Network to Close U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa, Japan

Dialogue Under Occupation conference in Okinawa, Aug 4-8, 2011


(Trailer for the 2010 documentary film, Standing Army, which will be viewed at the conference)

Conference Schedule

○ Aug 4 BusTour (Futenma,/Kadena/ Henoko /Takae)

○ Aug 5 Okinawa International University

9:30-10:30 – Keynote Address Ⅰ : Leevin Camacho(Guam)
“Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”

10:45-11:15 Lawrence Berlin “Exploring Dialogue Under Occupation”
       Concurrent Sessions:Maedomari, Kiyomi
Urgent Report – Weston Watts: “Impacts of Deploying MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa”

11:20-11:50 – Concurrent Sessions: Peter Simpson; Phillip Fiadino; Shimizu, Fumihiko

13:00-14:00 Keynote Address Ⅱ – Iha, Yoichi(Former Mayor Ginowan City)
“The Helicopter Crash at Okinawa International University: A Case Study in Failed Dialogue”

14:15-15:30 – Documentary Film: Standing Army(tentative)

15:40-17:00 Panel Standing Army (tentative)
Leevin Camacho; David Vine; Iha Yoichi; Takazato Suzuyo
Moderator: Abe, Kosuzu

19:00 -Live Performance(Duty Free Shopp. X Kakumakushaka)

○ Aug 6, Sat Okinawa International University

9:00-10:00 School Students Perceptions of the Occupation
Urgent Report: “Koki’s traffic accident and the status Forces Agreement”
Yogi Family Support Group; Ikemiyagi, Toshio

10:00-12:00 Okinawa Historical Film Society
Film: Testimonies of the Battle of Okinawa

Witness Account “Zuisen Girl’s Student Corp” Miyagi Michiyo

13:00-14:15 Forum Kamaduu gwa tachi no tsudoi
“Why Futenma Marine Corps Airbase should be returned to mainland Japan”

15:00-16:30 Panel: Arakaki Tomoko; Shimabukuro, Jun; Fija Byron
“Uchinaguchi: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”

16:40-17:30 Documentary Film: Why Okinawa, Robert and Kinuye Avery

○ Aug 7, Sun Okinawa Christian University

9:30-10:30 Keynote Address – Arasaki Moriteru(Emeritus Prof. of History: “Okinawa and its two occupiers: US & Japan”

10:45-11:15 Concurrent Sessions:Yonaha Keiko、Nashiro Nika

11:20-11:50 Concurrent Sessions: Nakachi KIyoshi
Urgent Report: “Jeju Island (Korea ) in Crisis”
Park Jeong Gyeong Su (Campaign for Eradication of Crimes by U.S. Troops in Korea, Secretary General); David Vine; Okinawa and Korean Solidarity Group Against US Bases/Okinawa Outreach

13:00-14:00 Special Lecture : Yoshida, Kensei
Chalmers Johnson Memorial Lecture: “The End of the Cold War and the Visit to Okinawa That Transformed a Cold Warrior into an Anti-Imperialist”

14:20-16:10 Panel – Before and After Defeat: Japan as the Occupier and the Occupied 1
Tanji, MIyume; Sato Shigeru; Mark E. Caprio; Igor Saveliev

16:30-18:20 Before and After Defeat: Japan as the Occupier and the Occupied 2
Toyoda Maho; Curtis Anderson Gayle; Matthew R. Augustine;Christine de Matos
   
19:30 Live Performance (Mayonaka, Shinya/ Umisedo Yutaka) Eisa(OIU Kajimaya)

○ Aug 8, Okinawa Christian University

9:10-10:10 Keynote Address Ⅳ
Herbert Simons “Teaching the Pedagogies: A Dialectical Approach to Issues of Faculty Advocacy in the University Classroom”

10:30-11:20 Jon Mitchell “Agent Orange on Okinawa”
Moderator: Wakabayashi, Chiyo

11:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions: Daniel Broudy; Tokuyama, Yukinori

13:00-14:30 Olivier Bancoult & David Vine
“The Chagos (Diego Garcia) Struggle”

15:00-16:00 Round Table Discussion
Lawrence Berlin
Key Questions:
What Actions (Educational, Research, Political) Should Follow This Conference?

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Admission: Free (Interpretation E/J available )
Program:¥500

Co-hosted by Okinawa International University and Okinawa Christian University

Conference website

Conference blog

DUOⅤOkinawa: http://dialogueunderoccupation.wordpress.com/duo5oka/

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