[Tlc] TLC-conference on birds' nest industry

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Dear Friends,

I write to you to inform you about a one-day conference that
our department is co-organizing in Bangkok on 29th October on
the subject of the birds' nest industry in Thailand and
Southeast Asia. 

 

The conference has been organized with the aim of bringing
together Thai and international scholars to discuss a range of
issues related to the birds’ nest industry and swiftlets in
Southeast Asia. These issues include zoological and biological
data related to the swiftlet birds; the history of harvesting
and consuming birds’ nests in Southeast Asia; social and
ethnic dimensions of birds’ nests collectors’ communities;
beliefs and cultural patterns associated with the collection
and consumption of birds’ nests; the nutritional value of
consuming birds’ nests; the impact on the ecosystem and
environment of the expansion of the birds’ nest industry; the
increasing practice of swiftlet 'house-farming'; the role of
governments in managing the industry; conflicts within local
communities resulting from resource competition for birds’
nests; and the rapidly developing business connections between
Thailand, Southeast Asia and China based on the birds’ nest
industry.

 

Listed speakers include experts from Thailand, the United
Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong/China.

 

Interpretors will be on-hand to translate from Thai - English
and English - Thai.

 

The conference website is available at:
http://birdsnests-sea.wu.ac.th/index_en.php

 

My apologies if you have already received this notice.

 
Sincerely,

Patrick Jory
 
Coordinator
Regional Studies Program (Southeast Asia)
School of Liberal Arts
Walailak University
Tha Sala, Nakhon Si Thammarat
THAILAND 80160
Tel. 075 672 073
Fax. 075 672 001
http://webhost.wu.ac.th/regionalstudies/index.asp

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu