SCMS ---> Kinema Club

[Sarah Teasley]

Dear all,

It's wonderful to see how so many people are privileging the  
opportunity to share and discuss ideas!

One thing that you may want to consider as you approach/find venues:  
I've heard that some universities, for instance the University of  
Tokyo, are implementing similar '10 days of mask-wearing' policies for  
anyone who may tread on campus grounds and has been in a country with  
reported cases, whether for a planned international conference or not.

I don't know how widespread the adoption of such policies affecting  
individuals is, or how they would be enforced, but it might be  
something to keep in mind--and certainly to check--when choosing and  
booking a venue.

Best wishes,

Sarah

PS. I wish that I could join you in Tokyo next week, but will be  
running dissertation workshops in London, thanks to an academic year  
that runs through July.
_______________________________

Sarah Teasley / sarah.teasley at rca.ac.uk



On 13 May 2009, at 13:40, Wei Ting Jen wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've been hibernating from the list due to job demands as a  
> corporate slave. But as luck would have it, I can obtain very good  
> rates for bulk bookings through my company at numerous hotel and  
> serviced apartment properties in Tokyo. Not as idyllic as an onsen  
> in Hakone, but would be convenient and cheap to travel to. (They  
> have conference spaces too, but it won't be free)
>
> Oliver, if you want to drop me a line I can put you in touch with  
> our guys in Tokyo to try and arrange some sort of group accomodation.
>
> Regards,
> Wei Ting
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
> Yoyogi Koen? Or Inokashira - we could drop by at the Ghibli
> Museum...But Fukutake Hall sounds good!
>
> Eija
>
> On 5/13/09, Kukhee Choo <choo.kukhee at iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
> > If anybody needs some space, there is a new Fukutake Hall at the  
> University
> > of Tokyo which I have access to. There is a public space called the
> > "commons" and I have seen a lot of discussion groups doing their own
> > mini-workshops there.
> >
> >  And I think the onsen idea is great. There is a really cheap  
> place in
> > Hakone that has a conference room and everything. I think they  
> accept up to
> > 50 people per group.
> >
> > http://www.shikiresorts.com/institution/kanagawa/forest/forest.html
> >
> >  Just an idea.
> >
> >  Kukhee Choo
> >
> >
> >  amnornes at umich.edu wrote:
> >
> > > Oliver suggests an Kinema Club, and worries that it's stepping on
> > someone's toes. I want to chime in to remind people that Kinema  
> Club has no
> > feet so there are no toes to smush.
> > >
> > > I think it's a splendid idea. Here are the two ways that it  
> could happen
> > under such short notice.
> > >
> > > 1) One or more of our colleagues in Japan could chip in with a  
> space. Even
> > one big space could suffice, as "panels" could be converted into  
> "huddles."
> > Each huddle goes off to a corner and people do their thing.
> > >
> > > 2) A distributed version. People find their own spaces for  
> panels: hotel
> > rooms, restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Put a goodly amount of time  
> between
> > panels. If we didn't think there was enough time to pull this off,  
> then we
> > could centralize it. Between panels everyone meets at, say, the  
> south
> > entrance plaza to Shinjuku Station. People find their huddles, and  
> then peel
> > off to a coffee shop or ramen shop to do it. Needless to say, this  
> makes
> > spectating problematic.
> > >
> > > 3) Weather permitting, do it in a public park. Too late for  
> hanami taikai,
> > but this of course would be easier than anything else. At the very  
> least,
> > the "main reception" could be a picnic with absolutely no fuss. BYO
> > everything.
> > >
> > > I'll add a fourth: everyone stay at an onsen!
> > >
> > > Seems to me Kinema Club has its anarchic nature just for this  
> kind of
> > thing.
> > > Let's do it. I'm willing to put some time into organizing, but  
> could use
> > help.
> > >
> > > We can invite SCMS folk in, see how many there are, and then  
> strategize.
> > Even if there are only five of us, it will be worth it.
> > >
> > > Markus
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Eija Niskanen
> c/o Hirasawa
> Koenji-kita 4-2-10
> Suginami-ku
> Tokyo 166-0002
>

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