PP21 Activity at Mexico WSF: https://join.wsforum.net/activities/10470

Zoom registration: https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s5M8MnF1S3WPbOY98mAJSg

(Webinar ID 984 0942 0642; Password: PP21PP21)

Live Streaming at Bilibili (Chinese):

https://live.bilibili.com/21863611?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0

Live-streaming at Global U YouTube (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VpFyuM2mpGYYh0ZGhvhaQ

https://youtu.be/BJ-1DMukQT8

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)

[3] The Making of a Youth Commune in Central China 

Liang Shaoxiong (Puhan New Youth Commune, Shanxi Province, China)

[4] 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]

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