Ecological Memes Forum 2022
AWAI Global Gathering Vol.4
ONLINE FORUM
03.12 − 04.12
2022
-Re-Encountering Animism: How to relate with the world of LIFE -
Humans and nonhumans.
Culture and nature.
Life and nonlife.
The world and I.
We seem distant, yet come close.
We seem one, yet differ.
We draw boundaries, yet might just be drifting in the ambiguous world of awai.
It is time to interweave the East and the West towards a co-thriving future.
We have all seen COVID-19 unravel some of the fundamental limits of our modern society. In particular, the pandemic has shown how cocooned we are in distinctly human affairs and epistemologies.
Now, the urgent questions are: How can we restore our connection to other beings and ourselves? How can we be attentive to and cultivate the conditions for rich emergence beyond the human?
In other words, how can we revitalize the space of awai - an ancient Japanese concept of the plural, ambiguous, and non-dualistic space between selves?
At Ecological Memes Global Forum 2021, Emergence from AWAI: Regenerating Human-Nonhuman Relations, we will be welcoming a wide array of special guests – business leaders, pioneering thinkers, innovative artists – from the world over.
Join us this spring equinox - a cosmic time to pause, listen, and attune ourselves to the grand rhythms of life and the universe.
Let us together be immersed in the world of awai.
Saturday, 3rd December, 2022
10:00 - 10:10 CET
Opening
Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Anthropology × Animism
10:15 - 11:35 CET
Animism at the nexus of anthropology and art: the West and the East, science and religion
Navigator: Okuno Katsumi, Anais Karenin
Art × Mythology
11:40-13:00 CET
Alternative mythology for future folklore
Navigator: Antoine Bertin, Toshiaki Ishikura
Reflective
13:00- 13:15 CET
Reflective Time
Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Sunday, 4th December, 2022
9:50-10:00 CET
Opening
Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Food × Animism × Agriculture × Alchemy
10:10-11:40 CET
Food and Animism: (Re)connecting Body and Soul through Food Health
Navigator: Ruud Hendriks, Yasunobu Tamari
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11:50-12:45 CET
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Reflective
13:00- 13:15 CET
Reflective (in relation to Regenerative Leadership)
Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Sessions
Creative Society in the Age of Symbiosis: Emergence through Non-Self, Chaos, Ku
Navigator: Takashi Iba
Regenerative Leadership: Systemic Transformation, and Dancing with the Rhythm of Nature
Navigator: Giles Hutchins
Panelist: Hiroshi Yamada
Musique Hydromantique
Navigators: Tomoko Sauvage
Calls from Ecosystems: Ecological Perspectives on the Role of Humans
Panelists: Masaru Tanaka, Naho Iguchi, Kanako Uchino
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Navigator: Nile Koetting, Masatake Shinohara
Realm of Resonance in Dark Ecology
Experience of the Spring Equinox with Japanese mountain priest
Navigator: Fumihiro Hoshino
A Sociological Perspective on Invisible Violence: Relational and Pluriversal Ontologies
Navigator: Rolando Vazquez
Human-Star Duet: Helio Compass and Planetary Citizenship
Navigator: Kaichi Sugiyama
Anthropology and Art Beyond the Human: Materiality, Urbanity, Life and Nonlife
Navigator: Lukas Ley
Panelists: Tomoko Sauvage, Taishi Hatayama
Wisdom from Japan: Shugendo and Relational Living
Navigator: Fumihiro Hoshino
pray with Kodou: Imagining the Light of Life
Navigator: Kosuke Matsushima
Business towards Regeneration: A Co-Thriving Future for Humans and Nonhumans
Navigator: Ayumi Matsuzaka
Augumented Ecosystems: Synecoculture's Approach to a Symbiotic Future
Navigator: Masatoshi Funabashi
Tickets
Date
Venue
Languages
18 March − 21 March, 2021 (9:00–13:30 CET)
Online (Zoom)
Japanese & English (Simultaneous Interpretation)
Types of tickets
LIVE
LIVE
LIVE
FA
FA
FA
Generosity: €50 (Standard)
General: €25 (Standard)
Student: €12 (Standard)
Generosity: €300 (Standard)
General: €200 (Standard)
Student: €100 (Standard)
LIVE
Real-time viewing
Full-Archive tickets (FA)
Watch recordings of all sessions at any time later. View also in real time.
In addition, in light of the impact of COVID-19, we have prepared student tickets so that young people can participate regardless of their financial situations.
Further, we would be very grateful to those who decide to purchase generosity tickets - a way for you to support our nonprofit activities in these trying times. Our deep thanks in advance.