Research seminars
Theme 2. UK-Japan Online Seminar 'Cultural labour: Policy approaches to tackling the precarity in cultural freelancing'
Date: 9 November 2023
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
10:00-10:05 Opening remarks (Professor Nobuko Kawashima, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:05am-10:25am Presentation 1: ‘Policy approaches to tackling precarity in freelance cultural work in the UK’ (Dr Sana Kim, Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London, UK)
10:25am-10:35am Presentation 2: 'Precarity of cultural freelancers in Japan—Voices from the field’ (Dr Naoya Sano, Ueno Gakuen University, College of Music, Tokyo)
10:35am-10:45am Presentation 3: ‘Cultural Policy in Japan during the pandemic’ (Dr Rune Kobayashi, Lecturer, Professional College of Arts and Tourism, Toyooka, Japan)
10:45am-11:10am Comments by Professor Sigrid Røyseng
11:10am-11:30 Q&A
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
10:00-10:05 Opening remarks (Professor Nobuko Kawashima, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:05am-10:25am Presentation 1: ‘Policy approaches to tackling precarity in freelance cultural work in the UK’ (Dr Sana Kim, Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London, UK)
10:25am-10:35am Presentation 2: 'Precarity of cultural freelancers in Japan—Voices from the field’ (Dr Naoya Sano, Ueno Gakuen University, College of Music, Tokyo)
10:35am-10:45am Presentation 3: ‘Cultural Policy in Japan during the pandemic’ (Dr Rune Kobayashi, Lecturer, Professional College of Arts and Tourism, Toyooka, Japan)
10:45am-11:10am Comments by Professor Sigrid Røyseng
11:10am-11:30 Q&A
Theme 1. UK-Japan Online Seminar (2) 'Cultural value and cultural policy in the UK and Japan: Key survey findings'
Date: 24 February 2023
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
10:00-10:25 Presentation 1: ‘Cultural values and cultural policy in the UK: survey findings’ (Dr Sana Kim, Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London)
10:25-10:50 Presentation 2: ‘Cultural value survey in Japan: an analysis of value judgement’ (Professor Tadashi Yagi, Economics, Doshisha University)
10:50-11:05 Comments (Professor David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University)
11:10-11:30 Q&A
65 policymakers, researchers, cultural practitioners and students from the UK and Japan participated in our second UK-Japan online seminar, 'Cultural value and cultural policy in the UK and Japan: Key survey findings' (24/02/2023) on cultural, social and personal values. The speakers included Sana Kim (KCL), Tadashi Yagi (Doshisha University) and David Throsby (Macquarie University). The presentations and Q&A focused on the English public’s broad agreement with a wide range of equally important cultural values and social values, challenging the 20-year-long debate in cultural policy regarding intrinsic vs. instrumental values. The seminar explored the relationship between cultural values and daily life/personal values in Japan. It also highlighted the importance of the pro-social attitude as a major factor for cultural engagement. The seminar raised two fundamental questions for the future of cultural policy in the UK and Japan: (1) is its current scope appropriate given the abundance of the public’s cultural life outside policymaker’s narrow understanding of culture and the roles of social factors on cultural engagement? and (2) when the public perceives every cultural and social value as equally significant, what should the policy priorities be, and how should the decision be made?
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
10:00-10:25 Presentation 1: ‘Cultural values and cultural policy in the UK: survey findings’ (Dr Sana Kim, Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London)
10:25-10:50 Presentation 2: ‘Cultural value survey in Japan: an analysis of value judgement’ (Professor Tadashi Yagi, Economics, Doshisha University)
10:50-11:05 Comments (Professor David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University)
11:10-11:30 Q&A
65 policymakers, researchers, cultural practitioners and students from the UK and Japan participated in our second UK-Japan online seminar, 'Cultural value and cultural policy in the UK and Japan: Key survey findings' (24/02/2023) on cultural, social and personal values. The speakers included Sana Kim (KCL), Tadashi Yagi (Doshisha University) and David Throsby (Macquarie University). The presentations and Q&A focused on the English public’s broad agreement with a wide range of equally important cultural values and social values, challenging the 20-year-long debate in cultural policy regarding intrinsic vs. instrumental values. The seminar explored the relationship between cultural values and daily life/personal values in Japan. It also highlighted the importance of the pro-social attitude as a major factor for cultural engagement. The seminar raised two fundamental questions for the future of cultural policy in the UK and Japan: (1) is its current scope appropriate given the abundance of the public’s cultural life outside policymaker’s narrow understanding of culture and the roles of social factors on cultural engagement? and (2) when the public perceives every cultural and social value as equally significant, what should the policy priorities be, and how should the decision be made?
Theme 1. UK-Japan Online Seminar (1) 'Cultural engagement in the UK and Japan: Key findings from the Sustainable Cultural Futures surveys'
Date: 2 December 2022
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
Where: Zoom
10:00-10:05 Opening remarks (Professor Nobuko Kawashima, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:05-10:15 ‘UK-Japan Sustainable Cultural Futures project and the aim of SCF surveys’ (Professor Hye-Kyung Lee, King’s College London, UK)
10:15-10:25 Presentation 1: ‘Cultural engagement in Japan’ (Dr Sayaka Sakoda, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:25-10:35 Comments 1 (Professor Emi Kataoka, Komazawa University, Japan)
10:35-10:45 Presentation 2: ‘Cultural engagement in the UK (England)’ (Dr Sana Kim, King’s College London, UK)
10:45-10:55 Comments 2 (Andrew Mowlah, Head of Research, Arts Council England, UK)
10:55-11:25 Q&A
11:25-11:30 Conclusion (Professor Nobuko Kawashima)
85 policymakers, researchers, practitioners and students from the UK and Japan participated in our first UK-Japan online seminar, ‘Cultural engagement in the UK and Japan: Key findings from the SCF surveys’ (02/12/2022) on the public’s understanding of culture, their attitude towards the arts and their cultural engagement. The whole seminar was simultaneously translated; audience members could easily access all presentations, and took part in the Q&A without language barriers. The speakers included Sayaka Sakoda (Kyoto University), Sana Kim (KCL), Emi Kataoka (Komazawa University) and Andrew Mowlah (Arts Council England). The discussion focused on the high rate of non-engagement in Japan (approx. 40%), the stickiness of the lack of interest in the arts, the strong correlation between the interest in the arts and social engagement, and the need for cultural democracy. The seminar explored how the habitus of policymakers and researchers affect their understanding of culture, how cultural policy can address various cultural activities beyond its scope, and how decentralising arts funding can help make cultural policy more democratic. Important questions arose on the role of digitalised culture, which we will explore in detail in 2024 with our Theme 3 activities.
Time: 10:00am-11:30am (London time)
Where: Zoom
10:00-10:05 Opening remarks (Professor Nobuko Kawashima, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:05-10:15 ‘UK-Japan Sustainable Cultural Futures project and the aim of SCF surveys’ (Professor Hye-Kyung Lee, King’s College London, UK)
10:15-10:25 Presentation 1: ‘Cultural engagement in Japan’ (Dr Sayaka Sakoda, Doshisha University, Japan)
10:25-10:35 Comments 1 (Professor Emi Kataoka, Komazawa University, Japan)
10:35-10:45 Presentation 2: ‘Cultural engagement in the UK (England)’ (Dr Sana Kim, King’s College London, UK)
10:45-10:55 Comments 2 (Andrew Mowlah, Head of Research, Arts Council England, UK)
10:55-11:25 Q&A
11:25-11:30 Conclusion (Professor Nobuko Kawashima)
85 policymakers, researchers, practitioners and students from the UK and Japan participated in our first UK-Japan online seminar, ‘Cultural engagement in the UK and Japan: Key findings from the SCF surveys’ (02/12/2022) on the public’s understanding of culture, their attitude towards the arts and their cultural engagement. The whole seminar was simultaneously translated; audience members could easily access all presentations, and took part in the Q&A without language barriers. The speakers included Sayaka Sakoda (Kyoto University), Sana Kim (KCL), Emi Kataoka (Komazawa University) and Andrew Mowlah (Arts Council England). The discussion focused on the high rate of non-engagement in Japan (approx. 40%), the stickiness of the lack of interest in the arts, the strong correlation between the interest in the arts and social engagement, and the need for cultural democracy. The seminar explored how the habitus of policymakers and researchers affect their understanding of culture, how cultural policy can address various cultural activities beyond its scope, and how decentralising arts funding can help make cultural policy more democratic. Important questions arose on the role of digitalised culture, which we will explore in detail in 2024 with our Theme 3 activities.