慶應義塾大学アート・センター　Keio University Art Center

Many peripheral region on the verge of crisis of disappearance, nevertheless there people ecpect the 'regional revitalization'. Especially Aomori and Akita suffer from the population decline, but in these prefectures cultural and artistic actibities are energetic prosperous.

Art Center cooperated with Aomori and Akita in this summer in the field of cultural and artistic actibities and assisted it. So we invite two persons who collaborated with us there and hold a symposium.

In this occasion Syoichi Hukushi and Kenou Miura will report and suggest current situation of peripherals and actual actibities in past and future. We discuss how Univesity can support the cultural and artistic actibities of peripherals.