Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies
Kanto Area Meeting 2009 Symposium

Tuvalu on the Front Line of Coral Reef-Human Symbiosis Studies:
A Dialogue between Analysis and Interpretation

*Date:

July 25, 2009 2:00p.m.- 4:30p.m. (Registration starts at 1:30p.m.)

*Venue:

Room #512, West School Building, Keio University Mita Campus

(Access Map: http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/about_keio/campus_info/mita1.html)

*Language:

English/Japanese

*Participation:

• Open to the public, free registration
• For those who plan to participate in the symposium, please send the name(s) and number of participant(s) for registration to the following e-mail address by July 20, 2009

* Program

Chair: Satoshi Tanahashi (Ochanomizu University)

Opening Remarks: Satoshi Tanahashi

Panelists and Presentations:

1. Toru Yamaguchi (Keio University)
   "Geoarchaeology of 'a Drowning Island': Prehistoric Human Settlement and Geomorphologic Formation of Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu"
2. Hiroya Yamano (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
   "Intrinsic Vulnerability of Fongafale Islet, Tuvalu: A View from Geomorphology"
3. Naoko Fukayama (JSPS) and Daichi Ishimori (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies RILCAA)
   "Who are the Fongafale Islanders?: The Construction of Localness in Tuvalu's Capital"
4. Makoto Kobayashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
   "Tuvaluans on the Move: Migration and Kinship Networks between Funafuti and Outer Islands"

Commentator: Niko Besnier (University of Amsterdam/Waseda University)

Discussions

Concluding Remarks: Satoshi Tanahashi

* The symposium is part of the output of research conducted under the Japanese Ministry of Environment Global Environment Research Fund project, "Adaptive Measures to Changes in Geomorphology and Water Resources on Atoll Island Countries," and the MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas project, "Coral Reef Science for Symbiosis and Coexistence of Human and Ecosystem under Combined Stresses: Landscape History of Coral Reef-Human Symbiosis (Group B02)."

** This annoucement is available in Word 2007 format and in Adobe PDF format (both also containing Japanese announcement).

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