{"id":859,"date":"2026-01-28T00:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=859"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:20:03","slug":"international-symposium-resilience-of-sea-peoples-in-southeast-asia-and-oceania","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/activity\/international-symposium-resilience-of-sea-peoples-in-southeast-asia-and-oceania\/","title":{"rendered":"International Symposium Resilience of Sea Peoples in Southeast Asia and Oceania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania<br \/>NIHU-MAPS &amp; JSSEAS Joint Symposium<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Resilience of Sea Peoples in Southeast Asia and Oceania:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Comparative Studies and Dialogue with Practitioners of the Tsunami-Affected Sanriku Region in Japan<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Date: 30-31 January<br \/>Venue: 125 Memorial Hall, Floor 7, Building # 8, Hakusan Campus, Toyo University (https:\/\/www.toyo.ac.jp\/about\/access\/hakusan\/)<br \/>*The event will also be live-streamed online through Zoom<br \/>Language: English (Simultaneous Japanese-English translation will be available for session 4 on the second day.)<\/p>\r\n<p>We are delighted to announce that we will host an international symposium titled &#8220;Resilience of Sea Peoples in Southeast Asia and Oceania: Comparative Studies and Dialogue with Practitioners of the Disaster-Affected Sanriku Region in Japan.\u201d The symposium is jointly organized by the Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania, NIHU-MAPS: National Institutes for the Humanities; JSSEAS: and Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies, JSSEAS: Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies, with support from ACRI: Asian Cultures Research Institute, Toyo University.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u30001\u670830\u65e5\u304a\u3088\u307331\u65e5\u306e\uff12\u65e5\u9593\u306b\u304b\u3051\u3066\u3001\u4e0a\u8a18\u306e\u56fd\u969b\u30b7\u30f3\u30dd\u30b8\u30a6\u30e0\u3092\u6771\u6d0b\u5927\u62e0\u70b9\u306b\u3066\u958b\u50ac\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5bfe\u9762\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u3069\u3061\u3089\u306e\u53c2\u52a0\u3082\u53ef\u80fd\u3067\u3059\u3002\u4f7f\u7528\u8a00\u8a9e\uff1a\u82f1\u8a9e\u3002\u305f\u3060\u3057\u30012\u65e5\u76ee\u306e\u7b2c4\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u306f\u65e5\u82f1\u540c\u6642\u901a\u8a33\u3092\u4ecb\u3057\u3066\u304a\u3053\u306a\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Programfinal2.pdf\">PROGRAM<\/a> (click for download PDF)***<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poster_synopsis_programfinal2.pdf\"><strong>SYNOPSIS AND PROGRAM<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (<strong>click for download PDF<\/strong>)***<\/p>\r\n<p>*** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1BX_c5vEhY51VFMk7TIS3zzpPi5Iki6UuDfpKDJpF0EM%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Ddrive_web%26ouid%3D108290079431391067371%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwWUZmQkxNVEN6c09oZWoya3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5nD7Wud-C0TvDvDUHtytwpgCJEpjRgSBrzUer__gMkd2D_05nO05TxZ9-21g_aem_R59FgnpUnxQ8-DnHNxujMQ&amp;h=AT0PcvndTg71z5WH-LJBH72UGX20v08TEDrPyvrhLIAGGP1cUY60uZrQM2HjfyRQbu-TI6BN7Yyg6XLIvCDGaQ9xiEHdCYZ13Cbjjj59Axsir3_rSopTLqlWRpi6GaB34mf-D3H5oNekLT29sZ8&amp;__tn__=-UK-y-R&amp;c[0]=AT2_bXoNTTbWNF9YavtYDjTMp0k0yFykpJ-1PSsqpolpo_EIRTHsASeVOC8YahDuTlFx8FLcZOdVH8YIIydEgIx6FtUZQzn9fKfztku5DaCLFypNHk9zUPP-vDH2q6lYDPorCbogA7u-QHOD3yWekfLfKycgIcBrqiWQ6NydzmWA7t6alTHvt-IYiRIy5mUrMX2CngkZBSZ23qyxqg8B-Gr7QomLYAtPqSiCDdYYzE2DcCxEyzSba8IHHmqxUgJXVHJ1c7X5zStXKcm5\">REGISTER<\/a><\/strong> (click for Google Form)<\/p>\r\n<p>*** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/2vi5loead17tbjg51y8ca\/00_handout_abstract_frontpage.pdf?rlkey=2e50h9aaq4t4hgodpvmcrj5hi&amp;st=nw2d3ce0&amp;dl=0\">Abstract<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>click for download PDF<\/strong>)***<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Day 1: January 30, Friday<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/>10:30-10:40 Welcome and Introductory Remarks<br \/>&#8212; Kazufumi Nagatsu (Toyo University)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Session 1 &#8212; Sea Peoples and Nature: Perspectives from the Next Generation<\/strong><br \/>Chair and Moderator: Yuki Suzuki (Kokushikan University)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/>10:40-11:00 Was it a \u201cDisaster\u201d? 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Warren (Murdoch University)<br \/>12:30-13:00 Discussion<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>13:00-14:00 &#8212; Lunch &#8212;<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><strong>14:00-14:40 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Keynote Speech<\/strong><br \/><strong>In Search of Consilience: Thomas Forrest, the MaKaturing Eruption <\/strong><br \/><strong>circa 1762-65, and the Rise of the Iranun<\/strong><br \/><strong>Prof. James F. Warren (Murdoch University)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>14:40-14:50 &#8212; Break &#8212;<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><strong>Session 2 &#8212; Dynamics of Human-Environment Interactions among Sea Peoples<\/strong><br \/><strong>Chair and Moderator: Fujii Shinichi (National Museum of Ethnology)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/>14:50-14:55 Introduction &#8212; Fujii Shinichi<br \/>14:55-15:15 On Indigenous Resilience: The Orang Suku Laut<br \/>&#8212; Cynthia Chou (University of Iowa) <br \/>15:15-15:35 Boat as a Nexus Linking Maritime Societies and the Environment: A Case Study of the Moken in the Andaman Sea, Thailand<br \/>&#8212; Yuki Suzuki (Kokushikan University)<br \/>15:35-15:55 Perception of the Globally Changing Environment among Vezo Fishers of Madagascar<br \/>&#8212; Taku Iida (National Museum of Ethnology)<br \/>15:55-16:10 &#8212; Break &#8212;<br \/>16:10-17:00 Discussion<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>17:10-17:50 Business Meeting (MAPS members only)<br \/>18:10-20:00 Reception (advance registration required)<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><strong>Day 2: January 31 (Sat)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Session 3 \u2013 Vernacular Meanings of Living on the Sea<\/strong><br \/>Chair and Moderator: Hisashi Shimojo (Kobe University)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/>10:30-10:35 Introduction &#8212; Hisashi Shimojo<br \/>10:35-10:55 The Bajau\u2019s Art of Not Being Subjugated in the Wallacean Sea<br \/>&#8212; Kazufumi Nagatsu (Toyo University)<br \/>10:55-11:15<br \/>Online Bajau Laut of Made Invisible via Institutionalised Knowledge Production about Social and Environmental Threats<br \/>&#8212; Fadzilah Majid and Greg Acciaioli (The University of Western Australia)<br \/>11:15-11:35<br \/>Online &#8212; The Origin of Lau and the Influence of Polynesian Outliers in the Solomon Islands: Reflections from Oral History<br \/>&#8212; Daisuke Takekawa (The University of Kitakyushu)<br \/>11:35-11:50 &#8212; Break &#8212;<br \/>11:50-12:40 Discussion<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>12:40-13:40 &#8212; Lunch &#8212;<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><strong>Session 4 &#8212; Dialogue with Practitioners of the Sanriku Region: Resilience of Coastal Communities after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami and its Implications for <\/strong><br \/><strong>Southeast Asia and Oceania<\/strong><br \/>Chair and Moderator: Tsukiko Myojo (JSPS \/ Toyo University)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/>13:40-13:45 Introduction &#8212; Kazufumi Nagatsu<br \/>13:45-14:10 Seawall and Civic Engagement: A Challenge in Post-Tsunami Beach Recovery on the Oya Coast of Kesennuma<br \/>&#8212; Tomoyuki Miura (Project Rias, Kesennuma)<br \/>14:10-14:35 Community Resilience Beyond Seawalls: Post-Tsunami Recovery, Coastal Protection, and Environmental Conservation in Kesennuma-Moune<br \/>&#8212; Makoto Hatakeyama (NPO Mori wa Umi no Koibito, Kesennuma)<br \/>14:35-14:55 From Recovery to Resilience: Post-tsunami and Post-Covid Lifeways of the Moken in Thailand<br \/>&#8212; Narumon Arunotai (Chulalongkorn University)<br \/>14:55-15:15 Bridging Three Decades of Discourse and Reality: Community-Based Coastal Management in Maluku and Papua, Indonesia<br \/>&#8212; Dedi Adhuri (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)<br \/>15:15-15:30 &#8212; Break &#8212;<br \/>15:30-15:40 Comments 1 &#8212; Takuro Furusawa (Kyoto University)<br \/>15:40-15:50 Comments 2 \u2013 Hironao Kawai (Tokyo Metropolitan University)<br \/>15:50-16:30 Round Table Dialogue<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>16:30-16:45 Summary and Wrap-up<br \/>&#8212; Rintaro Ono (National Museum of Ethnology\/ Leader, MAPS)<br \/>16:45-16:50 Closing Remarks &#8212; Kazufumi Nagatsu<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":828,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","a_cat":[27,28,30],"class_list":["post-859","activity","type-activity","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","a_cat-en","a_cat-news_archives_en","a_cat-study_en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"a_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maps.toyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/a_cat?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}