KCVIII & NC comments

[Melek Ortabasi]

Thank you to Alex and Markus for all their work! 
The conference and the festival were truly a 
fabulous combination - and went off without a 
hitch (at least as far as I could tell).

I do have something to add in line with Alex's 
remark (which I actually heard from another 
conference participant - I can't take credit for 
this observation). She noted, and I agree, that 
there should have been more publicity about the 
conference at the festival itself. I have no 
doubt that many festivalgoers would have been 
interested in the panels, but there was little 
attendance from that front. I know this was a 
one-shot deal and KC may not be scheduled with 
Nippon Connection again for a while, but it seems 
to me that in any case "synergy" should happen 
both ways, not just on the scholarly end;-) I 
think somehow increasing the audience at panels 
would be something to consider for future KC 
conferences, wherever they may be held.

As a KC newbie, I truly enjoyed meeting folks 
that I knew only from the list, and many others 
as well. It's great to put a face to a name. I 
look forward to attending again in the future.

Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen,
Melek


>Hi,
>
>thanks to everyone for their kind words- it was 
>great to have the KC conference at Nippon 
>Connection, and I hope both the conference and 
>the festival were fruitful for everyone there.
>
>One of the things I somewhat regret in 
>retrospect was not having planned in some 
>discussion at the conference regarding the 
>festival. Nippon Connection, due to the fact 
>that it's organized by volunteers, 
>organizationally a lot more open and flexible 
>than many other festivals. This also makes it 
>easier tp incorporate new projects or implement 
>structural changes (it also makes some changes 
>impossible, but that's a different matter). It 
>would have been great to have a discussion on 
>the current relation between film from Japan and 
>film festivals, or more generally on how (and 
>which) films are presented and handled. And, of 
>course, on how this relates to Nippon Connection 
>specifically. So maybe we can have this kind of 
>dicussion on the list- if there are ideas and 
>comments, or even just impressions, it would be 
>great (and important) to discuss them.
>
>Alex
>
>P.S.
>By the way, parts of the digital program have 
>now already set off on their tour, and anyone 
>interested in screening them can contact me off 
>the list for further infirmation.
>--
>alex at nipponconnection.de
>
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-- 
Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Literature
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY

**Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**