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The 2007 Taiwan Meeting of the IGU
Indigenous Peoples Knowledge and RightsCommission
Indigenous Geographies
October 29 - Nov. 3, 2007
Taipei, Taiwan
The Indigenous Peoples Knowledge and Rights Commission (IPKR) is
a newly
established commission within the International Geographic Union
(IGU), approved
by the IGU Executive Committee at the 2006 IGU Brisbane
Conference in July 2006.
It is a pleasure to invite you to attend the international
conference and meeting of the
IPKR to be held in Taipei, Taiwan on October 29-November 3,
2007, hosted by the
Geographical Society of Taiwan.
Who should attend?
We welcome the following people and representatives to attend,
present or organize
panels in the conference.
Steering committee members of the IPKR commission.
Participants and contributors at the inaugural meeting of the
Commission in 2006,in Brisbane, Australia.
Indigenous and non-indigenous Geographers, scholars or doctoral
students whoare devoted or interested in Indigenous studies.
Taiwan Indigenous scholars and community elders and
non-indigenous scholarsinterested in Taiwan Indigenous studies.
Dates: October 29 November 3, 2007.
Venue:National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Themes of the conference
Indigenous epistemology and methodology. Self-determination and
Indigenous peoples rights.
Property rights and customary laws Traditional territory and
community mapping. Sustainable development and vulnerability.
Community tourism and sustainable-community development. Global
change and indigenous knowledge Globalization and Indigenous
revitalization. Identity, gender, urbanism and socio-cultural
geography. Traditional knowledge and environmental resources
management Indigenous education
The deadline for submission of abstracts for conference papers
is May 31, 2007.
The full paper should be submitted by August 31, 2007.
Contact
For more information, or to submit abstracts and papers, please
contact Dr.
tibusungu e vayayana (Wang Ming Huey), Geography Dept, National
Taiwan
Normal University, Taipei, TAIWAN
E-mail address: [email protected]
Keynotes Speakers:
Anne Buttimer: Professor of Geography, University College
Dublin, Past-President of
the International Geographical Union
Jay Johnson: Assistant Professor of Geography, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln,
Chair, Indigenous Peoples Knowledges and Rights Commission
Richie Howitt: Associate Professor and Head of Department, Human
Geography,
Macquarie University
Randy Thaman:Island Ethnobiodiversity: The Foundation for the
Survival of Island
Life
Wendy Shaw: Lecturer in Geography, University of New South
Wales
Mere Roberts: Associate Professor and Head of Science at Te
Whare Wnanga O
Awanuirangi/a Mori University in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Information on the Program
Sunday,
October
28
Monday,
October
29
Tuesday,
October
30
Wednesday,
October
31
Thursday,
November
1
Friday,
November
2
Saturday,
November
3
Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning
Welcome
remarks and
Keynote
speeches
Plenary
sessions
Refreshments Refreshments
Arrival of
speakers
and guests
Keynote
speeches
Concurrent
sessions
Closing
remarks
Island
Excursion:
Northeast
Coast,
Ilan Plain,
East CoastCliff,
Gorge
Field
discussions:
Taroko
Gorge,
trails,
villages,time-space
rhythms
Return to
Taipei
Afternoon lunch lunch lunch lunch lunch Afternoon
Concurrent
sessions
Concurrent
sessions
Refreshments RefreshmentsOrientation
Concurrent
sessions
Concurrent
sessions
Taipei city
and
museums
visits
Field
discussions:
Taroko
National Park,
nature culture
connections
Field
discussions:
Indigenous
knowledge,
island
geographies
Evening Evening Evening Evening Evening Evening
Free time Welcome
banquetFree time Social Event
Overnight
Indigenous
Lodge
Overnight
in Taroko
Gorge
Departure
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Local Organizing Committee
Chang-Yi David Chang Chair of IGU Commission on Islands;
Professor, Department of
Geography, National Taiwan University [email protected]
Jiun-Chuan Lin President of Geographical Society of China
located in Taipei
(Taiwan); Professor, Department of Geography, National
Taiwan [email protected]
Sue-Ching Jou Secretary-in-General, Geographical Society of
China located in
Taipei (Taiwan); Professor and Chair, Department of
Geography, National Taiwan [email protected]
tibusungu e vayayana Associate Professor, Department of
Geography, National
Taiwan Normal [email protected]
Supported by National Science Council, Geographical Society of
China Located in Taipei
(Taiwan), National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal
University, NationalKaohsiung Normal University, National Changhwa
Normal University, Chinese Cultural
University, National Penghu University, National Kinmen
Technology University
International Steering Committee
Jay Johnson, Chair Asst. Prof, University of Nebraska, USA
Brad Coombes Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, NEW
ZEALAND
Klaus Frantz Prof, University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
Richard Howitt Assoc. Prof, Macquarie University, AUSTRALIA
Ari Lehtinen Prof, University of Joensuu, FINLAND
Renee Louis, Secretary PhD Candidate, University of Hawaii,
USA
Evelyn Peters Prof, University of Saskatchewan, CANADA
Albertus Pramono PhD Candidate, University of Hawaii,
representing
INDONESIA
Maano Ramutsindela Assoc. Prof, University of Cape Town, SOUTH
AFRICA
tibusungu e vayayana Associate Prof, National Taiwan Normal
University, TAIWAN
