The Art of Kamishibai is a collection of papers from an international symposium The Art of Kamishibai: The Word of the Image and the Image of the Word, which was prepared in May 2018 by the Slovenian Theatre Institute, the Zapik Society and the Kamishibaj Society of Slovenia in cooperation with the Faculty of Education of the University of Primorska, the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana, the Department of Asian Studies of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana and the Embassy of Japan in Slovenia.
With online edition of the proceedings and with already published video clips We want to present the received contributions of the international symposium to the widest possible circle, both for the construction and perhaps also for the later upgrading of the knowledge of all those connected by the Kamishibai Theatre. The collection was also upgraded in mid-2019 by a special thematic edition Performing Arts Theory Journals Amfiteater with selected scientific contributions from the symposium.
Organizers of the international symposium: Slovenian Theatre Institute, Mestni trg 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Zapik Society, Kozarišče 52, 1386 Stari trg pri Ložu, Slovenia; Kamishibaj Society of Slovenia, Obzidna ulica 14, 6330 Piran, Slovenia, in cooperation with the following institutions: Faculty of Education, University of Primorska, Cankarjeva 5, 6000 Koper, Slovenia; Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, University of Ljubljana, Nazorjeva 3, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Department of Asian Studies, Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Embassy of Japan in Slovenia, Trg Republike 3, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The publication was published only in a publicly accessible online edition and is available on the websites of the Slovenian Theatre Institute and ISSUU platform
Contributions are published in English, the working language of the symposium, and in the content and form as submitted by the authors - in the received volume, content, citation of visual material, translation, proofreading and correction by the author or their provision of a translation of the text.
The international symposium and publication were financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
Editor: Mihael Čepeljnik
Editorial board of summaries in Slovenian: Ksenija Kaučič, Tea Rogelj
Translation into Slovenian: Kaja Bucik Vavpetič, Urška Zajec
Design: Mihael Čepeljnik
Cover design: Andrej Ovsec
