University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care

Project TOT City - Tokyo Olympics 2020:
Transformations, City and Citizenshipin a Case Study
2nd FORUM - TOT project - After the limelight.
Transformation of urban realm and citizenship
29 November 2021
Time: 8.30 to 11.30 CET – 16.30 to 19.30 JST
Online for non Tokyo-based participants.
Address (for offline participants):
Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, 5-9-12 Minami
Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8589

Forum organized with the kind collaboration of the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan

DEASSResearch EventTOT project
The TOT City project is a collaboration between
SUPSI (coordinator), University of Tsukuba(TIAS), National University of Singapore andNew York University. It is a project started in2020 and funded through a bilateral Opportunity grant with Asia from ETH-SERI (project n.
OG 05-122017).
Mega-events, such as Olympic Games, areexemplifications of contemporary urban
transformation. In order to understand thesocial, political and economic transformationsin the urban realm particularly with regards
to citizenship, transformation processes on
the ground need to be analyzed from multiple
angles, including a transnational perspective.
TOT City aims at setting up such an analysis ofmega events, examining the Tokyo Olympics
2020 and its implications for citizenship and theurban realm. A first forum was held in Tokyo inFebruary 2020 and included a selected audienceof stakeholders and experts from Green Sports
Alliance, Japan Sport Council and others. The
resulting questions and ideas are currently
being developed and addressed through onsite
observations and qualitative interviews withkey actors.
The aims of this second forum, hosted andco-organized in collaboration with the Embassyof Switzerland in Japan, are to discuss and sharefirst results with an expert audience, consolidate findings, and define a further research
agenda and publication.

To register and participate as audience,
please click on the following link within
28 November 2021
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/
WN_H2NOcoEPSN-_IgxlhXOp-Q
You will receive via mail a personal link
to connect. The event is free of charge.
Informations for offline Tokyo participants:
doors of the Embassy open at 16.00.

Programme
8.30

Opening remarks, project overview and rationale◆ Markus Reubi (Minister - Deputy Head of Mission,Embassy of Switzerland)◆ Filippo Bignami (SUPSI)◆ Satoshi Shimizu (University of Tsukuba)◆ Naomi C. Hanakata (National University of Singapore)
Coordinator: Kyoko Marumo Suzuki (Head of Science & Technology Office
Tokyo, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan)

8.45

Session I – Tokyo 2020: impact on citizenship and community◆ Haruki Sawada (Green Sports Alliance)◆ Misaki Owatari (Sankei Newspaper)◆ Hisashi Sanada (University of Tsukuba)◆ Focus Group representative
Coordinators: Filippo Bignami (SUPSI) and Devena Haggis (University ofTsukuba)

9.50

Break

10.00 Session II – A critical view on urban transformation in the context of Tokyo 2020

◆ Robin Kietlinski (City University of New York)◆ Christian Dimmer (Waseda University)◆ Alexandre Faure (Fondation France-Japon de l‘EHESS, Paris)◆ Iris Wieczorek (GIGA Institute for Asian Studies, Hamburg)
Coordinators: Chungmi Lee (University of Tsukuba), Naomi C. Hanakata(National University of Singapore).
Introduction by Christopher Gaffney (New York University)
10.50 Discussion panel

Mega Events in a global perspective. Urban transformations,platforms and citizenship out of spotlight
Panelists:◆ Naomi C. Hanakata (National University of Singapore)◆ Federico Tomasello (European University Institute andUniversity of Venice)◆ Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira (State University of Southwestern Bahia)◆ Erez Golani Solomon (Waseda University)
Coordinator: Niccolò Cuppini (SUPSI)
11.20

Sum-up and perspective

11.30

EndProject (n. OG 05-122017) funded by