Opening Symposium for 'Critics in Residence @Kyoto Experiment 2024'

The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Japan has launched "Critics in Residence @ Kyoto Experiment2024" to explore the possibilities of criticism in culture and the arts during the international performing arts festival Kyoto Experiment2024 (held 5-27 October). To mark the opening of this residency, the Delegation of the EU to Japan will hold an opening symposium with renowned Japanese journalist and media activist Daisuke Tsuda as guest speaker.

• Critics in Residence @Kyoto Experiment 2024Opening Symposium

"On the Present State of Journalism and Critique"

Date and Time: Oct 8, 2024 (Tue) 19:00 - 21:30

Venue: Kyoto Art Center, Multi-purpose Hall

Addmission: free of charge

Reservation required: https://criticinresidence2024-01.peatix.com/

Capacitiy: 70 people

* Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation

Part 1:

Keynote Speech: Daisuke Tsuda (Journalist, Media Activist)

Part 2:

Discussion with Daisuke Tsuda and the Residency Participants

The opening symposium of "Critics in Residence @Kyoto Experiment" explores Japanese and European viewpoints on the current situation of journalism and critique. The first part of the symposium features renowned journalist and media activist Daisuke Tsuda, who is widely known for his critical writing about recent shifts in the Japanese and international media environment as well as establishing his own platforms for independent journalism.

In his keynote speech, Tsuda will share his perspective on the present situation of journalism and critique in Japan as well as the freedom of speech and the radicalization of the public debate.

In the second part, the symposium opens a dialogue between Tsuda and the residents from Europe, who feed in their diverse backgrounds from different cultural contexts and their individual approaches on the current challenges of critique amidst the societal situation in their countries of residence.

More details: https://kyoto-ex.jp/en/related/critics-in-residence/

Organizer: Delegation of the European Union to Japan

Supported by Kyoto Experiment, The Saison Foundation

Residency support: KYOTO ART CENTER

Operated by Goethe-Institut Tokyo

Journalist / Media Activist. Editor-in-Chief of Politas / Politas TV Anchor. Born in 1973 in Tokyo. Graduated from the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University.
Specializes in media and journalism, technology and society, freedom of expression and online human rights violations, local issue resolution and government-run cultural projects, copyright and content business, among other topics.

His major publications include "Jōhō Sensō wo ikinuku" [Surviving the Information War] (Asahi Shinsho), "Uebu de Seiji wo ugokasu!" [Shaping Politics on the Web!] (Asahi Shinsho), "Dōin no Kakumei" [The Revolution of Mobilization] (Chuko Shinsho Rakure), "Jōhō no Kokkyûhō" [Breathing Techniques of Information] (Asahi Shuppan), Twitter-sha Kairon [Twitter Debate] (Yosensha Shinsho), among others. Since September 2011, he has been distributing the weekly paid email magazine "Media no Gemba" [Media Scene].