2023 The Tenth South-South Forum on Sustainability 第十屆南南論壇

We are living in catastrophic times. The crises we are facing are global in nature with regard to their effects as well as causes. To be living in times of crises certainly suggests that we are living on the edge and about to fall. Yet we are also at the edge, looking out to a beyond, with new horizons calling us to go beyond ourselves. It seems natural that crises always confront us with questions of survival, i.e., how to preserve the status quo, so that “the selected” can survive at the expense of those who must be sacrificed. The “selected” may drown themselves in self-congratulation, watching others rotting away in their brokenness; they are never “saviours” trying to solve the crises and rescue us from our plight. In fact, crises place before us not so much a question of survival, but rather a task of making progress possible, calling for a will to go beyond, breaking new paths. For that, some old habits may have to be cast away, making way for reconceptualization of conditions operating unconsciously. To break new paths suggests breaking away from seemingly natural, necessary and inevitable grounds. This means the obvious, the unquestioned and the taken-for-granted must be open to critical evaluation and reconceptualization.

In this Tenth South South Forum on Sustainability with the central theme “Thinking New Horizons”, we are going to honour several critical thoughts striving in this direction: eco-feminism; indigenous thoughts from Latin America; thinking generated from struggles in Africa and Asia; wisdoms from practices in rural regeneration and solidarity economy; and revival from cultural heritages of different modes of relating to one another and to nature other than capitalistic ones as the grounds for going beyond ourselves.

A special session to commemorate Samir Amin on the fifth anniversary of his departure will revisit the theory and practice of delinking.

For the Reader and full Participants List, please see https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/tenth-south-south-forum-on-sustainability-thinking-new-horizons-7-30-july-2023/

Organizers:

Global University for Sustainability
全球大學
Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University
文化研究及發展中心

Co-organizers:

Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
亞洲學者交流中心
Graduate Program in Social Policy, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
巴西聖埃斯皮里圖聯邦大學社會政治研究生部
Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
巴西里約熱內盧聯邦大學哲學與社會科學研究所
Centre for Film Studies and Cultural Studies, Peking University
北京大學電影與文化研究中心
Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
清華大學人文與社會科學高等研究所
Institute for Rural Revitalization Strategy, Southwest University
西南大學鄉村振興戰略研究院
Institute of Rural Revitalization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
福建農林大學鄉村振興學院
Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)
國仁城鄉(北京)科技發展中心
Universidad del Buen Vivir (University of Good Living)
墨西哥幸福大學
Multitrueke Mixiuhca Exchange Community, Mexico
墨西哥美緹祖卡米修卡互助社區
Society for International Development, Italy
意大利國際發展協會
Daraja Press, Canada
加拿大達雅橋出版社
Lingnan Gardeners
嶺南彩園

Schedule
Friday, July 7th
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8:00 PM	Eco-feminist philosophy for life and peace Vandana SHIVA, NAVDANYA, India Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China Jinhua DAI, Peking University, China 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, July 8th
9:00 PM	Buen vivir : philosophy and practice Virgelina CHARA, Association for the Comprehensive Development of Women, Youth and Childhood and Work, Colombia Jose MANUYAMA, Committee for the Defense of Water, Peru Shaji THOMAS, Federal University of Pará, Brazil Laura COLLINS, Agroecology as A Way of Life Network, AFOVI, Mexico Claudia ALVAREZ, Universidad del Buen Vivir 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Sunday, July 9th
9:00 PM	The insurgency of the peoples Jorge ISHIZAWA, Proyecto Andino de Tecnologías Campesinas, PRATEC, Peru Jorge SANTIAGO, Former Director of Desarrollo Económico y Social de los Mexicanos Indígenas, DESMI, Mexico Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday, July 11th
8:00 PM	Against health for all : 30 years of health financialization Marco ANGELO, Working Group on Medical Development Cooperation, WEMOS, Netherlands Maria José ROMERO, European Network on Debt and Development, EURODAD, Belgium Sarah HUGHES-MCLURE, Cambridge University, UK Felix STEIN, Centre for Development and the Environment, Oslo University, Norway Nicoletta DENTICO, Global Health Justice Program, Society for International Development, SID, Italy 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 12th
8:00 PM	Cultural heritage and ecological architecture Cristina ENGEL DE ALVAREZ, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Aibin YAN, East China University of Science and Technology, China Eka SWADIANSA, Office of Strategic Architecture, Indonesia Huizhong BIN, Shanghai University, China 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday, July 13th
8:00 PM	Brazil under Lula’s renewed presidency Rosa Maria MARQUES, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil Victor Leonardo FIGUEIREDO CARVALHO DE ARAÚJO, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Allan Kardec DUAILIBE BARROS FILHO, Federal University of Maranhão and Maranhense Gas Company, Brazil Rogério NAQUES FALEIROS, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday, July 14th
8:00 PM	Feminist vision of genuine security and a culture of life Suzuyo TAKAZATO, Okinawa Women Act against Military Violence, Japan Alma BULAWAN, Buklod Women's Empowerment Center, Philippines Jeong Ae AHN-KIM, Solidarity for USFIK Camptown Comfort Women's Human Rights, South Korea Monaeka/Naek FLORES, queer CHamoru artist and organizer, Guåhan Sam IKEHARA, Women’s Voices, Women Speak, Hawai'i Margo OKAZAWA-REY, San Francisco State University, USA 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday, July 15th
9:00 AM	Rural regeneration in East Asia (I) Kazuoki ONO, Agricultural Journalist, Japan Mitsuko HIKITA, Yamagata Farmers Group, Japan Hyung No JOO, Hongseong Environment Agricultural Education Center, South Korea Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Jung-Ok LEE, Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM	Rural regeneration in East Asia (II) Ja In GU, Community ILSO GONGDO, South Korea Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China Andrew AERIA, Research Consultant, Non-Timber Forests Products Exchange Programme, Malaysia 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday, July 16th
2:00 PM	Spirit and philosophy in permaculture and community building in Asia Jon JANDAI, Pun Pun Farm, Thailand Iskandar WAWORUNTU, Bumi Langit Institute, Indonesia Pallavi VARMA PATIL, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, India Ananeza ABAN, University of the Philippines, the Philippines Sze Chung CHOW, Sangwoodgoon, Hong Kong, China Yuk Ming Lisa LEUNG, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday, July 17th
8:00 PM	The mission of rural education in the era of ecological civilization : life education for rebuilding the human-nature connection Xiaode ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Governance, China Zhixiong HE, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing), China 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday, July 18th
8:00 PM	Critique of modernity and major challenges of a century Qiyuan LU, World International Consulting Limited, Hong Kong, China Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 19th
2:00 PM	Rural regeneration in China Today : 20th anniversary of James Yen Rural Reconstruction Institute Cynthia YUEN, Former Assistant of Dean, James Yen Rural Reconstruction Institute 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
8:00 PM	Global crises, wars and conflicts Tiejun WEN, Southwest University, China Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Friday, July 21st
8:00 PM	Geopolitics and political economy : looming war against China Michael HUDSON, Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, USA Radhika DESAI, University of Manitoba, Canada Pepe ESCOBAR, Editor-at-large, Asia Times Ashley DAYMAN, Editor and Solicitor, Australia 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday, July 22nd
8:00 PM	De-linking in theory and practice : commemorating Samir Amin Tiejun WEN, Southwest University, China Ping HUANG, Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, China Dac Loi TRAN, Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam Jayati GHOSH, University of Massachusetts, USA Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press, Canada/Kenya John Bellamy FOSTER, University of Oregon; Monthly Review, USA Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China Ebrima SALL, Trust Africa, Senegal 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sunday, July 23rd
10:00 PM	Solidarity economy and community currencies Heloisa PRIMAVERA, Latin American Network of Solidarity Economy, Argentina Nelsa Inês Fabian NESPOLO, President of Univens Cooperative and Justa Trama Central Cooperative, Vice President of Unisol Brazil Yhali LOMBERA, Kual Kan Time bank, Mexico Claudia YADIRA, Multitrueke Mixiuhca Exchange Community, Mexico 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday, July 25th
2:00 PM	Gandhian Marxism and local governance M. P. PARAMESWARAN, All India Peoples Science Network, India K K KRISHNA KUMAR, Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, India Anita RAMPAL, University of Delhi, India Manoranjan MOHANTY, Council for Social Development, India Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, July 29th
2:00 PM	People’s agency and movement zone Ichiyo MUTO, People’s Plan Study Group, Japan Surichai WUN’GAEO, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Melani BUDIANTA, University of Indonesia Francis LOH, Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara, Malaysia Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday, July 30th
8:00 PM	Legacy of a century and the future for humanity Jinhua DAI, Peking University, China Hui WANG, Tsinghua University, China Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

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