SIETAR-Kansai Monthly Programs

September 2006

StarPower: A Simulation Showing Diversity and Power Relations

Date:
September 17, 2006, Sunday, 14:30-16:30

Presenter:
Michiko Tomioka and Lisa Rogers

Place:
Takatsuki Shiritsu Shogai Gakushu Center
(10 min. walk from the south exit of JR Takatsuki Station or Hankyu Takatsuki City Station)
Tel. (072)674-7700

http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/bunka/manabi/

Fee:
SIETAR/JALT Members 500 Yen; Non-members 1,000 Yen

Description of the Presentation：
StarPower is a simulation developed by Simulation Training Systems (www.stsintl.com) and used in cultural diversity programs and management training programs. During the simulation, participants are challenged to progress from one level of society to another by acquiring wealth through trading with others to show how power affects performance, motivation and behavior. In diversity training, it can be used to promote discussion surrounding bias and gender, etc. and helps examine how power manifests itself within a diverse organization or society. In the U.S., it has especially been used in training for such diverse groups as police officers, doctors, gangs, supervisors of factory workers and their managers.

Profile of the Facilitators:
Michiko Tomioka has MA in Intercultural Communication from San Francisco State University. Currently she teaches Intercultural Education, Intercultural Relations-related courses and English at Soai University, Ryukoku University, Kinki University.

Lisa Rogers has an MA in Intercultural Relations from Antioch University and currently teaches English and Intercultural Relations-related courses at Ritsumeikan University and Doshisha Women’s College.

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