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NSN Petition for Kamishibai SIG

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Thank-you, Bowen!

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Thank-you, Howard!

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Thank-you, Regi! So far, so good!

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Thank-you, Julienne!

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

You are right. Kamishibai can be used to convey any story or message. Archana Chandel, for example, is using kamishibai in health care in India. I have seen kamishibai in Cambodia used to inform villagers about hygiene; even details of building a public latrine. Early in kamishibai's history in Japan, a Christian missionary named Iwai Yone used it to tell Bible stories all over Japan (circa 1930s). Of course, it is a wonderful way tell folktales and fairy tales. In at least 2 countries today - Mexico and Slovenia - kamishibai is part of public school curriculum. It is highly adaptable, indeed.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Yes. There are definite similarities between Crankie and Kamishibai, but there are also distinct differences. Kamishibai has no scroll. Rather it utilizes rectangular picture cards.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

I am so glad to have received your vote in support of the KAMISHIBAI SIG. I am eager to learn more about your kamishibai activity in Singapore. I noticed just this morning that FEAST is featuring a kamishibai online event in the near future.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

I'm very grateful to have received your vote for the KAMISHIBAI SIG. I am eager to learn more about your kamishibai activity, particularly how you have incorporated into your performances.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Completely agree! The KAMISHIBAI SIG will gladly embrace other forms of visual storytelling. I should have made that clear in the opening statement of this peittion. I chose instead to keep it short and focussed.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Cultural Appropriation is certainly a multi-sided subject and far from simple. Re Crankies: They are not the same as kamishibai but they are very similar. Kamishibai is not a horizontal scroll attached to two vertical spools. That is a crankie. But crankie spools can be attached to the interior of a kamishibai "theatre" to make a crankie. I believe crankies originated in Europe in the 18th century. Kamishibai began in Japan in the 20th.

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Walter Ritter · petition starter
5 years ago

Very concerned about this. It comes as a complete surprise. Have you had this experience yourself?

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Ed Stivender
5 years ago

WARNING, signing this petition gets you into a whole other world called ipetitions, without notice - not NSN. Apparently impossible to unsubscribe. Unfortunate to say the least.

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Ed Stivender
5 years ago

Without appropriation there would be no culture. Just sayin'. My brilliant artist friend Bill Quern calls them 'Crankies'. cf. www.boxandstringmusic.com

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Gail N Herman
5 years ago

I love kamishibi. We need all types of tellers including visual.

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Louisa Periwinkle Ong
5 years ago Featured

I story tell with Kamishibai in Singapore. I’ve been promoting this art form to many pre-schools and pre-school Teachers.

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Michael D McCarty
5 years ago

Michael

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Ric Vice
5 years ago

A very significant mode of storytelling and something I’ve been incorporating into my performances since 2009

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Joyce Slater
5 years ago

Is this similar to a crankie?

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Ralph Chadis
5 years ago

What a fascinating artform. It can be used in many fields.

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Julienne Ryan
5 years ago

This is terrific