Symposium: Long-term Sustainability Through Place-based, Small-scale Economies

Date: 26–27 September 2014
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Place: 180 Doe Library, University of California at Berkeley( → Access)
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This symposium examines the importance of place-based, small-scale and diversified economies for the long-term sustainability of human societies and explores what needs to be done for promoting alternative food systems. Experts in archaeology, ethnology, agronomy from Japan and the United States will present their research on the past and present practice of place-based smaller-scale food production systems, for reevaluating their advantages and limitations and exploring their future potential. This symposium will also aim to discuss how contributions the archaeology of the North Pacific could make to understand the mechanisms of long-term cultural and societal changes and to mitigate environmental issues at multiple scales.

Invited Speakers/Performers:

  1. MIGUEL ALTIERI,

    2. Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley;

  2. KENNETH AMES,

    3. Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University;

  3. WILLIAM BALÉE,

    4. Professor, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University;

  4. FRITJOF CAPRA,

    5. Cofounder, Center for Ecoliteracy;

  5. BEN FITZHUGH,

    6. Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington;

  6. MAYUMI FUKUNAGA,

    7. Associate Professor, School of Sustainability Systems, Osaka Prefecture University;

  7. COLIN GRIER,

    8. Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University;

  8. JUNKO HABU,

    9. Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature;

  9. SATOSHI ISHIKAWA,

    10. Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature;

  10. NOBUHIRO KANEKO,

    11. Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley;

  11. KENT LIGHTFOOT,

    12. Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley;

  12. CÉLINE PALLUD,

    13. Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley;

  13. TATSUHITO SEKINE,

    14. Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University;

  14. YUKO SUGIYAMA,

    15. Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University;

  15. STEVEN WEBER,

    16. Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Vancouver

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