Asian Environments Shaping the World: Conceptions of Nature and Environmental Practices

20-21 March 2009
National University of Singapore
University Hall, Vista Level 7

Abstract

S/No	Speakers	University / Country	Title	Draft Papers	Email
1	Prof. Bao Maohong	Peking University / China	Social Transformation, Environmental Change and the Decultralization of Oroqen (1858-1945)		baomh616@sohu.com
2	Dr Daniel Goh Pei Siong	NUS / Singapore	Greening like a Developmental State: Eco-City Edens and the Ecological Modernization of China		dsong@nus.edu.sg
3	A/P Gregory K Clancey & Miss Minami Orihara	NUS / Singapore	The Nature of Emergency in Late Imperial Japan		hisgkc@nus.edu.sg / minami373@hotmail.com
4	Prof. James C Scott	Yale University / USA	The Ecology of State-evasion		James.scott@yale.edu
5	A/P Johannes Widodo	NUS / Singapore	Morphogenesis and Layering of Southeast Asian Coastal Cities: Re-conceptualization of urban and environmental model		jwidodo@nus.edu.sg
6	A/P Julia A Thomas	Notre Dame University / USA	No-Man’s Land: History and Nature Between States in the Korean DMZ		thomasjna@aol.com
7	A/P Maribeth Erb & Mr Eberhardus Agus	NUS / Singapore LSM Primasari Desa/ Indonesia	Contact Zones of Eco-tourism: Tales of the Environment from Western Flores		socmerb@nus.edu.sg / ardhieagus@yahoo.com
8	Prof. Masayoshi Nakawo	National Institute for the Humanities / Japan	What the evolution of a lake tells us about aridity in central Eurasia?		nakawo@nihu.jp
9	Prof. Peter C. Perdue	Yale University / USA	Is Pu-er in Zomia?: Tea Cultivation and the State in China		Peter.c.perdue@yale.edu
10	Prof. Robert Weller	Boston University / USA	Mountains and Valleys: Multiple Natures and Their Environmental Consequences in China		rpweller@bu.edu
11	Dr Rohan D’Souza	Jawaharial Nehru University / India	River as Resource and Land to Own: The Great Hydraulic Transition in Eastern India		rohanxdsouza@gmail.com
12	A/P Victor Savage	NUS / Singapore	Cosmic Representations and Aterritorial Communities in Southeast Asia: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods		geosava@nus.edu.sg
13	Dr Vinita Damodaran	Sussex University / UK	Place and agency: Landscape narratives of Singhbhum and the colonial discourse of tribal protection in Eastern India, 1830-1950		v.damodaran@sussex.ac.uk

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