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OCTOBER PROGRAM

Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:00-9:00 p.m.

PROGRAM:
Transformation of Intercultural Conflict: From the Perspective of Macro-Counseling

PRESENTER:
Takayo Inoue
Ph.D, Professor of University of Meijigakuin, Pyschology Department

PLACE:
Reitaku University Tokyo Kenkyu Center (Shinjuku i-Land Tower, 4th Floor)

LANGUAGE:
Japanese (Questions can be in either Japanese or English)

FEE:
Members 1000Yen; Non-members 2000Yen

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
How can the issues that arise from psychological and social conflicts in intercultural contacts be peacefully resolved? Peace Studies Scholar Dr. Johan Galtung calls peaceful transformation of conflicts as the "TRANSCEND approach." In this approach, conflicts are not to be resolved but to be transformed, and dialogue, empathy, non-violence, and creativity are emphasized. Based on my experience of counseling international students, Dr. Inoue propose the "Macro-Counseling" view. This view emphasizes seeing an individual in the social and historical context. What is common in the TRANSCEND approach and Macro-Counseling is the importance placed on empathy and dialogue. This presentation employs the TRANSCEND approach from the standpoint of Macro-Counseling and provides participants opportunities to explore how to transform interpersonal conflicts and intrapersonal conflicts through exercises.

How to get there?:
i-Land Tower can be accessed directly from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi Line by following the underground path. From JR Shinjuku Station it is approximately a 10-minute walk. Once you get to the building, select an elevator that stops on the 4th floor. After you get off on the 4th floor, walk to the right until you get to the last door on your left.