Pre Social Hour: Far Out Japan
Location
Ashby Village, Fellowship Hall
1953 Hopkins St, 1st Floor
Berkeley, CA 94707
USA
(510) 204-9200
Category
Pre-Social Hour Event
Registration Info
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About this event
RSVP: info@ashbyvillage.org or call 510-204-9200
When: First Friday of the month, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Ashby Village, in the Fellowship Hall, 1953 Hopkins Street, Berkeley
Open to: Ashby Village members, volunteers and guests
Accessibility: use entrance on Hopkins Street
Far Out Japan
This is a talk and discussion about the culture and philosophy of Japan, a very ancient, very modern, very distant country. Though Joan has traveled the globe she has never been to a place more culturally distinct, more different from her world. Last spring she spent a month in Japan, part of the time in a seminar led by an American professor of Asian religion. This isn't a talk about religion, but rather her reflections on how belief systems in Japan permeate daily life; how Japanese culture is surprisingly different not just from ours, but from every other society she has encountered. Life in Japan is both ultra-modern and ultra-traditional, a surprising mix of eager innovation and fealty to the past.
Joan Straumanis has been a high school teacher, college professor, dean at three colleges and president of two. She has also worked at two Federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation where she managed basic research on neuroscience and learning. Joan was a founder of Women's Studies as an academic discipline, and pioneered legislation protecting sexual assault victims and counselors. Joan holds degrees from Antioch College (B.A.), the University of Colorado (M.A.) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D. in philosophy). At Ashby Village, Joan chairs the Outreach Team, recruiting new members and volunteers.
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