The End of the Peasant? Urban Hegemony, Agrarian Societies and Governance in the Global South

UBC Graduate Student Symposium

Urban Hegemony, Agrarian Societies and Governance in the Global South

The symposium was held in the conference rooms at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, 6331 Crescent Road.

Access to the full papers is restricted to invited participants only.

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Morning Public Session (10:00am - 12:00pm)
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Photo Opportunity Topic: Technologies of Development Papers: Dan Badulescu, Genomics in the Periphery; Governance in Rural and Urban Latin America Fabio Cabarcas, Community Capacity and Challenges by Ecuadorian Agrarian Farmer Organizations for Generating Alternatives to Pesticide Use: A Case Study Wenhui Fan, Poverty Decline in China from 1978 to 2002: Identification and Estimation of the Effects from Farm TFP and Non-farm TFP
Afternoon Public Session (1:00pm - 5:00pm)
Topic: Development, Community, and Family Papers: Kathryn Hill, Cultivating Alternative Livelihood Strategies and Gender Identities in Naga City, Philippines Geraldina Polanco, A Critical Analysis of the World Bank's Policy Prescription of 'Gender Mainstreaming' Sirijit Sunanta, Global Wife, Local Daughter: Transnational Marriages, Gender, Family, and Community in Transforming Rural Life in Northeastern Thailand Topic: Unofficial Approaches to New Urban Problems Papers: Leslie Shieh, Planning for Integration: Civilizing the Urban Hinterland and Preparing for Urbanization Sanjeev Routray, Footloose in Delhi: Considerations on Rural Dispossession and Urban Proletarianization
Late Afternoon
Informal reception.