October 2020 SIETAR Kansai

October 2020 SIETAR Kansai
Co-sponsored with Osaka and Kyoto JALT 

Alzheimer’s disease prevention: through intercultural communication in an aging society

Speaker:         Stephanie Ann Houghton (Saga University)

Date:               October 18, 2020 (Sunday)                                  

Time:               14:00-17:00

Fee:                 Free for all

Language:       English (Q & A in English and Japanese)

ZOOM Online presentation *registration required*

Contact: fujimotodonna@gmail.com to get the Zoom link; for any questions.

Brief description: The aim of this session is to highlight various practical ways in which Alzheimer’s disease prevention can be approached through intercultural communication from within mainstream foreign language education. In this session, Alzheimer’s disease prevention will be explored through Houghton’s FURYU (風流) Educational Program (FEP), which is currently under development in the Faculty of Art and Regional Design at Saga University. Houghton’s research has traversed through intercultural dialogue and (post) native speakerism through to art (performing arts/dance) and regional design (fitness). These will be reviewed from various standpoints related to lifestyle management including heritage management, intercultural dialogue, health and fitness, technology, art generation and social business.

Stephanie Ann Houghton PhD is an Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication at the Faculty of Art and Regional Design, Saga University. She has published multiple academic books and articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She is co-editor of the book series Intercultural Communication and Language Education with Melina Porto. Addressing the development of intercultural communicative competence, her main research areas include intercultural dialogue, native speakerism and citizenship education, with a special focus on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.