International Symposium on “Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific”
| Date: | 12 August, 2013 |
| Venue: | Lecture Hall, RIHN (→ Access) |
| Language: | English |
| Participation: | Contact the address shown in the bottom of this page |
| Organizers: | RIHN FS “Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific : Linking Community-based Participatory Research and the Transmission of Ecological Knowledge to Future Generations” (Masayuki Onishi) |
Program:
Introduction
| 9:30-9:40 | Word of welcome/ Introduction of today’s program | Prof. Masayuki Onishi |
| 9:40-10:40 | Session 1: Okinawa(Chair: Masayuki Onishi) | |
| 9:40-10:10 | Biocultural diversity in Okinawa | Prof. Takakazu Yumoto |
| 10:10-10:40 | Language diversity and endangerment in the Ryukyus | Prof. Masahide Ishihara |
| 10:40-10:50 | Coffee break | |
| 10:50-12:20 | Session 2: Papua New Guinea(Chair: Syuntaro Tida) | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Linguistic diversity in Papua New Guinea | Prof. Nicholas Evans |
| 11:20-11:50 | Papua New Guinea defines diversity | Prof. Prem P. Rai |
| 11:50-12:20 | Fish diversity and food security in Papua New Guinea | Dr. Satoshi Ishikawa |
| 12:20-13:40 | Lunch break | |
| 13:40-14:40 | Session 3: South Asia(Chair: Nathan Badenoch) | |
| 13:40-14:10 | Linguistic diversity in South Asia | Prof. Toshiki Osada |
| 14:10-14:40 | Ecological information encoded in the Solega language of southern India | Dr. Aung Si |
| 14:40-14:50 | Coffee break | |
| 14:50-16:20 | Session 4: Southeast Asia(Chair: Toshiki Osada) | |
| 14:50-15:20 | Genetic diversity of rice in Southeast Asia | Prof. Ryuji Ishikawa |
| 15:20-15:50 | Prehistoric language dispersions and Austroasiatic zoological terms | Prof. Gérard Diffloth |
| 15:50-16:20 | Economic integration, landuse change and the restructuring of human diversity: Dynamics of biocultural diversity in Northern Laos | Dr. Nathan Badenoch |
| 16:20-16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30-17:00 | General Discussion |
Participants
| AUNG SI | Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne |
| BADENOCH, Nathan | Associate Professor, The Hakubi Project, Kyoto University |
| DIFFLOTH, Gérard | Visiting Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| EVANS, Nicholas | Head and Professor, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University |
| ISHIHARA, Masahide | Professor, Dept. of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Law and Letters, University of the Ryukyus |
| ISHIKAWA, Ryuji | Dept. of Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University |
| ISHIKAWA, Satoshi | Associate Professor, RIHN |
| ONISHI, Masayuki | Visiting Professor, RIHN |
| OSADA, Toshiki | Visiting Professor Emeritus, RIHN |
| RAI, Prem P. | Professor, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea |
| YUMOTO, Takakazu | Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University |
Contact:
ONISHI Masayuki (Visiting Professor, RIHN)
Tel: +81-75-707-2152
Fax: +81-75-707-2106
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