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Date: Friday, 15th and Saturday, 16th December 2006 Venue: Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan (Multi-media Conference Room, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nishi-Chiba Campus) Language: English Organizers: Research Center on Public Affairs for Sustainable Welfare Society (ReCPA, 21st Century Program, Chiba University), Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Chiba University), Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) Supported by the Japan Foundation Friday, 15th December Session 1: 'Tradition', Community, Environment and Publicness 10:00-12:15 Historical Changes in Communal Fisheries in Japan by Yutaka Suga (University of Tokyo, Japan) Role of Government in Establishment of Communal Rule for Using Forest Resources: The Korean Experience before and after the Liberation (tentative) by Wooyoun Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) Duality of Nested Forest Governance: Lessons from Various Interactions between Forest and Local People in East Kalimantan, Indonesia by Makoto Inoue (University of Tokyo, Japan) 12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-15:55 Policy of Commons and Resource Preservation in Modern Thailand by Atsushi Kitahara (Ryukoku University, Japan) Publicness and Community of Taken-for-Grantedness: Case Study of Communal Land Formation in Rural Thailand by Shinichi Shigetomi (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan) Self-Governance of Village Common Lands, Water and Forests in Northern India, 1803-2006: Lessons from a Sustainable Eco-Culture by Minoti Chakravarty-Kaul (Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi, India) Historical Changes in Village Common Lands in South India by Haruka Yanagisawa (Chiba University, Japan) 16:00-17:20 Discussion 18:00-20:00 Party at Keyaki Kaikan, Chiba University Saturday, 16th December Session 2: Globalization, Civil Society and the State in Asia and the Middle East 9:30-12:35 Is the Egyptian Village a "Community" ? by Hiroshi Kato (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) Egyptian Farmers and Globalization by Mohamed Abdel Aal (University of Cairo, Egypt) Urban Unrest and Social Movements under the 'Soft' Authoritarian Regime in Egypt after the Introduction of the Open-door Economic Policy by Eiji Nagasawa (University of Tokyo) Poverty and Citizenship: A Case Study on Turkey by Ayşe Buğra (Boğazici University, Istanbul, Turkey) Civil Society and the Roles of Religion, Tradition, and Modern Associations after the War in Iraq by Faleh A. Jabar (Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies, Iraq) 12:35-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:15 Discussion Session 3: Environmental Policies and Social Changes in Asia 14:30-17:15 Environmentalism in a World Class City: Urban Poor and the Struggle for Livelihoods in Delhi, India by Amita Baviskar (Institute of Economic Growth, India) Industrial Policy and Industrial Pollution in Japan: Implications for Other Asian Countries by Tadayoshi Terao (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan) Environmental Movement in Democratizing Taiwan (1980-2004): Protest, Party and Policy by Ming-sho Ho (Nanhua Univeristy, Taiwan) Reforming Environmental Governance in China: Forcusing on Information Disclosure and Public Participation by Kenji Otsuka (Institute of Developing Economics) 17:20-18:20 Discussion Concluding Remarks