace as a Global Language conference series.

Making a walkable society

Ayano Shoji

(N849)

The presenter will focus on the community, defined as a walkable place for people. People in
Tokyo usually use official transportation, for example, trains and buses, and walk everyday to
school, work, and home. The presenter learned this summer how encourage people to walk
and make places better to walk in though internship at an organization that recommends
people to walk in Seattle. Making a walkable society, the community will be more connected
and a better place, and also we can get great positive effects.
Ayano Shoji is a third year student at Rikkyo University majoring in community development. This
summer, she studied social innovation and entrepreneurship in the US and Canada.

The World Through Music

Susan Laura Sullivan

(N843)

University students and young adults nearly always have one thing that connects them, music.
In Japan, mainstream music tends to be Japanese, Korean and English-lyric pop. Using the
Putumayo World Music Site, this presentation explores how gaining knowledge of music
throughout the world develops students global knowledge and intercultural connections.
Susan Laura Sullivan teaches comparative culture at Aichi University. She has taught in Australia,
New Zealand, Oman and Japan, and found in her travels that peace should be a global language.

Documentary 17:30-19:30
Singers in the Band

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Sunday Schedule
Plenary
Dr. John T. Denny

13:00-14:00 (N8B1)

Empowering a Nation: Some Thoughts on the Process of Transforming Myanmar from a

Pariah State into a Member of the Global Community
This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about. Rudyard Kipling, Letters from the
East (1898). Myanmar remains largely mysterious to the outside world, despite the process of
political reform that began with the so-called democratic elections in 2011 and the release in
November 2010 of one of the worlds most famous political prisoners, Nobel Peace Prize
winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The presenter will shed expert insight into recent
developments both of the positive and negative kind. A personal perspective on some of the
major issues (conflict, segregation, economic drive and international recognition) that may
confront a secure and sustainable future for Southeast Asias second largest nation will also be
given by Tim Denny, who lived in the in the nations largest city, Yangon (Rangoon), during
the tumultuous changes of 2010-2011.

Denny (Tim) is an educator with some 25 years experience as a post-secondary level teacher,
administrator and project manager. Of his approximate twenty-years of overseas work, he spent six
years teaching in Japanese universities from the 1990s to the early 2000s. Having left the teaching
profession in 2005 he embarked on a career in international development working as a consultant with
UNESCO, UNESCAP, the Asian Development Bank and is now with UNICEF in Myanmar. In
Myanmar, Tims role focuses mainly on the two key areas of teacher education and the process of
education decentralization, which are increasingly crucial in the ongoing process of education reform
in that country.

Featured Speakers
George Jacobs

15:30-16:10 (N848)

Promoting Peace Through Eating More Plant Foods

Consumption of meat and other animal based foods, such as dairy and eggs, is on the rise
globally. This interactive presentation will discuss three ill effects of this increased
consumption of animal based foods. Then, the presentation will propose that we seek to
instead increase consumption of plant based foods in order to boost human health, protect
the environment, and show kindness to our fellow animals. It will conclude with suggestions
on how to ease into dietary changes.
George Jacobs has a long history in language teaching both in Asia and in the Western Hemisphere.
In addition to teaching, George has also published books for both students and teachers, as well as
articles for teachers. For teachers, Georges main topics have been cooperative learning, reading, and
global education. He helped established the Social Responsibility interest section in the international
TESOL organization. George also serves on the boards of the International Vegetarian Union, the

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Extensive Reading Foundation, and the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in
Education.

Posters
Posters will be in room N844
Idle No More: Post Colonial Oppression of First Nations in Canada
Richard Miller

This poster presentation will outline some of the continuing conflicts between the first nations
peoples of Canada and the government from the perspective of a 'Status Indian'. Recently
the 'Idle No More' protests swept the country and there were widespread disruptions along
with disbelief amongst non-native Canadians. The welfare state, which has been an
underlying issue between the first nations and the colonial and postcolonial governments, is
creating a continuity of oppression and conflict. The dichotomy of peace and welfare in
indigenous communities has resulted in an impossibility of achieving peace in post-modernist
Canada due to centuries of colonial oppression and marginalization.
Richard Miller is an associate professor at Kobe Gakkuin University. He earned an MBA and M.Ed.
and is currently a candidate for a doctorate in Political Economy. Born in Canada, he is a status
Indian and a member of the Kitsumkalum tribe/band.

Race Relations in New Zealand: Real Integration or Continued Assimilation

Zane Ritchie
This poster presentation will examine relations between the majority Pakeha and the
indigenous Maori minority in New Zealand. Up until the 1970s the Crown pursued a policy
of assimilation of the Maori, before reversing policy to one of integration in the 1970s. This
presentation will examine whether this policy change toward Maori has worked in practice
and whether relations between the two groups today have really improved as much as is
claimed.
Zane Ritchie has been living in Japan for over 20 years. He has been teaching at the university level in
Japan since 1995 and currently teaches a content-based syllabus in welfare at Rikkyo University.

Global Environmental Governance as a Means to Achieve Environmental

Peace-Making
Masatoshi Yokota

This poster presentation explores the pathway for environmental peace-making. To examine
this purpose, this study focuses on global environmental governance (GEG) architecture, in
which various actors, such as NGOs, businesses, and local actors, cooperate to solve global
environmental issues. In addition, among the various types of architectures for global
environmental governance, we look at bottom-up types of GEG that emphasize the role of
transnational actors. This paper focuses on climate change issues as case study of this type of
GEG. The current situation and challenges are looked at through an examination of case
studies. Finally, this poster presentation explores the possibility of GEG for achieving an
environmentally sustainable world.
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Masatoshi Yokota is a junior associate professor in political science in the Faculty of Science and
Technology at Tokyo University of Science, Japan. His major research interests are environmental
politics and global governance.

Presentations 10:30~11:10
The Yamba Dam: Consequences for a Rural Community
Hugh Palmer

(N841)

This session will present an overview of the status of one of the most expensive dams ever
planned in Japan, the Yamba Dam in Naganohara, Gunma prefecture. The history of the
still-unresolved disputes involving the various ministries and governmental organisations
backing the project, environmental groups, and local citizens will be presented, as well as the
present state of the dam project. The latest developments (completion of the dam was
delayed for the fourth time in August 2013) will also be highlighted, and possible future
outcomes and consequences for disputes involving future large scale civil engineering projects
in Japan will be discussed.
Hugh Palmer has an MA in Applied Linguistics from MacQuarie University and has been teaching
ESL in Japan for over 20 years, His research interests are pragmatics, loanwords, multi-media and
rural depopulation.

Releasing Potential Empowerment Through Universal Laws

Roberto Rabbini

(N842)

The presenter will share leading edge research from the fields of quantum physics and the
Law of Attraction. This information has the potential to empower people to have, be or do
everything and anything they desire. The concept of the Four Steps to Learning from
unconscious incompetence through to unconscious competence will also be described. These
steps are a key element in the process of absorbing any new information or data, and are
foundational for both students and teachers alike. Ultimately, with this knowledge, happiness
and peace will increase whilst fear and violence will diminish as global ties are developed.
Roberto Rabbini is an associate professor at Tokai University, co-director of EFL publishing company
English Education Press and co-host of the 1st ESL/EFL podcast in Japan, The Bob 'n Rob Show.

Teaching Local Japanese University Students to Think Globally

Floyd H. Graham III & Anthony Lavigne

(N843)

With the increasingly globalized nature of our world, the resultant interconnectivity it breeds,
and Englishs role as a lingua franca, introducing global issues and their possible solutions has
become imperative in EFL classrooms. In order to effectively prepare students to work
collaboratively and develop the cognitive dexterity to face tomorrows challenges, EFL
instructors must create student-centered classes that challenge learners to think creatively and
critically. The presenters will introduce their medium of current global issues content and
highlight cooperative learning activities that foster collaboration, inquiry, and autonomy,
generating students who are better prepared to understand and participate in global affairs.

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Floyd Graham received his MA in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawaii at
Manoa, USA. His research interests include critical pedagogy, content-based curriculum, and identity.
Anthony Lavigne received his MA TESOL from the School for International Training, Vermont USA
and his research interests include curriculum development, global issues, student autonomy, and
critical thinking.

Peace Education at Minami-Alps Childrens Village Elementary School

Motoko Abe

(N845)

The themes of peace or global issues have been often found in English textbooks in
Japanese secondary education recently, however, little research has been conducted on young
childrens perception of the issues. The presentation will talk about a unit lesson with the
theme of landmine victims for 1st through 6th graders at Minami-Alps Childrens Village
Elementary School and discuss their perception of the issue as a case study.
Motoko Abe is an assistant professor at Kogakuin University, Lecturer at Minami-Alps Childrens
Village Elementary School. His research focuses include international education, teacher education,
and primary English teaching.

Workshops 10:30~11:50
Face, Form and Formation
Wilson S. Chua

(N848)

The Far Eastern University Angel C. Palanca Peace Program (ACP3). is the only university in
Manila with an active and dynamic Peace Center for fifteen years. Peace Education there
operates with an inter-disciplinary approach, using reflective pedagogy and group dynamics
methods as a means to convey and understand peace issues. There is a regular training
program for teachers from different academic levels to become facilitators of peace education
and for peace advocacy. The Peace Center offers peace education workshops, peace essay
writing contests, peace painting competitions, out-reach programs for indigenous groups,
training participants to become peace builders in their communities and conducting interfaith
prayers for peace.
Wilson Chua is a full professor at Far Eastern University Philippines, and Vice-President for
UNESCO APNIEVE (Asia Pacific Network for International Values and Values Education) He is also
a Trustee of Angel C. Palanca C. Peace Program Foundation.

Using Tandem Learning to Explore National Identity in the Classroom

John Honisz-Greens

(N849)

This workshop introduces and deals with the increasingly important issue within the EFL the
classroom of identity and national identity. The notion of auto- and hetero-stereotypes will be
discussed and how through the use of tandem learning projects learners can become more
self-aware and understanding of these stereotypes, and thereby more able to become not just
language users, but better inter-cultural communicators. This workshop will provide an
introduction for those new to the area and highlights what basic considerations teachers

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should be aware of and the role they should take when introducing identity awareness raising
tasks.
John Honisz-Greens is a full-time adjunct lecturer at Rikkyo University. His current research interests
include issues in curriculum and materials development, ELT management practices, teacher training,
and vocabulary acquisition.

Workshops 14:00~15:00
BFP, Bridge for Peace - learning from the past and working for the future with
the video interviews of former Japanese soldiers
Kazuya Asakawa & Yuki Natsui

(N841)

The Bridge for Peace has a ten-year history as an established NPO. The founder, Ms. Jin, tells
of her initial experiences in the Philippines, where she was accused by villagers who were
victimized by the Japanese army during World War II. Unable to forget these experiences she
made this film about elderly people who have suffered due to their war experiences. BFP has
conducted workshops in colleges and high schools in Japan, the Philippines, Korea, and
Thailand. In this workshop, the film will be shown and there will be a Q & A session.
Kazuya Asakawa is a professor at Tokaigakuen University, Nagoya, Japan. He has developed teaching
materials on peace, human rights, environment and development issues and promotes participatory
methodologies in foreign language education.
Yuki Natsui is a volunteer staff member of Bridge for Peace (BFP). He has conducted workshops at
senior high schools and colleges using the video clips of interviews. The workshops were also held in
Korea and Thailand to reconcile and build a mutual understanding.
A Path to Empowerment - A Case of People Living in a Cemetery

Ivan Botev, Yuko Kobayakawa, Kentaro Hoshi, Akira Yaginuma, Yudai Sato &
Kazuki Takagi

(N842)

In Barangay Lorega San Miguel, a community located in Cebu City, the Philippines, there
exists a cemetery with 400 families and hundreds of domestic animals. The Cebu City
Government could no longer tolerate the poor environment of Lorega and introduced a
socialized housing program with NGO Gawad Kalinga as a house-building partner. No one
in the cemetery liked the idea; no one wanted to change their lifestyle. What happened and
how, will be described by the group. The presenters will speak about their experiences in
helping improve the lives of people residing in a cemetery in the city of Cebu, Philippines.
Botev and Kobayakawa are professors at Toyo University's Department of Regional Development
Studies. The rest of the team is comprised of students from the department.

Sustainable Community Volunteering

Warren Decker

(N849)

In this collaborative workshop the presenter will encourage participants to share ideas about
sustainable volunteering in their own communities. How can we create volunteer programs
that are sustainable ecologically and also sustainable in terms of being mutually beneficial for
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volunteers and the broader community? To open the discussion, Decker will present about his
ongoing efforts to create a sustainable community volunteer program which involves
university student volunteers teaching foreign language and international understanding at a
local elementary school. Please come and share your ideas.
Warren Decker is a teacher in the Learning Support Centre at Momoyama Gakuin University in
Osaka. He develops experiential learning programs which include gardening, baking, and
volunteering.

Promoting Peace Through Education: A Pathway for the Culture of Peace

Naoko Kakuta

(N845)

ERIC, an educational NPO based in Tokyo, have translated Navarro-Castro and NarioGalaces Peace Education: a Pathway for the Culture of Peace into Japanese. While
translating, its strong commitment of Christianity gave them pause. Do I have such a strong
position? If not, can I teach peace? If such a strong commitment is a must for peace
educators, it will be very difficult to promote peace education in Japan. What do you need to
be a peace educator? Through this workshop, the presenter would like to gather ideas for
additional chapter for better promotion of peace education in Japan. Naoko Kakuta is a
senior facilitator for sustainability, global education and international understanding through
participatory approaches and is currently with International Education Resource and
Innovation Center (ERIC) in Tokyo.
Lessons From the TEPCO Nuclear Accident: What Should Know and What Can
We Do?
Keiko Kikuchi & Katsuyuki Nara

(N848)

After nearly two and a half years, the critical situation of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plants continues to persist. The presenters will examine the issue of teaching energy and
nuclear power issues in content-based university English classes. Myths and facts about the
accident and energy issues; students responses to the event compared to adults; how to cope
with radiation; what we should know about more sustainable energy and what we can do for
our future.
Keiko Kikuchi is currently teaching content-based English at three universities. She started career as
public junior and senior high school teacher.
Katsuyuki Nara works as high school English teacher and a university lecturer.

Presentations 14:00~15:30
Global Disease or Local Disease? International Terminology of Autism and
Developmental Disorders
Yasushi Miyazaki

(N843)

Autism and Developmental Disorders (in Japanese, Hattatsu Shogai), originally a medical
terminology for medical human development, has received increasing attention from the
public. In addition to being a part of medical terminology, Developmental Disorders are now

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part of the discourse of special education, administration, and legislation. This presentation
will discuss how the discourse of citizens in different countries is shaped by changing
terminology and concepts of disease, and how this affects "disability" per se and the wellbeing of people.
Yasushi Miyazaki is a graduate of Kansai University of International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin
University, and Nihon Fukushi University. He also completed the Certificate of Advanced Study in
Disability Studies at Syracuse University. Most recently, Miyazaki is studying in the Social Inquiry
Certificate program at Kwansei Gakuin University's School of Sociology.

Presentations 14:40~15:10
Language Choice and Political Preferences in Ukraine: Can Language Unite the
Nation?
Bogdan Pavliy

(N843)

Ukraine became an independent state more than 20 years ago, but the country is still split
between two political and cultural spaces: European and Russian. It is unclear whether the
Ukraine can remain as one state, or is bound to be divided into two or more smaller states or
assimilated by Russia. As language forms personality and influences the way people perceive
reality, the native language of the members of a community has a great effect on its political
preferences. In states like Ukraine, where most communities are bilingual, the deliberate
choice of language for daily use can be determinative for the political choices of the people,
communities and regions.
Bogdan Pavliy was born in the Ukraine and earned an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from
the University of Leicester. He has been teaching in Japan for 10 years. Currently he is a full-time
lecturer (English, Russian) and an academic advisor at Toyama University of International Studies.

Presentations 15:30~16:10
Peace Education in the Language Classroom
Pania Lincoln

(N849)

Discussion and workshop to find concrete ways of bringing Peace Education into the
language classroom, focusing mainly on adult learners. Starting with a basic overview of the
fundamental philosophies and methodologies of peace education, we will then look at how
these can be incorporated into the language learning environment in separate, integrated and
infused levels.
Pania Lincoln is an international coordinator at the Japan-based NGO Peace Boat and trainer of
professionals in the areas of language instruction, peace education and intercultural communication.

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What High School Students Think of the Japanese Constitution: A Survey of

Their Attitudes.
Katsuyuki Nara

(N845)

There are pros and cons to the proposed amendments to the Japanese Constitution. The
current Cabinet is even considering introducing the right to collective self-defense into its
policy. The Japan Senior High School Teachers Union conducted a students attitude survey
of the supreme law in November 2012, covering 10,000 students. Question items included:
Do you support revision of the Constitution? Do you agree to proposed amendments to
Article 9? Do you think the Self-Defense Forces are unconstitutional? Do you think peoples
basic human rights are actually respected? Informative and stimulating results were obtained
in the survey. The presenter will explore challenges to Japans education system taking into
account the survey results.
Katsuyuki Nara is currently with Shiraume-Gakuen University as research fellow and has also taught
at various universities in the Tokyo area in the past.

Commiseration vs. Conflict in the Aftermath of March 11, 2011

Ted Quock

(N842)

Art is subjective, but do differing reactions simply reflect differences in taste? The 2011
Tohoku disasters inspired thousands of editorial cartoons and original artwork by
professionals and amateurs from around the world. While grief often brings people together,
some of these works elicited quite sharp reactions, and for various reasons. In this workshop,
participants will give their reactions to various pictures, and then brainstorm and discuss some
reactions from that time.
Ted Quock is a Professor of English Communication at Keisen University. He spent over 10 years
with Simul Academy and Columbia University Teachers College. His academic area of interest is
Western Humour.

Why Peace Talks Failed Political Negotiations Between the Philippine

Government and the Moro Rebels
Travis Ryan Delos Reyes

(N841)

This paper is limited to the GRP-MNLF-MILF peace talks and agreements in the hopes of
solving the territorial disputes in Mindanao. The main focus of this paper is an analysis of the
failure of the peace talks that have traversed the administrations from former Presidents
Corazon Aquino to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the years 1986 to 2004. To analyze this
negotiation, the carrot-and-stick approach is used to see the how the Philippine government
responds to such a crisis. Based on this approach, two episodic facets were formulated to
understand further government actions in terms of its conciliation abilities. This paper ends
with lessons learned and future recommendations.
Travis Delos Reyes is a PhD candidate in Public Administration at Cotabato City State Polytechnic
College. Recently, he received his MA in Peace Studies at the International Christian University,
Tokyo, Japan.

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The Multiculturalism Debate

Daniel Warchulski

(N843)

Beginning with Canada in the 1970s, various nations implemented and mandated measures
and policies that promote multiculturalism. However, multiculturalism has recently been
confronted and challenged with the unfortunate result of it being abandoned by a number of
governments throughout the world.
This presentation will explore the future of
multiculturalism as an ideology and official policy, with reference to its success in the
Canadian context.
The presenter will propose that the recent backlash against
multiculturalism represents a threat to peace and the peaceful co-existence of cultures and
communities.
Daniel Warchulski is a lecturer at Rikkyo University. His previous work experience includes being
employed at various high schools in Japan where he promoted intercultural understanding and
cultural diversity.

Presentations 16:10~16:40

Prisoners of the mind: Collective trauma and the Israel/Palestine conflict

Tina Ottman

(N842)

The World Health Organizations 2001, 2002 and 2003 reports highlight the impact of war
and violence on health, specifically on mental health. Yet as the intractable Israel-Palestine
conflict continues, non-stakeholders may be perplexed at the parties persistent refusal to
make necessary political and territorial compromises. The parties narratives, repeatedly
rehearsed, make exceptional claims to a history of catastrophic events that has created deep
suffering and disruption; individually and collectively, the rehearsers remain frozen in critical
states of intrapsychic conflict, a collective trauma that precludes further political
engagement. This presentation will elucidate the evolving nature of trauma as an evolving
signifier and its impact on mutual (mis) perceptions in the Middle East region.
Tina Ottman is a peace studies researcher on the role of trauma in conflict. She has been lecturing at
Japanese universities for 18 years; this is the fourth time for her to serve on the organizing team of the
Peace as a Global Language conference series.

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PGL 2013 Room Layout

Building 8 (Fourth Floor). Used for the main conference.

Building 8 B1 (Basement). Used for registration, plenaries, and documentary

only.

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