THE 7th ACADEMIC FORUM (Pictures)
“Urban Culture as Social Interface”
by
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
and
Urban Research Plaza / Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University
February 16, 2009
9.00 AM - 4.00 PM
at 105, Maha Chula Building, The Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

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Chairs

Prof. Dr. Shin Nakagawa
Department of Asian Culture and Urbanism
Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bussakorn Sumrongthong, Deputy Dean
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University

9.00 AM Opening Speech
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bussakorn Sumromgthong
Chulalongkorn University
9.10 AM Introduction to “Urban Culture as Social Interface” By Prof. Dr. Shin Nakagawa, Department of Asian Culture
and Urbanism, Faculty of Literature and Human
Sciences,Osaka City University,
9.30 AM “Tokyo as a Global Hub of the Cultural Industry: its Competitiveness is Derived from Urban Resources”
By Dr.Seiji Hanzawa : Osaka City University

10.10 AM Break

10.30 AM “The Re-Contexttualization of Lanna Traditional Music In Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.”
By Mr.Thitipol Kanteewong : Faculty of Fine Art,
Chiang Mai University
11.10 AM "Yaoi Comics: Fan Art in Japan"
By Ms.Yu Ishikawa : Osaka City University
11.50PM Lunch (108, Maha Chula Building,
The Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University)
1.00 PM “Bird of Paradise: The Mythical ‘Kinnaree’ to Contemporary Feathery Fashion”
By Dr.Sitthichai Smanchat : Faculty of Applied Arts and
Design, Ubon Rajathanee University
1.40 PM “How Japanese Street Fashion is Shaped? :A Case of Horie in
Osaka City”
By Ms.Natsuki Kawahuchi : Osaka City University

2.20 PM Break

2.40 PM “Lakhon Rong Lek -- Little Theatres”
By Mr.Pichet Klunchun : Artist
3.20 PM “'Contemporalization' of Performing Arts in Thailand”
By Dr.Takako Iwasawa : National Museum of Ethnology
4.00 PM Closing Remark
By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bussakorn Sumromgthong,
Deputy Dean of Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
4.15 PM Closing Ceremony
By Prof. Dr. Masahiko Yamano, Graduate School of
Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University

List of participants of The 7th Academic Forum

Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Shin Nakagawa (chair person, OCU)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bussakorn Sumrongthong (CU)
Prof. Dr. Masahiko Yamano (commentator, OCU)

Speakers
Dr. Seiji Hanzawa (OCU)
Ms. Yu Ishikawa (OCU)
Ms. Natsuki Kawahuchi (OCU)
Dr. Takako Iwasawa (National Museum of Ethnology)
Mr. Pichet Klunchun (Artist)
Mr. Thitipol Kanteewong (Chiang Mai University)
Dr. Sitthichai Smanchat (Ubon Rajathanee University)