Webinar: Discussing Development: Dams and Rivers

Date and Time: Nov 23, 2022 | 3:00 pm-4:30 pm HST

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In this segment of the Luce Southeast Asia in Transition Webinar Series, we explore the story of development from varied perspectives, putting local interactions with the development paradigm and the more-than-human world into a broad conversation. Our speakers include academic, practitioner, and local voices. In this third session we will focus upon the aquatic waterscapes of the region and local perspectives on the outcomes of human efforts to harness and control water and weather.

Speakers:

• Ming Li Yong: Research Fellow at EWC
• Akarath Soukhapon: PhD Candidate/Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Van Pham Dang Tri: Director at the Research Institute for Climate Change at Can Tho University, Vietnam
• Hadi Sham Abdullah: Ecotourism operator in Temburong National Park, Brunei

Moderator:
Dr. Lisa Arensen: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Sarussalam.