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I will think about the succession of Shimakutuba from the example of the revival of the Hawaiian language.


opening dance
“peasant rhetoric” “oral argument”

Part 1: Initiatives of the “Okinawa Prefectural University of Art Shimakutuba Practical Education Program Project”
SUZUKI Kota (Associate Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)
Higa Izumi (Professor, Faculty of Music, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)
Miyagi Sachiko (Shimakutuba Project Special Lecturer/Ryukyu Dance)

Part 2 Lectures
“Transforming Shimakutuba to the Next Generation: Through the Case of Hawaii and Okinawa”
Lecturer: Kyoko Seita (Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii)

Part 3 Panel Discussion “Connecting to the Next Generation”
Kyoko Seida (Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaiia/)
Asamitsu Takayama (former president of the Okinawa Hawaii Association)
SUZUKI Kota (Associate Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)
Kamiya Takeshi (Lecturer, Faculty of Music, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)
Coordinator: Shinako Oyagawa (Okinawa Hawaii Association Youth Director and Director)

Organized by: Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Arts/Okinawa Hawaii Association