【八戸にて「作家と住空間」講演】

　さて、昨日は今回の出張のメインである八戸での講演。東北電力さんの主催される建築専門家向けのイベントでの「業界情報」的な仕立てのシチュエーション。
　わたしは住宅雑誌発行人としての経験から、北海道東北では各地で住宅についての講演経験がありましたが、コロナ禍以降、そういったイベント開催が難しくなったことから、講演機会もほとんどなくなっていました。それが久しぶりの講演機会。それと、わたしの立場が変わったので、こうしたお申し出をいただくとは思いも寄りませんでした。それが、電子書籍出版という情報から、こういう機会がふたたび巡ってきたので、謹んで講演させていただきました。
　講演の時間は50分程度と聞いていましたが、久しぶりの講演なので時間感覚はまったく消滅していた（泣）。講演のスライドはパワポで作成しますが、その用意した枚数のうち、1/4は未消化に終わってしまった。時間配分的に「カン」がまったく働かなかった。
　そういうお詫びをしつつ、講演後の懇親会ではほぼ全員のみなさんと話をさせていただけたので、その内容への反応などを「取材」させていただけました。出版物の書き手として考えれば、その出版前に「読者の反応」を知るということに等しい稀有な機会。
　さまざまな「気付き」のポイントがあって、わたしとしてはまことにありがたいと感じられた次第です。
　住宅についてのそれも専門家対象の講演としては珍しく、聞いていただいたどなたからもいろいろな反応や意見を語っていただけました。ある女性の方からは「男性のラブレターについて、それを書いた場所、空間を追究するツッコミぶりが面白かった（笑）」という反応も伺った。
　そういったご意見も含めて、わたしとしては貴重なご意見で本当に感謝そのもの。ただ時間が順守できなかったことについて、しっかり反省して本日の十和田の会場での講演にすこしでも経験として活かせればと考えております。
　きょうも講演の時間（午後４時過ぎ）まで、スライド枚数と話す内容について、調整をしていきたいと考えております。


English version⬇

Lecture on “Writers and Living Space” in Hachinohe:
an opportunity to lecture on the Corona Disaster and my own changing environment. The sense of time had disappeared (tears). But what I lacked in time, I made up for a little by exchanging impressions at the reception. I'll do my best again today. ...

　Well, yesterday I gave a lecture in Hachinohe, the main part of this business trip. It was an “industry information” type situation at an event for construction professionals organised by Tohoku Electric Power Company.
　I had given lectures on housing in various parts of Hokkaido and Tohoku as a publisher of a housing magazine, but since the Corona disaster, it has become difficult to hold such events and I have had very few opportunities to give lectures. This is the first time in a long time that I have had the opportunity to give a lecture. Also, my position has changed, so I had no idea that I would receive such an offer. However, the information about the publication of the e-book has given me this opportunity once again, so I have respectfully decided to give a lecture.
　I was told that the lecture would last about 50 minutes, but as it had been a long time since I had given a lecture, my sense of time had completely disappeared (tears). Slides for the lecture are prepared using PowerPoint, but of the number of slides I had prepared, 1/4 of them ended up undigested. In terms of time allocation, my “hunch” did not work at all.
　With those apologies, I was able to talk to almost everyone at the reception after the lecture, so I was able to “cover” their reactions to the content. As a writer of a publication, this is a rare opportunity to learn about the “reader's reaction” before publication.
　There were various points of “awareness” that I was very grateful for.
　It was unusual for a lecture on housing for professionals to receive such a wide variety of reactions and opinions from everyone who listened to it. One woman said, ‘It was interesting to see the way he was so quick to pursue the place and space where the man wrote his love letter (laughs)’.
　I am very grateful for the valuable feedback I received, including such comments. However, I will reflect on the fact that I was not able to make good use of the time, and hope to make use of some of the experience in today's lecture in Towada.
　I will continue to make adjustments to the number of slides and the content of my speech until the time of my speech today (after 4pm).