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Southeast Asia Workshop and China Workshop on
Official and Vernacular Identifications in the Making of the Modern World
June 24-26 and 27-28, 2001
International Center, Chiang Mai University
Program
Participants

Program

Sunday, June 24
Morning
9:15-9:30 Welcome speech by Dr. Pong-in Rakariyatham, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
9:30-10:00 Brief Self-Introductions by Participants
10:00-10:15 Structure of the Workshop and Expected Outcomes
10:15-11:00 Collaborative Research Network on "Identifications": Themes and Scope, and Introduction to "Situating Russia" Research Project by Andrzej W. Tymowski
11:00-11:45 Intellectual Foundations and Conceptual Framework for the Collaborative Research Network by James C. Scott
11:45-12:00 Questions
Afternoon
13:30-14:00 Russian Collaborative Research Network: Research Projects and Key Research Questions by Juliet Johnson / Marietta Stepanyants
14:00-14:15 Questions
14:30-17:00 Discussion on General Research Themes and Conceptual Framework

Monday, June 25
Morning
9:00-9:45 Themes and Scope of Southeast Asian Collaborative Research Network (Southwest China and Thailand) by James C. Scott, Janet Sturgeon, Xu Jianchu
9:45-10:00 Questions
10:15-12:00 Open Discussion on Southeast Asian Research Themes and Scope, including:
*Relevant Previous or Ongoing Researches
*Strategies and Methodologies
*Research Activities Lunch Break
Afternoon
13:30-15:30 Potential Research Teams Separate into Groups to Begin Planning and Outlining Proposals
15:45-16:30 Reconvene to:
*Summarize Meeting
*Plan Research Activities
*Discuss Networking and Form Evaluation Committee
*Make Plans for Next Meeting

Tuesday, June 26
Morning
7:00-10:30 Field Trip to Fang District of Chiang Mai Province
Fang is one of the northern most districts close to the Burma (Myanmar) border approximately 100 Kilometers from Chiang Mai University
10:30-12:00 Arrive in Fang and Listen to Briefings at the District Office Concerning Official Processes of Citizenship Application and the Current Situations of Displaced Persons Near the Border
Afternoon
13:30-16:00 Divide into Small Groups to Visit Different Ethnic/Displaced Persons' Communities and Discuss with Individuals and Organizations Working with the Communities
16:00-19:00 Return Trip to Chiang Mai

Wednesday, June 27
Morning
9:00-10:00 Background and Development of Collaborative Research Network in Western China by Dru Gladney and the Western China Team (Wang Jianmin, Yang Shengmin and Guilixia Touyikenna)
10:00-10:15 Questions
10:30-11:15 Themes and Scope of Western China Collaborative Research Network
11:15-12:00 Questions
Afternoon
13:30-14:30 Presentation on Monument Study by Juliet Johnson and Benjamin Forest
14:45-16:30 Open Discussion on Western China Research Themes and Scope, including:
*Relevant Previous or Ongoing Researches
*Strategies and Methodologies
*Research Activities

Thursday, June 28
Morning
9:00-10:30 Open Discussion Continues
10:45-12:00 Plan and Outline Research Proposals
Afternoon
13:30-16:30 Summarize Meeting:
*Plan Research Activities
*Discuss Networking and Form Evaluation Committee
*Make Plans for Next Meeting

Participants

Russia Team

  1. Benjamin Forest, Dartmouth College, USA
  2. Juliet Johnson, Loyola University, USA
  3. Marietta Stepanyants, Center for Oriental Philosophies Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, Russia

Western China Team

  1. Yang Shengmin, Central Nationalities University, Beijing, China
  2. Wang Jianmin, Central Nationalities University, Beijing, China
  3. Gulixia Tuoyikenna, Religion Research Institute, Xinjiang, China
  4. Dru Gladney, Department of Asian Studies and Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Southeast Asia Team

  1. Xu Jianchu, Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, Yunnan, China
  2. Yang Yongping, Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, Yunnan, China
  3. Andreas Wilkes, Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, Yunnan, China
  4. James C. Scott, Department of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University, USA
  5. Janet Sturgeon, Center for East and Southeast Asia Studies, Lund University, Sweden
  6. Chusak Withayapak, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  7. Pinkaew Luangaramsri, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  8. Kwanchewan Buadaeng, Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  9. Kriangsak Chatpatanawanich, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  10. Prasert Trakansupakorn, Coordinator, Ethnic Studies Network/RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  11. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Ethnic Studies Network/RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  12. Suphak Chawla, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

American Council of Learned Societies

  1. Andrzej W. Tymowski, American Council of Learned Societies, USA

Resource Persons

  1. Suthep Soonthompesuch, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  2. Chupinit Kesmanee, Sri Nakharinwirote University, Thailand
  3. Ananda Rajah, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore

Observers

  1. Surichai Wan'geo, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  2. Sachiko Nakayama, M.A. Student, Regional Studies, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  3. Drinya Totrakool, M.A. Student, Man and the Environment, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  4. Katherine McKinnon, Ph.D. Student, Australian National University, Australia
  5. Robin Roth, Ph.D. Student, Clark University, USA
  6. Sarah Davis, Ph.D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  7. Nguyen Thi Dien, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  8. Ha Thuc Vien, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  9. Nguyen Cong Thank, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  10. He Jun, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  11. Yoshimi Nakota, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  12. Maggie McKerron, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  13. Runako Samata, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  14. Otto Kolar, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  15. Andre Foist, M.A. Student, RCSD, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  16. Ma Jian Zhung, Yunnan Academy of Forest Science, China
  17. Yang Congming, Forest Department of Guizhoug Province, China
  18. Li Zhinam, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, China
  19. Zhang Jie, Yunnan Academy of Social Science, China
  20. Huang Juan, Yunnan Forestry Survey and Design Institute,China
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