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Co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, the interactive online workshop 'Mitigation of Climate Change Impact on North Delta & Alexandria Cultural Heritage into a Global Environmental Context' was held on January 13 and 14, 2024.

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Workshop Report (Author: Dr. Mohamed Soliman)

On January 13 and 14, 2024, an interactive online workshop on "Mitigation of Climate Change Impact on North Delta & Alexandria Cultural Heritage into a Global Environmental Context" was held. The workshop was organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, and the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage (DMUCH) of Ritsumeikan University, as well as the International Geodesign Collaboration (IGC), JSPS-Cairo Office, and (EECE)-Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST).

The workshop addressed climate change impacts, promoting renewable energy and resilient infrastructure for a just transition. It highlighted activities like energy consumption, land use changes, and transportation as major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, driving climate change. The objective was to make action and understanding to mitigate these effects.

The consequences of climate change are far-reaching, encompassing rising global temperatures, water and food scarcity, biodiversity loss, health risks, extreme weather events, sea level rise (SLR), poverty, and displacement. In order to mitigate these effects, solutions must focus on reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations. Implementing policies and investment strategies to decrease emissions and enhance carbon sequestration rates should consider the diverse geographic, cultural, and political contexts. Preserving and improving ecosystems, alongside other carbon-absorbing systems, are essential for maintaining consistent global carbon-negative progress, wherein the extraction of carbon from the atmosphere exceeds emissions on a daily, annual, and decade-long scale.

For these reasons, the workshop had focal objectives that included building two sustainable scenarios compatible with 2030 and 2050 SDGs strategies, identifying actionable measures for enhancing global climate challenges for urban mobility, improving environmental ecosystems, and managing cultural heritage climate resilience. Community engagement and establishing a network of stakeholders who can contribute effectively to the formulation and implementation of a mitigation plan for the climate change of Alexandria and North Delta were also one the main objectives of the workshop, as this collaborative approach ensures that diverse perspectives and expertise are included in the planning process, in addition to capacity building, to enhance the skills of interdisciplinary researchers and emerging leaders in utilizing the Geodesign methodology for addressing the Global Climate challenge (GC), as all the participants will receive a comprehensive scientific and technological support, including access to Esri and Geodesign hub software, through a series of webinars and tutorials, that enables them to apply the conceptual framework and practical tools of Geodesign effectively.

The workshop was supported by partners from various entities interested in research and keen on finding solutions to decrease the risks, sustain the resources, and save the planet. These supporters were: DMUCH and ARC at Ritsumeikan University, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Inc., International Geodesign Collaboration (IGC), The Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development GmbH, EECE-Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), and The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Mohamed Soliman (Visiting Collaborative Researcher, Ritsumeikan University), Prof. Keiji Yano (College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University), and Prof. Carl Steinitz (Harvard University), with the assistance of a diverse project team led by Dr. Soliman and Prof. Yano. This team included Prof. Heidi Shalaby (Head of the Central Administration for Technical Affairs, National Organization for Urban Harmony, Egypt), Ms. Raghda El-Nezory (Department of Historic Cairo, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Dr. Nermine Moustafa (National Egyptian Museum of Civilization (NMEC)), Ms. Doaa Ali (Alexandria Department, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), and Dr. Marwa Hafez (Alexandria Governorate), and an environmental team at E-JUST led by Prof. Mona Gamal Eldin, Dean of the School of Energy Resources, Environmental, and Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering (EECE), Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST).

In order to make the best of this workshop, the supporters collaborated with stakeholders from different sectors and organizations, such as the Alexandria Governorate, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA), the Syndicate of Engineers-Alexandria, and Raquda Foundation for Art and Heritage. Hence, the actual stakeholders were represented by more than 30 participants assigned in four working groups to reach the best opportunities for mitigating climate change.

The workshop had 30 participants representing several entities in Egypt and two participants from Japan, including universities, institutes, offices of the government sector, health centres, and private firms. The participating entities from Egypt were EECE, Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST), Helwan University, Alexandria University, Ministry of Tourism & Antiquitis (MoTA), Ministry of Social Solidarity, Alexandria Governorate, Western District, Administration of Planning and Urban Development, German Archaeological Institute Cairo (DAI-Kairo), San Stefano Health Center, Al-Muntaza Medical Area, Tail & Partners Law Firm, and Raquda Foundation for Art and Heritage, from Egypt, while the participants from Japan were from Nagasaki University.

The open workshop "Surface and Depth of the Domestic Sphere in East Asian Art" was held at Ritsumeikan University on November 16, 2023, as part of the Art Research Center research project "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing the ARC Database" led by ARC faculty member Prof. Yumi Takenaka under the Program for Supporting Research Center Formation.

The project aims to study arts and visual culture in East Asia related to the concept of "Ie," which encompasses housing, households, family, and family genealogy within the "Domestic Sphere," juxtaposed to the "Public Sphere".

The theme of this open workshop was "Omote and Oku," which focuses on "surface and depth" aspects of spatial representations and also addresses issues related to the physical, social, and psychological dual structure of the "Ie," with its outward-facing aspects open to the outside, and inner aspects closed off from it.

In addition to an invited lecture by Professor Emeritus Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (Free University of Berlin) and individual research presentations, an open discussion was held.

Organizer: Project of "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database", Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University

Co-organizer: Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

Date & Time: November 16 (Thur), 2023, 13:00-18:00
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Gakujikan Hall 2F, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University
Language: Japanese (with English abstract) and English (with Japanese script)

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"Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database"

Date & Time: November 16 (Thur), 2023, 13:00-18:00
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Gakujikan Hall 2F, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University
Language: Japanese (with English abstract) and English (with Japanese script)

The Art Research Center research project "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing the ARC Database" aims to study arts and visual culture in East Asia related to the concept of "Ie," which encompasses housing, households, family, and family genealogy within the "Domestic Sphere," juxtaposed to the "Public Sphere".

The theme of this open workshop is "Omote and Oku," which focuses on "surface and depth" aspects of spatial representations and also addresses issues related to the physical, social, and psychological dual structure of the "Ie," with its outward-facing aspects open to the outside, and inner aspects closed off from it.

In addition to individual research presentations and an invited lecture by an overseas guest speaker, an open discussion will be held.

→ Program

Organizer: Program for Supporting Research Center Formation "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database"-Project, Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University

Co-organizer: Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

As part of the international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880' (「上方文化サロン：人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880」), which is supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a hybrid summer workshop was held at the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.

The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.

Date: July 29 (Sat), 2023, 14:00 - 18:00 JST (6:00 - 10:00 BST)

Venue: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University & online via ZOOM

Program:

14:00 - 14:05 Opening Remarks / Akiko Yano (Mitsubishi Corporation Curator, Asia Department, The British Museum)

14:05 - 14:20 Nobuo Nakatani (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University) / Title:サロン展の面白さと外からの批判

14:20 - 14:35 Keizo Akeo (Professor, Department of Public Affairs, Osaka University of Commerce) / Title: 大阪画壇の現状と今後

14:35 - 14:50 Yoshinobu Hirai (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) / Title: 京都国立近代美術館と大坂画壇

14:50 - 15:05 Taro Ida (Professor, Department of Literature, Kindai University) / Title: 大坂／大阪／Osaka

15:05 - 15:20 Akiko Yano (Mitsubishi Corporation Curator, Asia Department, The British Museum) / Title: 京阪サロン文化の豊かさを伝えるために

15:20 - 15:50 Discussion

15:50 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 16:20 Ellis Tinios (Honorary Lecturer, School of History, University of Leeds) / Title: デジタル利用の有効性と注意点

16:20 - 16:40 Bettina Gramlich-Oka (Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia University) / Title: 日本の人名データベースの分析紹介

16:40-17:00 Sophie Gong (The British Museum) / Title: サロンデータベースの応用

17:00 - 17:20 Ryo Akama (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University) / Title: 京坂文化Salonのオンライン研究空間

17:20 - 17:50 Discussion

17:50 - 18:00 Closing Remarks / Ryo Akama (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

※This was a closed workshop.

As part of the international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880'--supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and JSPS--a hybrid workshop will be held on July 29 (Sat).

※This is a closed workshop. If you like to make an inquiry to participate, please send an e-mail to:

r-darc(at)st.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace 'at' with @)

The interactive workshop 'Sustainable Geodesign of Downtown Alexandria: Egypt Vision 2030' will be co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

Venue: Library Theatre, Fayza Abulnaga Central Library, E-JUST, Burg al-Arab, Alexandria
Day 1: Tuesday, 29th Nov., 2022 (09:00 - 16:00 EET Cairo / 16:00 - 23:00 JST)
Day 2: Wednesday, 30th Nov., 2022 (09:00 - 16:00 EET Cairo / 16:00 - 23:00 JST)

For inquiries, please contact: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp.

Click here for the agenda. ⇊

On November 4, 2022, the Art Research Center (ARC) welcomed the research project team of J-InnovaTech--led by Prof. Aleksandra Kobiljski--to an international workshop hosted by the FY 2022 ARC-iJAC international joint research project 'A Digital Archive Connecting Modern Design and Industry: Towards a New History of Machine Textile Printing in Modern Kyoto' (project leader: Aya Ueda).

Prof. Kobiljski is a researcher affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and director of the Centre de recherches sur le Japon at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) as well as deputy director of the UMR Chine-Corée-Japon (CCJ-EHESS).

Currently, she is conducting the J-InnovaTech project 'Beyond Eureka: The Foundations of Japan's Industrialization, 1800-1885', which was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant in 2018.

The international workshop was chaired by Prof. Keiko Suzuki, Deputy Director of the Art Research Center (ARC). During the workshop, researchers from both sides exchanged opinions on the history of the textile industry in Kyoto in the 19th century and discussed future research cooperation.

Event information

Date: November 4 (Fri), 15:20-19:00　

Place: Soshikan SO405, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto

Organizer: International joint research project 'A Digital Archive Connecting Modern Design and Industry: Towards a New History of Machine Textile Printing in Modern Kyoto' (「新しい近代京都機械捺染史構築に向けて―近代デザインと産業史をむすぶデジタル・アーカイブを一助として―」), adopted by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC)/ Project leader: Aya Ueda (Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts)

Co-organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Please note that this was a non-public event.

立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターでは、文部科学省国際共同利用共同研究拠点の研究支援活動および「国際日本研究」コンソーシアム公募事業の一環として、ARCの古典籍・浮世絵・古文献データベースと翻刻支援システムと、熟練者の添削指導を組み合わせた「くずし字解読講習会・錬成講座」を実施しています。また、まとまった作品に対する翻刻プロジェクへの支援も実施しています。

今回、新たに参加したいという方のご要望を受け、開始に当っての講習会を下記の日程で実施することになりました。オンライン上で、直接添削を受けながらくずし字解読の訓練ができますのでふるってご参加ください。

なお、第1Phaseですでに講習会を受けておられる方も、再受講いただくことが可能です。（新たな機能の説明もあります。）

【利用講習会（オンライン）】

実施日時：　2021年12月9日（木）　午後20：00-21：30　

申込方法： 下記フォームから参加登録をお願い申し上げます。追ってZoomのURLを送付させていただきます。

【募集は終了しました】

【当日までに以下のご準備をお願いいたします。】

くずし字で書かれた資料の翻刻の作業は、PCを使用してオンライン上の翻刻支援システム上で行います。

●お使いのPCへWEBブラウザー・Firefoxのインストール

システム上で、縦書で翻刻をするために必要です。必ず、予めインストールしておいてください。

無料ダウンロード：https://www.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/new/

●お使いのPCでZoom会議へ参加できるように設定しておいてください。

また、音声・マイクなどのテストを済ませておいてください。

システム実技はスマホ・タブレットからでは操作できませんので、必ずPCを使ってください。

※当日のZOOM　URLは改めてご連絡いたします。

以上よろしくお願いいたします。

【問合せ先】
立命館大学アート・リサーチセンター
文科省国際共同利用共同研究拠点
担当：木村・中村
Email: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
Tel： 075-465-8476 （ext.2825）

We kindly invite you to join the one-day workshop Digitization of Historical Cities in Egypt and Japan.

Date: Saturday, November 6, 2021 16:00-18:30 JST (09:00 - 11:30 Cairo Time)

Organizer: Research Project Qait'bay Citadel (1477-1479): Visualizing the Main Coastal Fortification of Medieval Alexandria, Egypt, supported by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

PI: Dr. Mohamed Soliman, DMUCH, Ritsumeikan University, Japan / National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Egypt

Co-PI: Prof. Mona Gamal El-Din, Dean of EECE, Egypt - Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt

Sponsorship: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Registration: Via Google Forms https://forms.gle/VPCux4LSutdLZLmB9

Background: In the time of natural disasters, VR technology became a world requirement for Digital Humanities. Tourism is considered one of the hardest hits by the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as the typical approach of humanities, basically archaeology. Exceptional restrictions and the state of emergency imposed everywhere prevent the world and local movement. On the other hand, the fire disaster at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in April 2019 made the world aware of the necessity of 3D laser measurement data and panoramic images of the Notre Dame Cathedral left behind by the art historian Andrew Tallon (1969 - 2018). Systems that require specialized knowledge are becoming easier to use in the form of applications.

Visualizing historical cities in Japan and Egypt is targeted to document a cultural heritage, which exposes to natural and man-made disasters. Consequently, this workshop aims to promote the advanced technology applications in the field of humanities and strengthen the scientific collaboration among Japanese and Egyptian institutions and scholars, taking into consideration achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Objectives of this workshop: (1) Showcasing the diverse contributions and sharing knowledge of Japanese and Egyptian institutions in Digital Humanities. (2) Enlarging network and strengthening future scientific collaboration among Japanese and Egyptian scholars in Digital Humanities.

Agenda

Saturday, November 6, 2021

(Note: As in Japan Standard Time)

今回は、AIによる翻刻支援と熟練チューターの添削を受けられます！！

　立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターでは、文部科学省国際共同利用共同研究拠点の研究支援活動および「国際日本研究」コンソーシアム公募事業の一環として、ARC古典籍ポータル・データベースと翻刻システムを使った古文献の解読講習会・錬成講座、ならびに古文献の解読を目指すプロジェクトの支援を実施しております。

　今回募集する第２Phaseでは、個人やグループが、それぞれに翻刻したい作品を選び、個別に翻刻プロジェクトを進めていくことができます。本講座では、AIによる翻刻支援システムが使えるのに加え、熟練の専門チューターが、各プロジェクトの翻刻結果を添削・指導します。

　10月22日（金）（午前9：30開始）のキックオフセミナーでは、国際日本文化研究センターの荒木浩先生によるくずし字翻刻にかかわるご講演、国内外から参加する翻刻プロジェクトやチューターの顔合わせ、実施方法の説明を行います。

　第１Phaseの説明会に参加できなかった方も、特定のテーマを持った研究プロジェクトとして翻刻を進められる場合、事前の使用方法の説明を受けた上、本講座に参加していただけることが可能です。

いずれも、参加費無料です。奮って、ご応募ください。