WORKS

The Tomari area of Itoshima City is rapidly transforming into a region where people with diverse backgrounds coexist, against the backdrop of social and spatial changes such as the progress of the Kyushu University International Village concept, the opening of a special needs school, and the expansion of residential areas. While these changes in population composition and living environment are creating new possibilities for interaction, they are also highlighting the challenge of how to inherit and update the relationship between the region's history and existing way of life.

 The Itoshima Inclusive Art Village Project (IAVP), based in the Tomari district, is a practice that aims to create an inclusive community by interpreting the cultural and social characteristics of the region through research, workshops, and creative activities. This project attempts to build relationships that transcend differences such as age, disability, and origin through the medium of art.

 "Tomari Digaku" is positioned as a concrete place for putting this into practice. "Tomari Digaku" is envisioned as a place where diverse stakeholders, such as experts, residents, children, and visitors, can learn from each other, transcending fixed roles of instructor and student. This initiative aims not to be an educational model in which knowledge and experience are transmitted in one direction, but rather to create an open learning environment for rediscovering, sharing, and generating knowledge and practices inherent in the community.

 Organized by: Itoshima Inclusive Art Village Project (Kyushu University Graduate School)

 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Itoshima City Science and Technology Development Division

 Co-sponsored by: Arts Itoshima

 Cooperation: Fukuoka Prefectural Itoshima Special Needs School