18 May 2005
Government policy on the ‘creative industries’ has highlighted the benefits and the potential for wealth and job creation through raising the profile of those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent. How that talent may be nurtured and channelled through international contact and exposure represents a challenge for both the UK andJapan
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From the introduction of the Western classical tradition to Japan in the Meiji period to the study of Japanese traditional music in the West, the cross-currents of influence have evolved in a range of performance contexts. Music education in Britain has been enriched by the influence of Yamaha and Suzuki methods while Japanese artists and musicians have become central to the international music scene.
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To mark the EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges, this seminar addressed the subject of cultural policy and national identity. How national image and culture may be projected abroad and how cultural policy is adapted to different overseas contexts were explored from the perspectives of the British Council, the German Embassy and the French Institute. The
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Different cultural perspectives on the crafts and different approaches to the production and collection of craft objects were featured in the presentations and discussions.
More infoThe 2005 seminar series, The Arts, Culture and Society in the UK and Japan, focused upon arts management and arts policy issues in theUK andJapan. It considered a variety of themes relating to the arts worlds in both countries, including funding issues, the role of museums, public and private collecting and awarding achievement in the
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This seminar addressed societal change in the UK and Japan through the prism of interpersonal relations and family life. It also highlighted the increase in one-person households and lone-parent families is impacting upon the economic and social framework of both countries.
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This seminar will look to the Baby Boomer generations in the UK and Japan and their changing expectations of the future as they approach retirement and old age.
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This seminar provided a rare opportunity to parallel and to explore different cultural approaches to the subject of death. The specific areas of expertise of our speakers and chairperson contributed complementary perspectives on this important theme.
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This seminar looked at ways in which the design sectors in both countries are developing innovative approaches and solutions to the needs of ageing societies – in the home, in the workplace and in all areas of public life.
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This seminar highighted how Britain and Japan was facing up to the future of work was addressed by our speakers who dealt with both the policy and practice of adapting to a new economic environment.
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