ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 13-16 JULY 1994 CONFERENCE UPDATE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS VANDANA SHIVA Vadana Shiva is the author of staying Alive: Woman, Ecology and Development. Physicist, philosopher and feminist. Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, Dehradun. Active in Citizens' action against environmentaldestruction including the Chipko Movement. She is Science and Environment Adviser of the Third World Network and author of Third Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics. EMIL SALIM Emil Salim was Indonesia's Minister for the Environment from 1978 to 1993. He was formerly a key economic policy-maker, Deputy Chairman of the National Development Board, and senior lecturer in economics at the University of Indonesia. In recent years he has become a prominent spokesman for the environment, and active in campaigns to clean the rivers and the urban environment of Java. He was a member of the Brundtland Commission,and was recently granted an award by the United Nations for his efforts in environmental affairs. DAI QING Dia Qing is probably China's leading campaigner on environmental issues, and certainly the best-known within the country. She is currently a research fellow at The Freedom Forum Media Studies Centre in New York. A Former reporter for the Guangming Daily she has published numerous collections of short stories and essays in China as well as several books on contemporary Chinese issues. She recently reveived the 1993 Environmental Award from Conde Nast Traveler Magazine and the 1993 Goldman Environmental Prize for her coverage of the Tree Gorges Dam Project on the Yangtze River in China. TAKAMICHI SEKINE Takamichi Sekine is legal adviser for the Nature Conservation Society of Japan - this is Japan's Largest environmental organisation. He is also a member of the Environmental Centre of the Japan Bar Association. He is currently active in litigating several environmental cases in Japan which are likely to become a seminal precedent for the coming decade. PROPOSED PANELS Suggestions to date include: SOUTHEAST ASIA Tribal People and Development in Asia. Colonialism and Transformation of the Landscape in Asia. The Distinction of Flora and Fauna and the Idea of Conservation in Asia. Agriculture, Mineral and Resource Exploitation and Consequences for Asia. Woman, Culture and the Environment. Population Growth and Environmental Change in Asia. Perceptions of the Environment in Asia. Technology Transfer and Environmental Protection in Asia. Women, Culture and the Environment in Asia. Riverine, Deltaic and Coastal Environments and Communities: Their Transformation in the 20th Century 'Maritime' Southeast Asia. State and Nation in Indonesia. Tourism and the Environment in Colonial Southeast Asia. Cities on the Move: The Transport Needs of Asian Cities. Leap Frogging the Dinosaurs: The Energy Debate in Asia. Approaches to Southeast Asian History. Politics of National and Regional Integration in Southeast Asia. Patterns of Cross-Cultural Finds and Settlement in Southeast Asia from 16th - 18th Centuries. Alternative Modernities in Indonesia. CHINA Environment and Development in China since 1978. Health and Environment in China. Technology and Water Control. The Contemporary Chinese Economy. Contemporary Chinese Politics. Women in Chinese Society. Foreign Interests in China. Human Rights in China. Political and Social Issues in Hong Kong. China-Hong Kong Relations. Traditional Chinese Culture. Living Environments: Traditional Chinese Gardens. Confucianism and Commercialism in East Asia. WEST ASIA Muslim Fundamentalism. SOUTH ASIA Indian Maritime History. Geo-Political Changes in South Asia in the Post Cold-War Period. Newspapers. Leadership in India. The Electronic Revolution and the Transformation of India's Newspapers. Fisheries. BJP and Contemporary Politics. JAPAN Japan's Commitment in Southeast Asia. Regional Co-operation in Australia - Japan. Relations: The West New Guinea Dispute. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS A Student-Centred Approach to Teaching Chinese Grammar. Salt: An Alternative Way of Teaching Languages. Compoundability of Case Particles in Japanese. The Budi-Bahasa Concept of Malay Language. Study and Teaching. TEACHER EDUCATION Teaching Indonesian as a Foreign Language Project. It is anticipated that panels will be formed by the National Asian Language Team, members and the Asian Education Foundation members. We would like more papers from and relating to both the secondary and tertiary sector. ENVIRONMENT Wildlife Conservation in Asia. Tourism and the Environment. Perceptions of the Environment in Asia. Environmental Politics in Asia. Managing Common Property Resources (Marine, Lowland, Upland). Unions and the Environment. NGO's and Environmental Advocacy. Forestry and the State. Environmental History. Urban Transportation in Asia. Population, Migration and the Environment. Indigenous Knowledge: Biological and Cultural Diversity. A Framework Conservation and Envirionmental Convention for the Asian Region. Unions and NGO's. Sustainable Agriculture. LAW Maritime Environments, Borders and the Plight of Fishing Communities in Asia. Philippine Australian Interactions. ASEAN's Role and Development as a Security Community. Environmental Regulation and Business Investment: Australia and Asia. Transcending Political and Natural Boundaries in Conservation Strategies. Land Use and Land Law in Vietnam. The Structure of International Environmental Law and Its Impact on Domestic Policy Development. SCIENCE Asian Cities and Environmental Problems. Waste Trade in Asia. Polluting Asia: Waste Management and the Waste Trade in Asia. Forest Conversion and Land Use Change in Southeast Asia. Water Resources in Asia. ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOPS Energy Alternatives in Asia: Environmental and Cultural Dimensions. Science and Social Science Collaboration in Environmental Research: Opportunities and Challenges. Adaptation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Asian Countries. Integrating Biological and Cultural Perspective in Heritage Conservation. Transcending Political and Natural Boundaries in Conservation: Agenda for Action. REGIONAL Photography and Historical Analysis. History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Asia - including HIV/AIDS. Southeast Asian Music and Theatre. Teaching Media Production in Asia. Women and Work in Asia. Banking in Asia. Regional Development. WORKSHOPS Social and Cultural Constructions of the New Rich in Asia. Offshore Banking in Asia. Special Economic Zones in Asia. Further suggestions welcome. Please contact the appropriate session convenor. SESSION CONVENORS CHINA Beverley Hooper Centre for Asian Studies University of Western Australia NEDLANDS WA 6009 Tel. (61-9)3802121 Fax. (61-9)3801167 JAPAN Radha Krishnan Humanities Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602864 Fax. (61-9)3104944 LAW Catherine Iorns Law Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3606204 Fax. (61-9)3106671 SCIENCE Roger Lethbridge Biological and Environmental Science Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602925 Fax. (61-9)3104997 SOUTH ASIA Peter Reeves School of Social Sciences Curtin University of Technology Kent Street BENTLEY WA 6102 Tel. (61-9)3517395 Fax. (61-9)3513166 SOUTHEAST ASIA James Warren Humanities Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602587 Fax. (61-9)3106285 WEST ASIA Frank Broeze Department of History University of Western Australia NEDLANDS WA 6009 Tel. (61-9)3802139 Fax. (61-9)3801069 TEACHER EDUCATION Lindy Norris Education Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602849 Fax. (61-9)3105299 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Orie Muta HUMANITIES Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602522 Fax. (61-9)3104944 REGIONAL AND OTHER THEMES Carol Warren/Krishna Sen Humanities Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Tel. (61-9)3602345/2188 Fax. (61-9)3106285 Registration Enquiries to: Conference Organiser Asia Research Centre Murdoch University MURDOCH WA 6150 Phone: (61-9)3606233 Fax: (61-9)3104944