海外の参加者募集用に、こんなの書いてみました。
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Asian Intercultural Shogi Exchange Program (AISEP)
+++General Information+++
[Date] August 17th to 21st, 2007
[Location] Tokyo, Japan
[Participants] about 16 Asian students (Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore…)
[Hosts] Tokyo University Shogi Club (TUSC) # “Shogi” = Japanese Chess
[Web Site] Now under construction
[Fee]
The cost of room and board and participation in the activities will all be covered by TUSC.
Delegates will only need to pay for their personal expenses.
(Whether TUSC can pay for participants’round trip flight ticket to Japan is now under discussion.)
[Common Language]
English (Translator between Japanese, Chinese,
and English might be there during the program.)
+++ What is AISEP? +++
AISEP is the fieldwork and discussion program gathering Asian students who are interested in Shogi or other kind of Shogi such as xiangqi or Janggi. This program offers a mutual understanding of Asian cultures through Shogi-kind games. Then it aims to create Asian Youth Network of Shogi, which hasn’t existed ever.
The points of our main ideas are:
1) To show various cultural/social aspects concerning with Shogi
2) To see Asia as the very unique part of the world where Shogi has been quite popular
3) To have an excite communication among Asian students.
And the activities will be:
1) Introduce various kinds of chess with each other and play them.
2) Interview with Top pro-player and journalists of Shogi
3) Field trip to the city which is quite famous as a place where the pieces of Shogi
are produced.(Note: shogi pieces is made from wood.)
4) Visit the institute of Japan Shogi Association and watch a professional match of Shogi.
(Note: the official match of Shogi in Japan can be one of the best example of Japanese culture.)
5) Visit a high school which holds some Shogi classes.
… and so on.
+++Main Idea+++
Many countries in Asia share common features in this common world as well as common problems, such as those in international relations. In this program, students from different countries will discuss and exchange ideas about the similarities and differences of their cultures through Shogi, as it is one of the most deeply rooted Asian cultures. In this way, we can understand each other better, and promote cross-country cultural understanding to the public.
There are two main points which we are going to focus on.
"Asia, the very unique part of the world where shogi has been quite popular"
In the West, people enjoy playing chess, a game similar to shogi. However, in East Asia and South-East Asia, there are many similar but different types of shogi in nearly every country. For a long time, people in one country have few chances to know the other types. Now it is the time, in this big wave of globalization and as one of the Asian people, for understanding Asia by looking at it as the area which has the same culture of shogi.
"Shogi, a feature which is useful for us to consider the modern world"
Shogi has been made light of as just one of the games. Communication through shogi is more than merely playing it with another person. Actually, shogi has many cultural elements. It is a treasure house of ideas in which we can explore the traditional intelligence and insights in important themes in the contemporary world such as nature, education, communication and profession.
+++Topics of fieldworks and discussions+++
1) “Shogi and Asian Cultures”
2) “Communication and Shogi”
3) “Education and Shogi”
4) “Natural environment and Shogi”
5) “Profession, Media and Shogi”
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全部読んでいただいた方、ありがとうございました。笑
最近、将棋界という枠組みのみならず、
日本にとっての文化政策であるとか、文化外交という視点で
色々と考えていきたいなと思っています。
間違いなくこの企画は（プロ）将棋界にとってもメリットとなるでしょう。
では、さらに、日本社会にとって、日本政府にとって、
あるいは世界の地球の市民にとって、この企画はどのような存在であり得るのか。
そういうところも理念としてちょびっと考えておきたいなと思いました。
土台をしっかりさせることで、参加者一人一人の満足度にもつながれば。
うほほー
