Activity

PP21 FORUM ON RURAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING IN ASIA
Activity Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 12:00-15:00 UTC (19:00-22:00 Bangkok time)
Simultaneous Interpretation: English, Spanish, and Chinese
Duration: 180-215 mins

Organizers:
Asian Cultural Forum for Development (ACFOD)
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA)
CCRD-CS, Lingnan University
Global University for Sustainability
People’s Plan Study Group (PPSG)

Coordinator: Sit Tsui Jade Margaret (Southwest University, China)

Part I: East Asia (Bangkok time 7.00-8.35pm)
Moderator: Lau Kin Chi (Lingnan University, China)
Speakers [15 mins each]:

[1] Being Sustainable--A small-scale Farming and Processing Work in Yamagata, Japan
Hikita Mitsuko (Yamagata Farmers Group, Japan)

[2] Challenges and Findings for A New Geosymbiotic Fruit tree Farming:
under the Existing Governance of “Agricultural Land Law” and Local Farming Customs in Japan (Ikoma city, Takayamacho)
Takeshi Shiratori (Setsunan University, Japan)

[3] Observation from a Collaborative Project Geosymbiotic Workshop 2019: Challenges Facing the Ethnic Minority Communities of the Agent Orange Sprayed Areas in Central Vietnam
Takeshi Shiratori (Setsunan University, Japan)

[4] The Making of a Youth Commune in Central China
Liang Shaoxiong (Puhan New Youth Commune, Shanxi Province, China)

[5] The Village Songs Project: A Cultural Intervention in Rural Revitalization
Sun Heng (Loving Home-Village Songs Project, Beijing, China)

Q&A [20 mins]

Part II: Southeast Asia (Bangkok time 8.35-9.35pm)
Moderator: Boonthan T Verawongse (ACFOD, Thailand)
Speakers [15 mins each]:

[1] The Lumad Bakwit School in the Philippines
Kat-Kat Dalon and Jose Monfred C.Sy (Lumad Bakwit School and University of the Philippines, Philippines)

[2] The Struggle for Agrarian Reform and Current Projects of SPP
Yani Srimulyani (Serikat Petani Pasundan, Indonesia)

[3] Case of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand
Nittaya Earkanna (Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association, Thailand)

Q&A [15 mins]

Part III: South Asia (Bangkok time 9.35-10.35pm)
Moderator: Sit Tsui Jade Margaret (Southwest University, China)
Speakers [15 mins each]:

[1] The Rural Reconstruction Movement in Nepal: Past and Present
Arjun Karki (Rural Reconstruction Movement, Nepal)

[2] Land Rights, Feudalism, and Food Sovereignty
Farooq Tariq (Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, Pakistan)

[3] Building the Right to Food Network
Kaniz Fatima (Right to Food, Bangladesh)

Q&A [15 mins]