Secretariat

Visions

A. To think about conservation of local culture and its utilization for the development of culture and economy in Nias Island, Indonesia.

B. To promote mutual cultural exchanges between Nias Island, Indonesia and Japan.

C. To support citizens in Nias Island to appeal their culture and opinions to the world.

Concept

Due to serious destruction of the Sumatra Earthquake in 2004-5 and the wave of modernization in Nias Island Sumatra, unique cultural resources in the island are rapidly fading away. Aim of this project is to seek the breakthrough for conservation of local culture and its utilization for further development of their culture and economy.

For this purpose, we will conduct activities including a symposium, lecture series and an exhibition of Nias ethnology and arts to seek the harmony between local culture conservation and modernization. We make the opportunity to discuss the utilization of local cultural resources among museum curators, administrative officers, NGOs and local residents. In addition, we are planning to do study tour in Nias Island to promote cultural exchange among citizens.

Through above events, we will establish a network involving researchers in the world, NGO practitioners and citizens, and deepen discussion on cultural resource in Nias Island.

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We expect this project will achieve sound results in following five points;

１）To provide the way to promote utilization of cultural resources and lead to harmonious development in cultural conservation and economy.

２）To contribute to further academic research in the institution in Nias Island and promote research in overseas.

３）To promote mutual understandings and cultural exchange between Japan and Indonesia by involving citizen groups in both countries.

４）To provide better solutions for international aids with considering "recipient’s culture" or "modernization" and "development" by promoting discussion and exchange of ideas between local academic researchers and aid organizations.

５）To awake the concern on Nias island and Indonesia by understanding the area Japan supported emergency aid during the Sumatra earthquake.  

Through these points, this project contributes to independent development physically and metaphysically in Nias Island.

Progress Report　

Homepage Updating

Liaison of Prof. Someya's  Indonesia Study Tour in  ＩＣＵ

Revising explanation in Ethnological ehibition

Preparation for application to Japan- Indonesia Golden Year

Liasion work to coopeartors for conservation of Nias traditional house

Reorganising system of Nias Sumatra Study Tour

Visit plan to Shirakawa-go UNESCO World Heritage

Preparation for Duman Wau Japan Visit - Lecture Tour in Tokyo , Osaka, Tohoku.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（As of 18 Jan 2008)

Meeting

7 March 2008　in ICU

Networking

Coordinator:Masayuki NISHIDA

     (PhD Candidate, Australian Nationa University )

Vice Coordinator: Hitomi HAYASHI

     (Member, Mitaka International Society for Hospitality (MISHOP))

Adviser: Koichi NIITSU

     (Professor emeritus, International Christian University in Japan (ICU))

Superviser:Yoshiko YAMAMOTO

(Director of the Adan E. Treganza Anthropology Museum, San Francisco State University)

Chief of Exhibition Section: Natsuko OHASHI

（MA Student,  Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsunbashi University）　

Chief of Lecture & Symposium Section: Kanako ISHIWATARI 

  　(Research Associate, Institute of Asian Studies, ICU)　

Chief of Study Tour Section: Masahiro NAKAMURA

    (BSc Student, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Members in Secretariat

　Kazuko Ikeda (Member, MISHOP)

　Takeo Odaka (Member, MISHOP Mr. Heavenly Dragonfly)

　Toshie Odaka (Member, MISHOP)

Counterpart in Nias Island

Nata’alui Duha

    (Director of Pusaka Nias Museum)

Duman Wau

    (Executive Directer, LPAM-NIAS)

Toyota Foundation

A Network Building Project Toward Local Development in Harmony with Local Culture and Modernization in Nias Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia

-For Rehabilitation and Development with Utilizing Local Culture after the Sumatra Earthquake-

(Nov 2007-Oct 2009)

Schedule

Diary

Diary of Coordinator