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  • 2011-03-10
“Mapping and Unmapping the Pacific” -International Pacific Studies Conference; a dialogue between Taiwan and international research

In view of exploring Taiwan and the Pacific Austronesian’s present and future history, the National Central Library and Taiwan Society for Pacific Studies, the Taipei Ricci Institute co-organized an international symposium on "Mapping and Unmapping the Pacific: island perceptions of an “oceanic continent “". This was held from February 16 to 17 at the NCL International Conference Hall. The organizers hope that through academic discussions, besides further challenging the existing Pacific historical outlook, geographical and human outlook, through the thinking of young scholars, they may propose Taiwan's own point of view on the Pacific.The Meeting on the 16th & 17th Feb. cover the following topics :1. Tracing the Austronesian Migration Route with Different Approaches;2. Mapping the Pacific: Austronesian Arts, Cultural Life and Education;3. Alliances and Conflicts: Space Politics, Environmental and Territorial Issues;4. Sacred Spaces-Times: Religions, Society and History;5. Looking South: the Russian and Japanese Outlooks on the Pacific;6. Young Scholars’ Session。

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