The 58th Public Lecture: Look at Form, Read Form
The Department of Art Research, Archives and Information Systems of the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (TOBUNKEN) plans a “Public Lecture” to be held every fall, inviting a wide audience from the public to hear researchers present their research results. The 58th Public Lecture, “Look at Form, Read Form” was held in the TOBUNKEN seminar room on November 1 and 2, 2024.
On the first day, lectures were presented titled “The Relationship between Search and Keywords in Databases” by Mr. OYAMADA Tomohiro (Chief Researcher of the Department of Art Research, Archives and Information Systems) and “Digital Archives in the Age of AI: Toward Preservation, Inheritance, and Utilization of Culture” by Ms. OSAKA Yukiko (Research Fellow of the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM)), showing the future possibilities of digital archiving of cultural properties.
On the second day, the lectures were “History of Appreciation of Korean Ceramics: The Formation of Collections in Korea,” presented by Mr. TASHIRO Yūichirō (Researcher of the Department of Art Research, Archives and Information Systems) and “History of Appreciation of Chinese Ceramics: Acceptance and Transition of Chinese Ceramics in Japan in Modern Times,” presented by Mr. KAWASHIMA Tadashi (President of Mayuyama & Co. Ltd. and Director of the Tokyo Art Dealer Association). These lectures introduced the changing values of Korean and Chinese ceramics.
There were 139 participants from the public attending on both days, and we received a positive reaction from the audience: about 90% of the feedback questionnaire responses were “very satisfied” or “relatively satisfied.”