Monthly Archives: November 2009

Kamiyama Arts Community

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http://www.in-kamiyama.jp/en/art/

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Green Valley Inc is a non-profit organization based in Kamiyama, Tokushima, Japan.

Founded:
2004 (its previous incarnation, the Kamiyama International Exchange Association was founded in 1992)

Mission:
Our mission is to solve regional problems with arts and culture, and to build a self-sustaining and economically independent community.

Vision:
We want to take the strength and wisdom of the local people and people who come together here from all over Japan and the world, and turn our little corner of Shikoku into an exciting, creative place, a place we call “Global Kamiyama”. We hope that our work here will impact Japanese society, changing how people work and live in Japan’s rural areas.

The Peter Principle

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From Click Opera:

‘The other day I came across another such idea, one I hadn’t heard before. It’s called The Peter Principle, was first described by Dr Laurence Peter in 1969, and states that in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Basically, the principle states that people get rewarded for things they can do well by being promoted to the point at which they’re doing something they can’t do well. At that point the promotion stops, and there they stay.’:

http://imomus.livejournal.com/503455.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan

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http://www.naoshima-is.co.jp/

Benesse Art Site Naoshima, managed by Benesse Corporation and Naoshima Fukutake Museums Foundation, is a collective term for the art activities that extend throughout the entire Seto Inland area, with Naoshima Island as its centre. Their aim is to become a guidepost to understanding what it means to ‘live well’ (benesse). Currently, Benesse House, Art House Project and Chichu Art Museum are open to the public.

Arna-Jharna: The Desert Museum of Rajasthan

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Arna-Jharna: The Desert Museum of Rajasthan is an attempt to re-imagine what a museum could be. Instead of being enclosed in a box, it celebrates the open spaces of the desert, including its flora and fauna, as part of a larger holistic exploration of the museum as a place of learning.

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Envisioned by the late Komal Kothari, one of India’s leading folklorists and oral historians, the Arna-Jharna Museum can be described as a process of interactive learning experiences linked to traditional knowledge systems.

http://www.arnajharna.org/English/default.aspx