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The International Workshop

 On

Urban Utopianism

cum

China-India Forum

On

Beyond Gentrification

 

By

Department of Geography

Hong Kong Baptist University

In Collaboration with

Urban Research Plaza

Osaka City University

 

On

15^th - 17^th  May, 2012

 

At

WLB 208

Lam Woo International Conference Centre

Shaw Campus

Hong Kong Baptist University

 

 

Co-Sponsors: Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University

Research Grant (HKBU 244808),  Hong Kong Research Grants Council,  The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hong Kong Critical Geography Group

 

 

Hong Kong

24^th April, 2012

 

Programme

 

15^th May, 2012

9:00 - 9:10 Registration

 

9:10 - 9:15 Welcoming Ceremony

 

Adrian BAILEY, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University

 

Urban Utopianism

Understanding Urban Utopianism in the World

Chair: Anne HAILA, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki

9:15 - 9:45 Wing-Shing TANG, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

"Many Facets of Urban Utopianism"

 

9:45 - 10:15 On-Kwok LAI, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University

"Eco-utopian Urbanism and East-Asia's Glocalization in the Informational Age: Choreography of New Media-enhances Human Rights Movements in Urban Transformation"

 

10:15 - 10:30 Tea Break

 

Utopia in the Politics of Differences

Chair: On-Kwok LAI, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University

10:30 - 11:00 Angela STIENEN, Pedagogical University of Berne

"Building Utopia? Pedagogy and the Right to the City in Latin America"

 

11:00 - 11:30 Solomon Benjamin, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning

"Urban Utopianism: Some Thoughts from the Imperfect City"

 

11:30 - 12:00 Bhuvaneswari RAMAN, French Institute of Pondicherry

"Utopian Ideals and the Production of Urban Space: The Case of Chennai Metropolis, India"

 

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

 

 

The Role of Science (1): Spatial Metaphors or Participatory Action Method

Chair: Bhuvaneswari RAMAN, French Institute of Pondicherry

1:30 - 2:00 Wing-Shing TANG, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Joanna Wai-Ying LEE, Department of Geography and Resource Management and The Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

"A Utopia for the Bay Area of the Pearl River Estuary: The Spatial Metaphor of Planning Concepts"

 

2:00 - 2:30 Tianxin ZHANG, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University

"A Current Western Image for the Future Chinese Cities?"

 

2:30 - 3:00 Jackie YC Kwok, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

"We Do Not Want Utopia. We Only Want Better Living Environment"

 

3:00 - 3:15 Tea Break

 

The Role of Science (2): Diversity and Sustainability

Chair: Solomon Benjamin, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning

3:15 - 3:45 Uwe Altrock, Department of Urban Regeneration, Faculty of Planning, University of Kassel

"The Quest for Post-Modernist Urban Planning 50 Years After Jane Jacobs: Utopia, Background Music of Neoliberal Trends in a Post-Fordist World or Reformist Reality?"

 

3:45 - 4:15 Surajit CHAKRAVARTY, Department of Urban Planning Department, Alhosn University

"Utopia, Sustainability and the Anxieties of Development in Abu Dhabi"

 

4:15 - 4:30 Tea Break

 

The Role of Community Capacity Building

Chair: Pelin, TAN, New Media Department, Kadir Has University

4:30 - 5:00 Young A. LEE, Geography Education Department, Daegu University

"How to Build Community Capacity in Urban Development Process"

 

5:00 - 5:30 Kwok-kin FUNG, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University

"'Dialectical Utopianism' and Alternative Community Practice in Hong Kong"

 

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner Break

 

8:00 - 9:00 Field Trip

Hong Kong Critical Geography Group

"'Occupy Central', A Movement Not So Like 'Occupy Wall Street'"

 

 

16^th May, 2012

Activism: Negotiating Culture

Chair: Jackie YC Kwok, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

9:00 - 9:30 Pelin, TAN, New Media Department, Kadir Has University

"Ways of Common-ing and Imagination of Counter-urban Pracatices"

 

9:30 - 10:00 Ran MA, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

"The Dazhalan Project and Disappearing Beijing: Negotiating Urban Regeneration in Mainland China"

 

10:00 - 10:15 Tea Break

 

Alternative Organisations (1): Praxis and Socio-economic Restructuring

Chair: Shenglin Elijah CHANG, The New Ruralism Research and Development Center, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University

10:15 - 10:45 Christina WEST, Economic Geography, University of Mannheim

"Urban Utopias and Heterotopias: Theorising, Analyzing, and Evaluating the Praxeological "How?" of Urbanisation - Creative Power or Powerlessness of the Public in Barcelona/Spain"

10:45 - 11:15 Shinya KITAGAWA, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

"Searching for an Alternative Social Space in the City: Some Aspects of Spatial Practices of a Social Center 'Leoncavallo' in Milan"

 

11:15 - 11:45 Tomonaga HORIGUCHI, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

"The Change of the District Resulting from Formation and Collapse of Industrial Accumulation: A Case Study of the East Germany City"

11:45 - 1:15 Lunch

Alternative Organisations (2): Housing for the 'Deviants', the Poor and the Rich

Chair: Kwok-kin FUNG, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University

1:15 - 1:45 Yingfang CHEN, Department of Public Economics and Social Policy, Jiaotong University

"Everyday Life of Migrant Population in Shanghai"

 

1:45 - 2:15 Geerhardt KORNATOWSKI and Toshio MIZUUCHI, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

"An Alternative Approach toward Inner City Regeneration and its Possibilities for a Practical Urban Utopianism"

 

2:15 - 2:45 Maren Godzik, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo

"Discussing the Emergence of Alternative Housing in Japan"

 

2:45 - 3:15 Tea Break

 

Alternative Organisations (3): At the Fringe

Chair: Toshio MIZUUCHI, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

3:15 - 3:45 Jin Yong WU, Ding Xiong XIAO, Ru Ci HUANG and Shenglin Elijah CHANG, The New Ruralism Research and Development Center, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University

"The Hope of Hopeless Homes: Along the Riverside in New Taipei, Taiwan"

 

3:45 - 4:15 Yun-Chung CHEN, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University and Mirana May SZETO, Department of Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong

"Rebuilding an Eco-Village from the Ruin of Developmentalism: Making Utopia in Choi Yuen Village, Hong Kong"

 

4:15 - 4:30 Tea Break

 

Urban Utopianism in Art and Literature

Chair: Christina WEST, Economic Geography, University of Mannheim

4:30 - 5:00 Anne HAILA, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki

"Hope and Criticism in the Contemporary Southeast Asian Art"

 

5:00 - 5:30 Gordon GAMLIN, Department of Literature, Kobe National University

"Walls of Wisdom: Early Literary Accounts of Utopian Cities"

Roundtable Discussion

5:30 - 6:15 Chair: Wing-Shing TANG

 

6:30 - 9:00 Dinner

 

 

17^th May, 2012

Beyond Gentrification

 

Possible Ways Ahead

Chair: Uwe Altrock, Department of Urban Regeneration, Faculty of Planning, University of Kassel

9:00 - 9:30 Wing-Shing Tang, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

"China-India Comparative Urban Research Beyond Zero-Point Epistemology: The Example of Gentrification"

 

9:30 - 10:00 Solomon Benjamin, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning

"Constituting Property: Some Thoughts to Take the Gentrification Narrative Forward"

 

10:00 - 10:30 Bhuvaneswari RAMAN, French Institute of Pondicherry

"The Every Day Politics of Territorial Transformation & Property in Indian Cities"

 

 

10:30 - 10:45 Tea Break

 

Emphasis on Everyday Life

Chair: Angela STIENEN, Pedagogical University of Berne

10: 45 - 11:15 Tak Chuen LUK, Visiting Professor, Centre of Design and Social Development, Yunnan University

"Gentrification and the Coping Strategies of Migrants: A Case Study of the Hyper-urban Renewal of Kunming City in the Second Great Transformation of Post-socialist China"

 

11:15 - 11:45 Megan BLAKE, Department of Geography, Sheffield University

"Rebuilding the Market Economy: Gentrification and the Values of Hong Kong's Wet Markets"

 

11:45 - 12:15 Rupali GUPTA and Prad SHETTY,

"After-life of Gentrification: Mumbai Stories"

 

12:15 - 12:45 Roundtable Discussion

Chair: Wing-Shing TANG

 

12:45 - 2:15 Lunch

 

 

Urban Utopianism

 

2:15 - 6:00 Field Trip (including Dinner)

The Concerned Group of Choi Yuen Village

"The New Choi Yuen Village as an Urban Utopia"

 

 

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The International Workshop

On

Urban Utopianism

By

Department of Geography

Hong Kong Baptist University

In Collaboration with

 Urban Research Plaza

Osaka City University

On

12^th -14^th  May, 2011

 At

NAB 211

Lam Woo International Conference Centre

Shaw Campus

Hong Kong Baptist University

 

Co-Sponsors: Research Committee, Hong Kong Baptist University

Research Grant (HKBU 244808),  Hong Kong Research Grants Council,  The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hong Kong Critical Geography Group

  

Hong Kong

26^th April, 2011

Proceedings: 2011HKWS.pdf

Towards the Century of Cities

International Symposium

Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion

The first decade of the 21st century, dubbed the century of Cities, has passed. Osaka as well the cities around the world have faced financial storms of globalism causing mass unemployment, community destruction and environmental degradation. Cooperating with the Osaka International House Foundation, the Urban Research Plaza organizes an international symposium to hold the first roundtable discussion [Towards the Century of Cities] to find solutions to the challenges confronted by cities.

The symposium is an event to commemorate simultaneously the first international roundtable meeting, the launch of an international journal of City, Culture and Society (CCS) and the 130th anniversary of Osaka City University.

Yoshiki Nishizawa, President of Osaka City University

Kunio Hiramatsu, Mayor of the City of Osaka

Masayuki Sasaki, Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU

Sharon Zukin, Professor at the City University of New York

Lily Kong, Vice President at the National University of Singapore

Takashi Machimura, Professor at Hitotsubashi University

Toshio Mizuuchi, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU

François Colbert, Professor at HEC Montréal

Andrew Kirby, Professor at Arizona State University

Andy Pratt, Professor at Kings College London

Hyun Bang Shin, Lecturer at London School of Economics

Hiroshi Okano, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU

the Urban Research Plaza of Osaka City University

and The Osaka International House.

The Agency for Cultural Affiars,

The Japan Foundation,

and Tadao ANDO Foundation for Culture.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PROPOSAL

To solve social problem

Through art and cultural activities

 

Urban Research Plaza Yogyakarta Sub-center

Urban Research Plaza Osaka City University

In Collaboration with Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

And Indonesian Institute of the Art (ISI)

Yogyakarta

2010

http://urp.ucrc-yogya.or.id/updatedetail.php?id=3

http://fib.ugm.ac.id/index.php?action=news.detail&id_news=60

INTRODUCTION

Arts and cultural activity have become an increasingly important part of urban regeneration in many cities, though the bulk of effort and resources to date has  been on capital investment.
Recently, increasing interest has been shown in participatory arts programmes which are low-cost, flexible and responsive to local needs.
This use of the arts and cultural activity coincides with a shift in emphasis in regeneration strategies towards seeing local people as the principal asset through which renewal can be achieved.
Arts and cultural activity programmes have been shown to contribute to enhancing social cohesion  and local image; reducing offending behaviour; building private/public sector partnerships; promoting interest in the local environment; developing self-confidence; enhancing organisational capacity; supporting independence and exploring visions of the future.
The 8^th Academic Forum  on solving social problem through art and cultura activities is being co-organized by the Urban Research Plaza of Osaka City University in association with Faculty of Cultural Sciences at Universitas Gadjah Mada and Indonesia Institute of the Art (ISI). The object of this forum is to promote research and intellectual studies in urban issues. This annual forum seeks to encourage creative and intellectual thinking and the themes that have been selected for the forum are thus issues that are crucial today to the field of urban culture and social problem solving.

TIME AND PLACE

March 17^th 2010
Multimedia Room of Universitas Gadjah Mada, 3^rd Floor North Wing Rectorate

SPEAKERS

There are seven speakers for the seminar of which three are from Japan (Osaka City University and Kyoto University), two from UGM and another two from ISI. The following is the detail:

Geerhardt Kornatowski (Osaka City University)
"Religion and Homeless Support: After-life Concerns and Practical Support Involvement by New Religion (Shin-shukyo) Groups in Japan"
 
Akihiro Takasaki (Osaka City University)
Depoliticization of Environmental Movement: a Case Study of the Kuma River Basin in Japan
 
Dr. Eiji Kawano (Kyoto University)
Social Integration through the Reciprocity in the deprived Area: Case of 'Banlieue' in France
 
Setiadi, S.Sos., M.Hum. (UGM)
Art and the Disabled: A Study of Disabled Empowerment in Yogyakarta Special Region
 
Wisma Nugraha Christianto Rich, Drs., M.Hum. (UGM)
Jekdong: The Enforcer of Social Bond
Two ISI speakers

 

COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Shin Nakagawa
Prof. Dr. Toshio Mizuuch
Prof. Dr. A.M. Hermin Kusmayati,
Dwi Maryanto, Drs., MFA, Ph.D.
Dr. Ida Rochani Adi, S.U.
Prof. Dr. Soeprapto Soedjono, MFA
Prof. Dr. Sjafri Sairin, Dr.
Prof. Dr. Timbul Haryono, M.Sc.

About the study

The preceding paragraphs summarise the findings of The Art of Regeneration, which was written by Charles Landry, Lesley Greene, François Matarasso and Franco Bianchini and is published by Comedia in March 1996. It is based on over 10 years' experience of art and urban regeneration policy in the UK, Western Europe, Australia and the United States.

THE 8^th ACADEMIC FORUM

"Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, PubliCITY, and Transformation"

by

Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University

and

Urban Research Plaza/ Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka City University

  March 9 - 10, 2010

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University

We are happy to announce the 2010 collaborative forum between the Faculty of

Fine and Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and URP

 & UCRC of Osaka City University, Japan.  This forum aims to create a space

for graduate students and scholars to share their research in visual art,

creative art, performance studies, dance, cultural studies, ethnomusicology,

and related disciplines connected to the study of academic and vernacular

interpretation of urban culture through arts.

This year's forum seeks to explore the following questions:

1. What are the social challenges in urban communities calling for
innovative solutions across the arts and creative spaces?

2. How do we engage the various players and sectors of the arts world to
unite and coordinate their efforts to play a more integral role in city
development?

3. How do we build creative, sustainable and inclusive communities in urban
and suburban environments?

4. How can new media and alternative media and forms and new forms of
artistic expressions open new spaces for transformation?

5. How can the arts world build partnerships with youth clubs, schools,
civil society, media and city governments to support initiatives for
creative community development?

In short: How do we design the relations of the arts and a new urban future?

Objectives:

1. Identifying and exploring social issues and problems in urban
environments and the space through the arts

2. Exploring new art forms and creative initiatives in city environments
across the spectrum of artistic expressions (music, dance, visual arts,
photography, design etc.)

3. Identifying areas for future work and capacity building in urban culture
studies.

March 9, 2010

Room 210, Maha Chulalongkorn Building

8:00 AM Registration
 
9:00 AM Opening Speech  
Professor Pirom Kamolratanakul, MD, President, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
9:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Bangkok Creative City 
Mr. Apirak Kosayodhin, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Thailand
 
10:10 AM Bangkok Nice Night
A Group Presentation by Ph.D. Candidates, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
10:40 AM Thai Classical Music and Media in the 21^st Century
Ms. Paphutsorn Wongratanapitak, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 
11:10 AM Transformable Fashion for Working Age in Bangkok
Assistant Professor Patcha Utiswannakul, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
11:40 AM Transmitting Traditional Lanna Music in the Modern-Day City of Chiang Mai
Mr. Joel Akins, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand                                                                                                            
 
12:10 PM Lunch
Room 108, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University
 
1:00 PM Likhay Siam
A Group Presentation by Ph.D. Candidates, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University
 
1:30 PM Langendriyan: The Expression of Cross-Gendered Performance in a Javanese Dance Drama and Its Influence on Local Community
Ms. Kaori Okado, Osaka City University, Japan
 
2:00 PM Urban Culture and Islamic Design for Halal Products
Mr. Pibool Waijittragum, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
2:30 PM Coffee Break: Room 108, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University
 
3:00 PM Community Reconstruction through Cultural Identity Regeneration: Tourism and Creativities on Art and Culture in Phuket, Thailand
Mr. Hiroyuki Nobuto, Osaka City University, Japan                  
 
3:30 PM Taksila of Isan: The First Stage Research in Art and Social Science
Assistant Professor Songkoon Atthakor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand                                       
 
4:00 PM Corporeal Mime and Society: From the Viewpoint of Modernity
Ms. Haruka Noda, Osaka City University, Japan
 
4:30 PM Closing Speech
Professor Dr. Shin Nakagawa, Urban Research Plaza Steering Committee
Osaka City University, Japan

 

March 10, 2010

Room 105, Maha Chulalongkorn Building

8:00 am Registration
 
9:00 am Siam Smiley Thailand
A Group Presentation by Ph.D. Candidates, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
9:30 AM Beyond Entertainment: Music and Healthcare in Urban Park
Associate Professor Dr. Bussakorn Binson, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
10:00 AM Coffee Break: Room 108, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University
 
10:30 AM Transposition: A Program for Cultural Change
Dr. Geir Johnson : Music Cooperation Program Norway and Vietnam
 
11:00 Am Case study of Dance House from Slovenia: A European Folk
Music and Dance Revival in Urban Settings
Professor Dr. Svanibor Pettan, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
 
11:30 AM Business for Poverty through Cultural Creativity: BOP (Bottom of the Pyramid) and Social Sustainability
Professor Dr. Hiroshi Okano, Osaka City University, Japan
 
12:00 PM Lunch: Room 108, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University
 
1:00 PM Resizing Auditory Communities
Dr. Jacob Kreutzfeldt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 
1:30 PM Some Features on Quan Ho Singing Now and Then
Associate Professor Dr. Le van Toan, Vietnamese Institute for Musicology, Vietnam
 
2:00 PM Negotiating Displaced Communities in Singapore through Artistic, Cultural and Civic Partnerships.
Mr. Low Kok Wai, Special Talent Arts & Recreation Society, Singapore
 
2:30 PM Melodramatic Imagination in the Contemporary Theater as a Means to Fill the Gap between Urbanization and Its Shadow
Professor Dr. Akihiro Odanaka, Osaka City University, Japan
 
3:00 PM Art and Communal Health: Applied Ethnomusicology in Action
Ms. Lasanthi Manaranjanie, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
 
3:30 PM The Historical Representation of Place in the Military Base Town Koza: The 'Reassessment' of U.S. Military Presence as Developmental Resources
Professor Dr. Takashi Yamazaki, Osaka City University, Japan
 
4:00 PM Bangkok...Bananas: Multimedia Contemporary Arts Festival
Associate Professor Kamol Phaosavasdi, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 
4:30 PM Closing Ceremony
Associate Professor Dr. Suppakorn Disatapundhu, Dean, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

A.M. Hermin Kusmayati, Prof. Dr.
Dwi Maryanto, Drs., MFA, PhD
Ida Rochani Adi,  Dr., S.U.
Soeprapto Soedjono, Prof., Dr. MFA
Sjafri Sairin, Prof. Dr.
Timbul Haryono, Prof. Dr., M.Sc.
Wakil Dekan I FIB UGM
Wakil Dekan II FIB UGM
Wakil Dekan III FIB UGM

Agus Indiyanto, S.Sos., M.Si.
Agus Joko Pitoyo, S.Si, M.A
Amelia Maika, S.Sos., M.A
Anna Marie Wattie, M.A., Ph.D.
Anusapati, Drs. MFA
Aris Arif Mundayat, Ph.D
Djaka Marwasta, S.Si, M.Si
Fadjar Maharika, Dr. Ing., M.A
Farabi Fakih, SS.
G.R. Lono Lastoro Simatupang, Dr., M.A
Inajati Adisijanti, Prof., Dr.
Irwan Abdullah, Prof. Dr.,
M. Sani Roychansyah ST., M.Eng., D.Eng.
Musadad, Drs., M.Hum
Nicholas Warouw, Ph.D.
Sektiadi, S.S., M.Hum
Setiadi, S.Sos., M.Si
Sri Margana, SS, M.Hum, M.Phil
Widya Nayati, Dr.,  M.A
Wisma Nugraha Christianto Rich, Drs., M.Hum.
Yulyta Kodrat P., ST, MT


Kepala Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan Kota Jogja
Kepala Dinas Kimpraswil Kota Jogja

Kepala Bappeda Kabupaten Sleman
Kepala Dinas Kimpraswil Kabupaten Sleman
Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kab. Sleman

Kepala Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan Prov. DIY
Kepala Dinas PUPESDM Prov. DIY
Kepala Bappeda Prov. DIY

Kepala Sub. Dir. Perencanaan UGM

Plan for Holding a Joint Seminar

Osaka City University's Urban Research Plaza and the Korean National Housing Corporation Housing & Urban Research Institute

 

Name of Conference: Trends and Assessment of Housing Welfare Policies in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong

Purpose: To host a research group from Japan's Osaka City University's Urban Research Plaza and obtain suggestions and guidance for South Korea's housing welfare policies based on a grasp of the recent directions of housing welfare policy in Japan and Hong Kong

Date and Time: September 17, 2009  (Thursday) 3:00 to 6:00 PM

Place: The Korean National Housing Corporation's Annex Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room

Participants: 20 from here and abroad (6 researchers, 12 from Osaka City University, and supervisors from the Business Affairs Bureau)

Schedule: (Power Point presentations with translation, each presentation taking 30 minutes)

Moderator: LEE Jong Kwon (Director of Policy Management Research)

3:00 - 3:30  Opening and Greetings:

One representative of the Korean National Housing Corporation;

Director of Osaka City University's Urban Research Plaza

3:30 - 4:00 Local Livelihood Transition Assistance Projects in Tokyo (Inada Nanami)

4:00 - 4:30 Low Income Housing Assistance in Hong Kong (Geerhardt KORNATOWSKI)

4:30 - 4:45 Break

4:45 - 5:15 South Korea's Housing Welfare Policies (CHOI Eun Hee,

Head Researcher)

5:15 - 6:00 General Discussion

OCU-URP Seoul Sub-center Opening Commemorative Symposium:

"Poverty and Renewal"

 

1. Date and Place

§Symposium and Reception

• Friday, September 18, 2009  10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• Franciscan Education Center, 2^nd floor Large Auditorium (in Seoul, seating capacity of 110)

• Reception from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, near the meeting hall, advance reservations.

§Field Trip

• Saturday, September 19, 2009  10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• Locations within Seoul City and visits to institutions

 

2. Symposium Content

§Report to the public on the start of activities at Osaka City University's Urban Research Plaza Seoul Sub-center

§Sharing of understanding and practical experience related to urban poverty and revitalization in South Korea and Japan

§Actual field visits to places dealt with in the symposium, and provision of a venue for the sharing of experience among the related individuals

§Promotion of exchanges between Japanese and Korean researchers and field workers through the intermediary of Osaka City University's Urban Research Plaza Seoul Sub-center

 

3. Symposium Schedule

   I. Theme: Poverty and Renewal (Working Title)

   II. Speakers and Topics

Session 1 and 2 Moderator: Mizuuchi Toshio (OCU-URP)

Session 3 and 4 and General Discussion Moderator: Kim Won-bae (the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS))

 

Time		Speaker and Topic
09:30 - 10:00	Check-in
10:00 - 10:30	Greetings	•Ha, Seong-Kyu (Director, Korean Center for City and Environment Research(KOCER)) •Sasaki Masayuki (Director, OCU Urban Research Plaza)
10:30 - 11:30	Session 1	• Ha, Seong-Kyu: Urban Renewal (New Towns) and the Housing Poverty of Low Income Groups •Lee, Ju-Won: Dissension and Controversy in Urban Renewal Projects Seen from On the Ground: Mainly in New Town Redevelopment Projects
11:30 - 11:45	Break
11:45 - 12:45	Session 2	•Wakamatsu Tsukasa: The Reality of Discrimination against Locality and Urban Regenetration in Socially Disadvantaged Inner City Area: the Case of Osaka's Nishinari Ward •Seo, Jong Gyun: An Approach to New Revitalization Works: the Case of Samsung Yeongju District
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:15	Session 3	Kuzunishi Risa: New Potential for Housing Aid for Domestic Violence Victims: Status of Rehabilitation Aid Usage in Tottori Prefecture and the Effects of Its Adoption •Meno Fumitake: Housing Provision Project for the Elderly Poor by Private Non-profit Organizations •Inada Nanami: Housing Assistance for the Single Elderly Poor and Inclusive Local Care- Potential for Local Revitalization through Livelihood Assistance Projects
15:15 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 16:30	Session 4	•Park Se-Hoon: Multicultural 'Utilization' and the Politics of Urban Renewal- Examples from Wonguk-dong in Ansan City and Incheon's Chinatown •Hirakawa Takaaki: Role of Cultural Activities in Kamagasaki- Through the Operation of the 'Come On!' Media Center
16:30 - 16:45	Break
16:45 - 17:15	General Discussion
17:15 - 18:00	Response to Questions
18:00	Closing

 

Speakers' Profiles

(1) Korean Group

• Ha Seong-Kyu (Director of Korean Center for City and Environment Research(KOCER), Vice-President of Chung-Ang University)

•Lee Ju-Won (Nanum-gwa-Mire(Division and the Future))

•Seo Jong Gyun (Chief Researcher, Korean Urban Studies Institute)

•Park Se-Hoon (Chief Researcher, National Land Research Institute)

 

(2) Japanese Group

•Meno Fumitake (OCU-URP Post-Doctoral Researcher)

•Wakamatsu Tsukasa (OCU-GCOE Special Researcher)

•Kuzunishi Risa (OCU-GCOE Special Researcher)

•Inada Nanami (OCU-GCOE Special Researcher)

•Hirakawa Takaaki (URP, RA)

 

   III. Conference Format

-      Japanese-Korean Simultaneous Translation

-      20 minutes each for presentations, 10 minutes for questions and responses

 

    IV. Written materials in both Japanese and Korean translation will be distributed on the

           day of the conference

 

4. Field Trip

   §We plan to visit locations related to 'Poverty and Renewal' within Seoul.

   §A venue will be provided for sharing the experiences of local residents and aid workers.

 

Time	Theme	Place	Host group	Notes
08:30 - 09:00	Movement to Yongsan: 10 min. by Subway from Chungmuro Station		KOCER
09:00 - 10:00	Evils of Redevelopment	Site of the Yongsan Incident
10:00 - 11:00	Movement to Guro District: 30 min. by subway
11:00 - 12:30	The new poverty and migrant laborers (area where ethnic Koreans immigrants are concentrated)	Guro District	Undecided
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:00	Movement to Poi-dong: 50 min. by subway
15:00 - 16:30	Observation of vinyl house (squatter) district	Poi-dong Countermeasures Committee	Residents' Organization
16:30 - 17:30	Movement to Haengdang-dong: Approx. 1 hr. by subway and on foot
17:30 - 19:00	Alternative of community-led development	Haengdang-dong Residents' Governing Center	Nongol Credit Union (Community bank)
19:00 - 20:30	Dinner
20:30 -	Closing

 

 

5. Exchange Parties:  We plan to have parties for exchanges between participants after the closing of the symposium and after the end of the field tour.

 

6. Address all other questions to:

 

Supervisor of the OCU-URP Seoul Sub-center: Lim Deok Young (Korean Urban Studies Institute Researcher)

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