Agenda

18th October, 2024
Venue: Masakawa Hall, Maskawa Building for Education and Research
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:50 Welcome Remarks
Motoki Akitsu
(Professor, Division of Natural Resource Economics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
George C. S. Wong
(Chairman, Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture)
09:50-10:40 Keynote Speech
Shu-Min Huang
Food Chain, Ecosystems and Myth: A Lasting Anthropological Concern
10:40-10:55 Group Photo Taking & Break Time
Panel Speech Title Speaker Topics
Panel 1
10:55-12:00
Chair:Shu-Min Huang
Making Golden Apple Snails Edible in Japan Yen-Ling Tsai Cultural and social factors of foodways
Wild Edible Plants at the Contact Zone: Prey Lang Forest, Cambodia Courtney Work Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Panel 2
13:30-15:05
Chair:Motoki Akitsu
Challenges to Promoting Alternative Organic Lifestyles in a Peri-urban Agricultural Region Norie Tamura Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Food and education
Invisible Stakeholders: A History of Multiple Encouragements to Build an Urban Food Policy in Kyoto City Motoki Akitsu Food security and food policy
Food and education
The Potential of “ Food Policy ”: Lessons from Trial Analysis between Toronto and Sumida Mima Nishiyama Food security and food policy
Food and education
15:05-15:35 Coffee Break
Panel 3
15:35-17:10
Chair: Nami Yamamoto
Towards Food and Agricultural Equity: A Case Study of Africans in Japan Kenta Sakanashi Food ethic
Everyday Eating Practice of Intra-Asian Migrants: Seasoned with Shoyu or Fish Sauce? Vien T.T. Dinh Cultural and social factors of foodways
Agriculture and food technology
Cultivating Belonging and Identity: Brazilian Farmers Preserving Foodways while Seeking Social Integration in Japan Nami Yamamoto Cultural and social factors of foodways
19th October, 2024
08:30-08:45 Registration
Panel 4
08:45-10:20
Chair: Mei-Ling Chien
An Entrepreneurial Perspective in the Study of Culinary Nostalgia and Cultural Sustainability at Dadaocheng, Taipei City in Taiwan Tu-Chung Liu Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
“Is Nasi Lemak An Indian Food?” Foodways and Transculturalism among Young Malaysians in the Klang Valley Andrew Loo Hong Chuang Cultural and social factors of foodways
Making Affinity A Value: Gifts of Rice, Foodstuffs and Food Ways among the Hmub in the Eastern Yun-Gui Plateau  Mei-Ling Chien Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
10:20-10:30 Break Time
Panel 5
10:30-12:05
Chair: Shuji Hisano
Emerging Technologies in Food and Agriculture: Redrawing the Border of Naturalness Masashi Tachikawa Food security and food policy
Agriculture and food technology
Ethics and Aesthetics of Alternative Protein in Japan Shuji Hisano Food ethic
Agriculture and food technology
What is the Role of Social Scientists in the Design of New AgTech? Karly Burch Cultural and social factors of foodways
Agriculture and food technology
12:05-13:30 Lunch
Panel 6
13:30-15:05
Chair: Yih-Ren Lin
Becoming Eastern Rukai: Millet Growing as Cultural Identity Practices Joyce Hsiu-Yen Yeh Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
Source of Energy: Fice'ki (Kyphosidae) as A Boundary in Constructing the Identity of the Amis People in Taiwan Futuru C. L. Tsai Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
Millet Ark Initiative: Restoring Tayal's Resilient Millet Culture under the Crisis of Climate Change Yih-Ren Lin Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
15:05-15:35 Coffee Break
Panel 7
15:35-17:40
Chair: Hart N. Feuer
Ethnic Minorities and the Global Valorization of Indigenous Food: Ethical and Practical Considerations  Hart N. FEUER Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Alternative Food Networks Put to the Test: A Case Study of An Indigenous Plant-centred
Supply Chain in Peninsular Malaysia 
Eric P. OLMEDO Cultural and social factors of foodways
Examining the Use of the Heirloom Agu Breed in the Development of Premium Pork Brands in Okinawa Ben Schrager Food customs and intangible cultural heritage
Cultural and social factors of foodways
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
Cultivating Wild Edible Plants, Solidarity, and Social Relations in the Prey Lang Forest Cambodia Courtney WORK Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Food cultures of indigenous peoples
20th October, 2024
08:30-08:45 Registration
Panel 8
08:45-10:50
Chairman: Min-Hsiung Pan
Soil Controls Productivity, Quality and Safety of Food in Agriculture Junta Yanai Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Agriculture and food technology
New Aspects of Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture based on Soil Quality Control Zeng-Yei Hseu Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Agriculture and food technology
Climate Control on Soil Quality Tetsuhiro Watanabe Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Agriculture and food technology
Soil Quality and Microbial Communities in Subtropical Slope Lands under Different Agricultural Management Practices Shih-Hao Jien Soil health and sustainable agriculture
Agriculture and food technology
10:50-11:00 Break Time
11:00-12:00 Campus Tour