KINDOWS 1st Next Generation Seminar:
“The Cutting Edge of Himalayan Area Studies 2023”
Host
- KINDOWS (Center for Indian Ocean World Studies at Kyoto University)
Co-host
- The Association for the Studies of Himalaya, Kyoto University; Nepal Academic Network (NAN)
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Comparative Study of Reconstruction: Cases from South Asia” (19H00558)
Program
10:25-10:30 Opening Remarks Tatsuro Fujikura
10:30-11:00 Shota Kikukawa “International Labor Migration from Bhutan to Australia: Focusing on the Trends and Intentions of the Highly Educated Elite”
11:00-11:30 Chihiro Kawaguchi “Single Mothers Living in Contemporary Nepal and Structural Violence: Focusing on the Controversy Surrounding Citizenship Certificates Based on the Mother’s Name”
(Break)
11:40-12:10 Taishu Kitajima “Reading the Boundary Between ‘Legal and Illegal’: The Case of Street Vendors as Squatters in Kathmandu, Nepal”
(Lunch Break)
14:00-14:30 Yoko Miki “The Dress of ‘Minority’ People in Nepal”
14:30-15:00 Yoshiki Ishiuchi “Considering Regional Plurality: The Case of Bartsam in Eastern Bhutan”
(Break)
15:10-15:40 Yuko Takamichi “A Study on the Utilization of the Plant Alo by the Kurun Rai People in Sankhwa Sabha, Eastern Nepal / A Study on the Positioning of Handicrafts in the Organizational Management of the Limbu Ethnic Group”
15:40-16:10 Sanae Ito “Disaster Prevention and Culture: On ‘Newar-Style Recovery’ Following the 2015 Nepal Earthquake”
16:10-17:00 General Discussion
Panelists:
Hiroshi Ishii (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Saika Sato (Professor, Teikyo University)
Katsuro Nawa (Professor, The University of Tokyo)