Noda Manabu    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Arts and Letters    Position   Professor
Date	2017/10/09
Presentation Theme	Nationalising the International, or Internationalizing the National? -- International Theatre Festivals in Critics' Eyes
Conference	International Theatre Festivals in Critics' Eyes
Promoters	Festival/Tokyo, IATC Japan,
Conference Type	Workshop/Symposium
Presentation Type	Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)
Contribution Type	Individual
Invited	Invited
Country	Japan
Venue	Waseda University
Holding period	2017/10/09～2017/10/09
Publisher and common publisher	Kim Yun-Cheol, Octavian Saiu, Shintaro Fujii, Sachio Ichimura, Manabu Noda (moderator)
Details	There are questions about international cultural events in general: What is the point of cross-cultural encounters and hoped-for realization and recognition? Is the programme that touts internationality expected to be a showcase of one's "own" culture to the world (outbound)? Or is it more about introducing foreign art to the domestic audience (inbound)? Can we really lay a claim on any "national" cultural ownership? For instance, what's the whole point of showing something and saying, "Hey, it's OUR culture"? Moreover, since any sense of cultural identity requires recognition by others, international theatre festivals need to strike the right balance between the internationally recognisable and the recognisably different.