Utilization of haiku for international education and network development: Intercultural promotion of modern haiku and cultural diversity poetic theory

2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02755
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: ギルバート リチヤード 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(文), 教授 (30404320)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 俳句 / 詩 / 英語教育 / マルチメディア / データベース / 異文化 / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year, research included promoting Japanese haiku criticism and modern Japanese and worldwide haiku culture. This was accomplished in two ways. First, an October 15, 2017 performance of international haiku in English, Japanese and Korean. I produced this event, titled "Earth in Sunrise: A Celebration of International Haiku." It was free and open to the general public. My book of academic literary-criticism was published: "Poetry as Consciousness: Haiku Forests, Space of Mind, and an Ethics of Freedom (Keibunsha, February 2018, 304pp. ISBN978-4-86330-189-4); over 120 haiku from authors living in 40 countries are included.

Research Products

• [Presentation] A Musical Journey & Celebration of International Haiku - Speaking to Future Generations (2017)
  • Author(s): Richard Gilbert
  • Organizer: Earth in Sunrise
• [Book] Poetry as Consciousness: Haiku Forests, Space of Mind, and an Ethics of Freedom (2018)
  • Author(s): Richard Gilbert
  • Total Pages: 304
  • Publisher: 慧文社
  • ISBN: 978-4-86330-189-4
• [Remarks] Earth in Sunrise
  • URL: https://anarchicsanctuary.com
• [Remarks] Gendai Haiku
  • URL: http://gendaihaiku.com/
• [Remarks] Gendai Haiku Research
  • URL: http://research.gendaihaiku.com/