APSI is tremendously grateful to the faculty and scholars of the Research Center on the Commons and Sustainable Society at Jeju National University for agreeing to host the initial gathering that will set the foundation for the future of the network.
Details about the workshop agenda will be posted to this page as they are available. Times and location are subject to change, so please bookmark this page to confirm the latest information.
Information about local logistics will help prepare travelers to visit Jeju National University.
Readings for select presentations will be made available to workshop participants. Please email the organizers if you did not receive access information.
All times are listed in local time (GMT+9).
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Thursday, July 4
15:00–17:00
Optional Excursion: Jeju Folklore and Natural History Museum
address: 40 Samseong-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
18:00
Opening dinner: WooDon Chae (우돈채)
address: 특별자치도, Ido 2(i)-dong, 1989-3 KR, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
Friday, July 5
Except where otherwise noted, panels will be held in Hyun-Seok-Jae Hall (현석재), located on the 1st floor of Humanities Building 2 (인문대학 2호관)
9:15–9:45
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:45–11:00
Thematic Panel 1: Commons theory and community building
- Hyun Choe — Community Building Based on the Commons and Steady State Economics
- Youngpyo Seo — A New Paradigm of Knowledge in the Era of Climate Crisis: Towards Non-Reductionist Naturalism as Human Capacity
- Margaret McKean — Commons Institutions for Large-Scale Cooperation
- Suh-Hyun Park — Social movements and the commons
11:00–11:15
Break
11:15–12:15
Thematic Panel 2: Energy in the climate crisis
- Matthew Shutzer — Subterranean Property: Nature, Capital, and the Rise of Fossil Fuels in India and the World
- Seung Hee Cho — The carbon-free exhibit: Experimentations with electric vehicles on Jeju Island
- Edmund Malesky — The Provincial Green Index: Measuring Economic Governance and its Impact in Vietnam
12:15–13:15
Lunch – Humanities Building 1 (인문대학 1호관)
13:15–14:15
Thematic Panel 3: More-than-humans and the commons
- Sun-Jin Yun — Who has the right to use the sea?: Conflict between fishermen’s right to catch fish and offshore wind farmers’ right to harness the wind
- Chi Yeung (Jimmy) Choi — The invisible connection – how migratory birds connect people along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
- Jieun Cho — Microchipped Companionship: Exploring a Commons Approach to Japan’s Stray Pet Crisis
14:15–14:30
Break
14:30–16:00
Thematic Panel 4: Nature, landscapes, and ecology
- Prasenjit Duara — Water Infrastructures, Risks and Uncertainties in 21st Century East and Southeast Asia
- Wumeng He — A Tale of Two Lakes: The Cultural Value of Natural Landscape
- Binbin Li — What’s under the forest? The understanding of livestock grazing and tea plantation in the forest ecosystem
- Juliette Duara — Considering a ‘Rights of Nature’ Approach to Environmental Preservation and Restoration in Asia
- Young-Gyung Paik — The Multiple Crises of Ecology, Care, and Population in South Korea and the Prospective of the Commons
16:00–16:15
Break
16:15–17:00
Roundtable conversation with Mr. Jeongdo Kim, local environmental activist
17:00–18:30
Discussion: Agenda-setting for Environmental Futures in Asia Network
18:30–19:30
Dinner: SaeMeeOnDeok (새미언덕)
address: 188-8 Jungsangandong-ro, Hoecheon-dong, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea
Saturday, July 6
10:00–11:30
Site visit: Pyeongdae-ri (guide: Mr. Tae-ho Han)
(bus departs JNU @ 9AM)
11:30–12:30
Lunch & Wrap-up (further discussion of agenda setting for EFAN)
location: Pyeongdae JeonBok (평대 전복)
address: 515-48 Pyeongdae-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea
13:30–15:30
Optional excursion: Jeju 4–3 Peace Park
address: 430 Myeongnim-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
