Sisters

So proud of Valerie for being chosen to represent Nishinomiya in the sister-city educational exchange programme this year. She, along with two other children from Nishinomiya, will go to a high school in Spokane for six weeks from September and do a home-stay with a family there. In return, we will home-stay a child from Spokane for six weeks from this June. In preparation for this, Kazuko, Valerie and I went to a lecture by the lady who runs the Senior Exchange Programme. I took these photographs of the displays in the lobby of Ferente Hall where the lecture was held.
 
"The Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki once stated, "International cultural exchange is impossible - therefore we must try." I agree with all my heart. The impossibility of seeing beyond one's own cultural context is a political act in the world and has the potential to break down the rigid assumptions surrounding us."  (Anne Bogart)
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