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X-WR-CALNAME:A special film viewing event The Making of a Japanese: A conve
 rsation with Ema Ryan Yamazaki on her documentary film on a Japanese eleme
 ntary school
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DESCRIPTION:In this documentary film of a large Japanese elementary school 
 located in a Tokyo suburb\, Ema Ryan Yamazaki weaves together scenes from 
 700-plus hours of films to tell a story of how a Japanese elementary schoo
 l instills distinctly Japanese characteristics in children. Long seen with
  curiosity and suspicion from western eyes\, Japanese ways of teaching dis
 cipline and responsibility at elementary schools have received much accola
 de in recent years\, becoming a model to be exported. What happens at a Ja
 panese elementary school that would turn many unsuspecting 6-year-olds int
 o well-disciplined 12-year-olds\, and what might be the possible costs and
  benefits of such an education system? A critically acclaimed young docume
 ntary filmmaker\, Ema Ryan Yamazaki\, who is known for Monkey Business: th
 e Adventures of Curious George’s Creators and Koshien: Japan’s Field o
 f Dreams\, will join us for a viewing of her latest documentary and a disc
 ussion. \n\nInstruments of a Beating Heart (New York Times Op-Docs version
  of Ema's Japanese Elementary school project\, 23 minutes)\n\nFirst grader
 s in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for t
 he final semester: to form an orchestra and perform “Ode to Joy” at a 
 school ceremony. The film examines the Japanese educational system’s ten
 uous balance between self-sacrifice and personal growth as it teaches the 
 next generation to become part of society.\n\n \n\nSpeaker:\n\nEma Ryan Ya
 mazaki\, Documentary Filmmaker\n\nDiscussant:\n\nMariko Yang-Yoshihara\, P
 h.D.\, Instructor and Education Researcher\, Stanford Program on Internati
 onal and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)\nCo-founder\, SKY Labo\n\nModera
 tor:\n\nKiyoteru Tsutsui\, Japan Program Director\, Shorenstein Asia-Pacif
 ic Research Center (APARC)\n\n\nFree lunch will be served at this event
GEO:37.43068;-122.164842
LOCATION:Alumni Center\, Fisher Conference Center Lane/Lyons/Lodato Room
SUMMARY:A special film viewing event The Making of a Japanese: A conversati
 on with Ema Ryan Yamazaki on her documentary film on a Japanese elementary
  school
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 t-the-making-of-a-japanese-a-conversation-with-ema-ryan-yamazaki-on-her-do
 cumentary-film-on-a-japanese-elementary-school
CATEGORIES:Film/Screening
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk
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