This event is in the past.It took place on January 22, 2026 at Weiser Hall.
Educational TalkEducational TalkCJS Noon Lecture Series | Why Place Matters: The 'Publicness' of the Lost Landscape
Burns Park
Four decades of fieldwork in one lecture: sociologist Saburo Horikawa unpacks how a scrappy fight to save Otaru Canal transformed Japan's preservation movement and proved that protecting the past can drive the future.
Urban sociology
Historic preservation
Academic lecture
Japanese studies
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CJS Noon Lecture Series | Why Place Matters: The 'Publicness' of the Lost Landscape
Burns Park
Educational TalkEducational TalkFour decades of fieldwork in one lecture: sociologist Saburo Horikawa unpacks how a scrappy fight to save Otaru Canal transformed Japan's preservation movement and proved that protecting the past can drive the future.
Urban sociology
Historic preservation
Academic lecture
Japanese studies
Tips
đź’»can't make it in person? join via Zoom
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