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Symposia and Receptions

9/7/04 (Tuesday) When East Meets West Symposium and Reception (6:30 p.m.- 9:30p.m.)

Reception Sponsored by Maryland ASLA (6:30 p.m.- 7:00p.m.)

Symposium – Communities in Transformation: Learning East (Shuo Dong), Learning West (Shuo Shi)

Moderator: Dr. Shenglin Chang

USA: Mr. Mark Cameron & Ms. Janet Townshend (NDC), Mr. Nick Francis (Gateway CDC), Ms. Elin Zurbrigg (Mi Casa, Inc.), Ms. Stephanie Proestel (Housing Initiative Partnership), Mayor Bill Gardiner (Hyattsville, MD). Ms. Ward (EDAW, Alexandria Office, USA).

East Asia: Mr. Hayashi (KGK, Japan), Prof. Kinoshita (Chiba University, Japan), Prof. Hattori (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan), Mayor Zhang, Shuping (Qufu City, China).

9/8/04 (Wednesday) When East Meets West Symposium and Reception (6:30 p.m.- 9:30p.m.)

Reception Sponsored by Maryland ASLA (6:30 p.m.- 7:00p.m.)

Symposium – Landscape in Transformation: Learning East (Shuo Dong), Learning West (Shuo Shi)

Moderator: Dr. Elijah Mirochnik

USA: Prof. Ron Kagawa (Landscape Architecture Department, Virginia Tech University), Prof. Iris Miller (Catholic University), Dr. David Myers (University of Maryland), Mr. Jason Young (Alumnus, Harvard GSD).

East Asia: Mr. Hayashi (Board of director of NPO Tamagawa Community Design House & former visiting professor of Chiba University, Japan), Prof. Kinoshita (Chiba University, Japan), Prof. Hattori (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan), Prof. Ono (Chiba University, Japan).

Prof. Iris Miller, Catholic University, presented her students’ China projects (exhibited on the wall). She stated that it was important to form a small and intimate group to study abroad. The inter-personal relationship among group members was critical when we went abroad to learn a foreign culture.	Prof. Isami Kinoshita presented the “Global Studio” that landscape students in Chiba University collaborated with students in University of Washington. In 2003, about twenty Japanese students in Chiba University and American students in U of Washington took the “Global Studio” that co-taught by Prof. Kinoshita and Prof Hou. The Japanese-American team worked on neighborhood redevelopment projects in both Japan and Seattle, USA. Students on both sides communicated with each other through Internet. In addition, they visited and hosted each other, as well as participated in the community meetings and presentations.	Prof. Sawako Ono introduced the Landscape Architecture Program in Chiba University to the UMD audiences.
Mr. Hayashi explained the cultural meaning of community in Japanese tradition. He analyzed the concepts of “public” and “private” within Japan’s modern cultural context. Also, he introduced the history of community participatory design and planning after WWII.		Mr. Young, a landscape designer and Harvard GSD (Graduate School of Design) alumni, shared his GSD studio experience of working on a project in India with international students from Asia, America, and Europe.
Prof. David Myers, University of Maryland	Prof. Keiro Hattori, Meijigakuin University	Prof. Ron Kagawa, Virginia Tech (VT), addressed the study abroad and exchange programs that VT developed within the past decade.