SCMS ---> Kinema Club

[Eija Niskanen]

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
> >
> >
>
>


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Eija Niskanen
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