Changing Identities and Networks in the Globalising World: Negotiation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in Everyday Life
Second International Symposium of the Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University
23 February, 2007, 9:00-17:30
Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University Clayton Campus,
Melbourne, Australia
Organized by Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University and Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University Funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan and Ryukoku University
The symposium will be the second international symposium organised by the Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University, located in Kyoto, Japan. This five year ongoing research project seeks to understand conflict and find resolutions for conflict from a variety of perspectives. This year the symposium will focus on conflict that is often found in everyday lives and is becoming more affected by the changes caused by globalisation. Modes of transport, the Internet and other media have given us greater access to different cultural perspectives and facilitated greater movement of both people and information. These social changes have necessitated a greater need for skills to negotiate different cultures in everyday matters. Understanding how the mechanisms of transnational networks and the negotiation of both cultures and identities plays a part in conflict prevention can be considered an important part of both conflict transformation and resolution.
The symposium will address these issues through four different panels:
- Panel 1: Global-Local Connections and Networks in Japanese Educational Settings
- Panel 2: The Ties that Bind: Social Networks and Remittances of Transnational Migrants in Asia
- Panel 3: The Role of Cultural Perceptions in Conflict Prevention
- Panel 4: Identity, Conflict and Diasporic Politics
Registration is necessary for those who wish to attend the symposium but no registration fee is required. Please send your name, affiliation and e-mail address to Pauline Kent (Pauline.kent@arts.monash.edu.au), Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University.
The symposium will be held at the Japanese Studies Centre, Building 54, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia. Please see the following link on how to get to the Monash University Clayton Campus.