Feature Articles: The Actualities of the Community Regeneration in the Local Area
The Process and Results of the Symposium
2010 Volume 22 Pages 5-10
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2010 Volume 22 Pages 5-10
The symposium was held as one of the memorial events of the Okayama University's 60th anniversary. lts objective was that we would know the difficulties of regenerating communities in the depopulated regions, based on the case of Setouchi. Panelists were as follows: Furamu Kitagawa, who is the producer of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial and Setouchi lnternational Art Festival, Motonori Moriya, who supports the nonprofit organization regenerating the communities in Kasaoka islands, and Kenji Muroi, who is a researcher studying the environment problem in Teshima.
The results of the symposium were very fruitful. lt was suggested that the regional and community studies we had been accumulated could contribute toward regenerating communities locating in the periphery and facing many difficulties
