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Volume 15, 2017 - Creating Vibrant Social Spaces – New Avenues to Urban Renewal

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Keynote 1: Public Space and Ethics, Shin Nakagawa, Osaka City University, Japan

Guest Speaker: Connecting Cultures through Music Scholarship: International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) in Urbanizing Asia, Professor Svanibor Pettan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Secretary General, ICTM

Session 1

DFA Student Project Presentation #1 -  Chillax First Jobber! - Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Sharing Experiences from the Process of Creating Vibrant Multicultural Meeting Places in Oslo,

Tom Gravlie, Director, Artmuse, Norway

Opening Urban Social Spaces through the Arts, Lasanthi Manaranjie Kalinga Dona,

Associate Professor, Faculty of Music, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Turning Reception Centers into Spaces for Intercultural Learning and Creativity – A Childrens’ and Families Perspective, Lene Gravlie. Project Director: Cultural Sharing as a Way to Refugee Rehabilitation and Special Inclusion, Norway

The Currency of Diaspora. Border, Home and Return in Southeast Asia Fast Changing Societies, Loredana Pazzini - Paraccioni, Curator and Researcher, Contemporary Southeast Asia, La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore

Session 2

DFA Student Project Presentation #2 - Mahakan Fort Community: Displacement and Traditions, Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Performance by Creative Music Groups Including People with Disabilities,

Rii Numata, Research Fellow, Osaka City University, Japan

Midtown Global Market: Growing Immigrant Enterprises and New Communities,

Tom Borrup, Creative Community Builders, Faculty Director, Arts and Leadership Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Understanding the Impact of Cultural Design Aesthetics and Socio-economic Shifts: Approaches to Urban Resilience Empowers Place-making, Stephen Poon, Lecturer, Taylors University, Selangor, Malaysia

Radical Imagination and Artistic Hospitality.Scores and Tactics for Vibrant Communities, Daniela Brasil, Ass. Professor, Institute for Contemporary Art, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

What happened on the Way to Damascus? Alternative Responses to Urban Radicalization,

Kjell Skyllstad, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Senior Project Advisor, Fuuse

Jihad – A Film Documentary by Deeyah Khan, Director Fuuse and the first UNESCO

Good Will Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity

Session 3

Guest Speaker: Inter-university Center Dubrovnik and its Role in Advanced Academic Studies and Intercultural Meeting Place, Nada Bruer Ljubovic, Executive Secretary, Inter-University Centre (IUC) Dubrovnik, Croatia

Implications of the Urban Landscape Aspects of the Isan Cultural Maintenance and Revitalization Program, John Draper, Director,Social Service Center, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Samoreang Community Rehabilitation Project, Chantana Surasawadee, Samoreang, Ass. Professor, Pranakhon Rajabath University, Bangkok,Thailand

DFA Student Project Presentation #3 - Why Do They Litter So Much?, Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Promoting Cultural Traditions, Social Inclusion and Local Community Participation in Environmental Development Schemes, Dickson Adom, M.A. Ph.D Project Leader, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

"Su´a Senakut"-Thai Royal Guard Tunic: The Revival and Preservation in Today’s Thai Textiles, Sittichai Smanchat, Ass. Professor, Faculty of Applied Arts and Architecture, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand

Musical Instruments of the Ethnic Groups in Central Laos PDR, Phongnil Sasinut, Professor, Naresuan University, Pitsanaluk, Thailand

Widdershins Osaka. Entangled Walking in the Contemporary City, Garreth Morris Jones, Graduate Student, University of Dundee, Scotland

Session 4

DFA Student Project Presentation #4 - Chiang Mai – Inside Out

Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

The Legacy of Edvard Munch – A Place for Living, Working and Taking Care

Kirsti Grotmol, Art Historian, Oslo, Norway

Innovation in 3D Technology,Opening New Spaces for Designers and Artists,

Wenche Emely Nessler, Artist and Art Teacher, Oslo, Norway

Climatic Theater - Communicating Climatic Issues Through the Aesthetics,

Heidrun Sølna Øverby, Drama/Theater Educator,Trondheim, Norway

More than the Quran. The Urban Madrassah in Mediaeval Muslim Cultures,

Marie Ingand, Historian, Arabic Music and Intercultural Activist, Oslo, Norway

Academia and the Arts in Action – Promoting New Community Performance Spaces,

Hilde Kvam, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Media Sciences the University of Trondheim (NTNU) Norway

Volume 14, 2016 - Urban Culture – Rural Culture: Overcoming a Dichotomy

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Keynote 1: Cities as Cultural Ecosystems: Researching and Understanding Music Sustainability in Urban Settings, Huib Schippers, Griffith University, Australia

Session 1

Closeup: The Mon Community in Bangkok,

Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Myths and Festivals as Tools for Connecting Traditional Community: A Research of Newly Urbanized Villages in Hanoi, Lư Thị Thanh Lê, Vietnam

Culture as Coping Mechanism: Rural South Asian Foreign Workers in Singapore,

Geerhardt Kornatowski, Japan

Theater as Glue - Bridging the Rural and Urban, Hilde Kvam, Norway

Session 2

The Presence of Local Specific Culture in the Future – Globalized Cities – The Case Of Jakarta,

Miya Irawati & Jo Santoso, Indonesia

Places Between: U.S. Suburbs in Identity Crisis, Tom Borrup, USA

The Artistic Creations Depicting the Thai – Yuan Ethnic Group, 

Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts Students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Beyond the Dichotomy of Urban vs Rural, Shin Nakagawa, Japan

Session 3

Keynote 2: Making Space for the Rural in an Urban World: Thailand in Asian Perspective,

Jonathan Rigg, Singapore

Traditional and Non-traditional Storytellers in Japanese Modern Societies,

Yoko Takashima, Japan

Rural - Urban Boundaries in Contemporary Vietnamese Cinema: A Look from Phan Dang Di's Films, Hoang Cam Giang, Vietnam

Case Study: Increasing Cultural Tourism Via Art-based Interventions in Bangkok’s Kudeejeen Community, Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts students, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

The Presence of Social Space, Morida Siagian, Indonesia

A City for All - Oslo Xtra Large (Film), Kjell Skyllstad, Thailand

Session 4

Building Sustainable Music Activities in Deprived Rural Areas: The North Norwegian Experience,

Tom Gravlie, Norway

Collective Dream Works: Philosophy against Urban Cyber-Dystopia,

Tetz Hakoda, Japan

Volume 13, 2015 - Partnership for Change – Finding Creative Solutions to Urban Challenges

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Session 1

LIstening to the Unheard Voices: The Role of Universities Against the New Liberalism -

Shin Nakagawa

Firefly: Eco-Conscious Video Art to Conserve the Environment for Amphawa District -

DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Alleviating Isolation by Art Projects - Takuya Oi

Urban Hum - Sandra Uskokovic & Boris Bakal

Indigenous Voices: Glimpses Into the Margins of Modern Development - Jeff Warner

Session 2

Do-it-Yourself Values and Practices as Community Building Tools in Bangkok’s Rock’n’Roll Subculture Music Scene - Pablo Henri Ramirez

Protecting Cultural Space or Urban Re-colonization: When Do Cultural Districts Cross the Line? -

Tom Borrup

Coconut is Life: The Photovoice Project for Local Youths in Amphawa

Community - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Successful Cultural Heritage Models in Myanmar - Barbara T. Bauer

Session 3

From the Street to the Stage: How Topical Songs Connect Thailand and Taiwan - Shefong Chung

Are Gardens Universal? Allotment and Community Gardens and Their Historical and Political Frames -  Werner Bigell

Reach Back, Reach Deep, Reach Out: A Case Study of the Songs of Memory Project in the Community - Victoria Vorreiter

Urban Bin - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Brâncusi: From Tate to Urban Culture - Cornelia Buijs-Dragusin

Theatre and Immigration – Performance Partnership for Social Change - Hilde Kvam

The Promotion of Sustainable and Creative Community Building Through Thai Youth Puppet Theater - Takako Iwasawa

Session 4

Transposition: An Urban Cultural Engine? - Geir Johnson

Partnership for Change - Mozart as Social Activist - Kjell Skyllstad

Music as an Agent for Change - Tom Gravlie

As Noisy As… - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Ballet Building Bridges - Partnership in Paris - Marie Ingand

Volume 12, 2014 - Arts and Social Outreach – Designs for Urban Dignity

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Arts and Social Outreach

Applied Ethnomusicology in Urban Settings - Svanibor Pettan

The Norwegian Approach of Presenting Live Music for Young Audiences - Tom Gravlie

Art Film Elucidates Social Inclusion for Children with Special Needs - Tuenrudee Rugmai

Resonance: The Resonance of Reasons from the Streets of Bangkok - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Divided Cities – Redesigning Urban Dignity

What is Urban Dignity? How Do We Achieve It? - Evelin Gerda Lindner

From Humiliation to Dignity: Designs for a Just Peace - Anne Cathrine Eklund

Musical Dialogues and Urban Culture – Damascus - Baghdad - Granada - Marie Ingand

Art, Dignity and Empowerment

Wall of Sex - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

A Community Outreach Model of Nan City: An Investigation of Musical Diversity in Eastern Lanna, Thailand - Pornprapit Phoasavadi

Heterogeneous Music Interconnections: Urban and Indigenous Khmer - Todd Saurman

Music and Social Change –The Mozart Effect Revisited - Kjell Skyllstad

New Research

Spirit of Nature - DFA Students’ Group Presentation

Graphic Design on Packaging of Convenience goods for Aging Populations - Watcharatorn Pensasitorn

White Shadows: Kyoto’s Hanamachi Bijin Manufacture & The Portrayal of Female Characters -

Daniel de Fazio

Cultural Cluster Without Artists: The Cultural Geography of Seoul’s Independent Music Scene -

Jeon Eunhwee

Volume 11, 2013 - Art Access and Advocacy: Promoting Creativity and Innovation in Urban

Communication for the Development of Participatory and Happy Communities

Promoting Creativity and Responsibility in Urban Planning and Management

Artists and Creativity in Urban Planning and Placemaking - Tom Borrup

Public Spending and the Search for Cultural Identity: Monumental Buildings or Cultural Activities? - Knut Samset

On Legislating for Access and Public Outreach of Art and Music - Saemund Fiskvik

New Directions of Arts Management in Contemporary Society: Community - Based Art Project as Grass-roots Art Advocacy - Nov Amenomori

Seniorpolis - Chulalongkorn University’s DFA Students (Pawin Bunnag, Pornnaree Chaidirek, Tanongjit Imsomang, Thaneepan Jotikasthira, Tuenta Pornmuttawarong, Vorapoj Songcharoen, Worapun Surasawadee)

Creating Well-being and Life Competence Through the Arts

Keynote Speaker: Music and Well-being – Music as an Integrative Experience - June Boyce-Tillman

Dimensions of Performance: An Integrated Approach to Music Teaching - Marina Horak

Creating Spaces for Social Participation

Lifeboats – A Sailing Sculptural Installation in Ferrocement, with Direct Social Participation, Artistic Exchange and Incorporated Music by Composer Geir Johnson - Marit Bente Norheim

New Visual Dialogues and New Art Forms in the Urban Space and at Sea - Else Marie Bukdahl

Transposition in Vietnam: A Development Programme for Civil Society? - Geir Johnson

Arts Access in Internal Medicine: Connecting Traditional Sundanese Musical Instrument and Internal Medicine Residency Program - Primal Sudjana

Art Activism for Social Transformation

The Revitalization of Community through Dance Communication: the Study of Community Dance in Sapporo, Japan - Takako Iwasawa

Video Art: Fear Within The Southern Thai Provinces - I-na Phuyuthanon

Accessing Shared Culture for Conflict Transformation – The Arts of Pattani, Thailand - Hilde Kvam

Curators TV Project – Building New Infrastructure for Everyone to Enjoy Art - Daisuke Suzuki

The Paradox of Visual Arts Criticism in Thailand: Globalization and Art World Contexts - Thanom Chapakdee

Manipulation - Jan Švankmajer's Animation Technique and Criticism on Civilization - Haruka Kawakami

Promoting New Local Art Forms for Urban Creativity

The Creation of An Integrated Musical Instrument for the Mentally Disabled Children - Tepika Rodsakan

Contemporary Lanna Textile Designs for Interior Decoration - Jaipak Burapajatana

Creation of Dance Utilizing Hatha Yoga Concepts - Nualravee Junloon

Utilization of Waste Materials in the Manufacture of Thai Home Decorations - Thanaphan Boonyarutkalin

Biometric Personal Authentic for Bio-Nonwoven Fashion - Kris Yensudchai

Thai Classical Music Composition: Pleng Ruang Puja Nakon Nan - Pattara Komkhum

Siam Sawasdee - Chulalongkorn University’s DFA Students (Ruksiney Acalasawamak, Darinee Chamnanmor, Dharakorn Chandnasaro, Sathasai Ponghirun, Kanchaporn Tunthong)

Preserving a Master: Edvard Munch and His Painted Sketches - Erika Gohde Sandbakken and Eva Storevik Tveit

Volume 10, 2012 - Arts Education and Crisis Management

Principles of Preservations and Crisis Management for World Heritage and Archaeological Sites in Ayutthaya - Anek Sihamat

Dancing Against Disaster: Kagura Performers in the Great Tohoku Earthquake - Hiroyuki Hashimoto

Design for Disaster (D4S) - D.F.A. students, Chulalongkorn University

The Role of Cultural Institutions after Urban Disasters: A Case Study of Sendai Mediatheque -

Tomoko Hayashi

Arts Education and Relief Activism during the 2010 Japanese Tsunami - Cornelia Dragusin

African Theater for Development: A Creative Road Towards Citizenship and Cultural Renewal -

Hilde Kvam

The Colorful City-Artists Re-inventing Urban Sustainability - Kjell Skyllstad

Singing for Survival: A Youth Project for Cultural Renewal and Social Re-connection - Ljoba Jence

Creative Copyrighting for the Cyberworld - Saemund Fiskvik

Designing Thai Fabric Fashion for Exporting to Japan - Dujhatai Vonggapan

The Emergence of Chiang Mai as an Urban Hub of Musical Innovation - John Garzoli

Art Film Elucidates Social Inclusion for Children with Special Needs - Tuenrudee Rugmai

Reconsidering the Role of Art in the Local Community: A Case Study of Osaka - Nobu Amenomori

Volume 9, 2011 - Arts Management - City Management:

Models for Sustainable City Renewal and Cultural Continuity

Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativity and Social Inclusion in Japan - Masayuki Sasaki

The City of Bangkok and its Mission to Promote Art and Culture - Kriengpol Padhanarath

The Art Museum Propelling City Development - Oslo as a Creative City - Stein Olav Henrichsen

The Role of Copyright Legislation and Institutions in the Creative Economy - Saemund Fiskvik

Convergence Structure of Knowledge in Collaborative Networks in the Japanese Car Industry:

How Does Human Resource Management Respond to the New Challenge? - Tomonaga Horiguchi 

Chiang Mai - A Creative City: Strategic Plan and Roadmap - Martin Venzky-Stalling

Why Do We Need Art for the Renewal of Urban Communities? - Takeshi Ebine

The Noble Art of Administration - Musicians as Managers and Mediators - Kjell Skyllstad

Siam City: Virtual Thailand - D.F.A. students, Chulalongkorn University

Cultural Bridges: Thai Music Workshop - Model for Global Urban Schools - Bussakorn Binson

Art and the City - On the Nature of the Work of Transnational Art Production - Brynjar Bjerkem

Consumption and Everyday Life in Bangkok: Perspectives from Contemporary Thai Literature - Suradech Chotiudompant

Intellectual Space in the Urban City - D.F.A. students, Chulalongkorn University

Managing Traditional Performing Arts Organizations - Chisako Takashima

The Ancient Color of Mural painting in the Buhuddhaisawan Chapel: Re-imagining of Faith -

Pichai Thurongkinanon

New City Without a Culture? - Kota Bahru at the Crossroads - Hilde Kvam

Promoting Cultural Continuity and Dialogue: The Symphony Orchestra - Atchara Tejapaibul

The Creation of Mobile Unit for Visual Arts Exhibitions- Monvilai Rajanatanti

The Art of Listening - Exploring City Soundscapes - Benjamin Tausig

Volume 8, 2010 - Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, PubliCITY, and Transformation

Transmitting Traditional Lanna Music in the Modern-Day City of Chiang Mai - Joel Akins

Beyond Entertainment: Music and Healthcare in Urban Parks - Bussakorn Binson

Transposition - A program for Cultural Change - Geir Johnson

Resizing Auditory Communities - Jacob Kreutzfeldt

Community Reconstruction through Cultural Identity Regeneration: Tourism and Creative Artistic and Cultural Activities in Phuket, Thailand - Hiroyuki Nobuto

Community Music Therapy in Action: Healing through Pirit Chanting in Sri Lanka

- Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona

Corporeal Mime and Society: From the Viewpoint of Modernity - Haruka Noda

Melodramatic Imagination in the Contemporary Theater as a Means to Fill the Gap between Urbanization and its Shadow - Akihiro Odanaka

Langendriyan: The Expression of Cross-gendered Performance in a Javanese Dance Drama and Its Influence on the Local Community - Kaori Okado

Dance House - A European Model of Folk Music and Dance Revival in Urban Settings: A Case Study from Slovenia - Svanibor Pettan

Transformable Fashion for the Working Age in Bangkok - Patcha Utiswannakul

Urban Culture and Islamic Design for Halal Products - Pibool Waijittragum

The Historical Representations of Place in the Military Base Town Koza: The ‘Reassessment’ of U.S. Military Presence as Developmental Resources - Takashi Yamazaki

Volume 7, 2009 - Urban Culture as Social Interface

The Re-contextualization of Lanna Traditional Music in Chiang Mai Province Thailand

- Thitipol Kanteewong

How Japanese Street Fashion is Shaped: A Case of Horie in Osaka City - Natsuki Kawaguchi

Lakhon Rong Lek – Little Theaters - Vilas Wong-ngam

Bird of Paradise: The Mythical ‘Kinnaree’ to Contemporary Feathery Fashion - Sitthichai Smanchat

Community Art Movement In Contemporary Thailand - Takako Iwasawa

Yaoi Comics: Fan Art in Japan - Yu Ishikawa

Tokyo as a Global Hub of the Cultural Industry: Its Competitiveness is Derived from Urban Resources

- Seiji Hanzawa

Volume 6, 2008 - Reflection on Modernization from the Historical Urban Landscape Perspective:
Historical Urban Landscape as Cultural Resource

Open Space Planning in China Focusing on Urban Lifestyle – For the Green System Planning of ShenYang as an Example - Chang Liu

Urban Spatial Transformation Observed through the Lens of Osaka’s Riversides - Koichi Kana

Historical Transition of Urban Space in Daehakro and its Cultural Implication - Sayaka Mizutani

Transformation of Water Transportation in Bangkok From the “Venice of East” Towards the “Jungle of Concrete” - Pawinee Iamtrakul & Waleerat Thongplu

Color of Chiang Mai Historical City - Karuna Raksawin

Cultural Landscape in Urban Areas: The Remnants - Supagtra Suthasupa

Historical Heritage and its Utilization in Megalopolis - A Case Study of Osaka City - Towao Sakaehara

Volume 5, 2007 - Title? - Recovering Digital files

Volume 4, 2006 - Cultural Resources Management

Protection and Utilization of Historical Heritage in Japan - Naofumi Kishimoto

Cultural Resources Management in Historic Community in Bangkok: The Tha Tian Case

- Yongtanit Pimonsathean

The Meaning of Sounds in Wat: Comparative Study of Soundscape of Wat in Lamphun and

Chiang Mai - Natsuki Tabuchi

Urbanization and Urbanism in Thailand - Wichai Srikam

Geographical Information Processing for Cultural Resources - Hirohisa Mori

Cultural Resources Management at Koh Kred - Bussakorn Sumrongthong

The SOS Project: A Solution to the Problems of Stray Animals in the Temple Compound

- Pawan Mogy

Volume 3, 2005 - Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism

Urban Waterway Tourism and Waterfront Development - Pongsak Vadhanasindhu

Revival Movement of Lanna Culture - Satoshi Yamaguchi

Heritage and Tourism in Yogyakarta and Central Java: An Archaeological Perspective

1. -Tjahjono Prasodjo
   

The Diversity of Tourism and Urban Development in Bangkok - Nopanant Tapananont

The Traiphum Cosmology in Thai Mural Painting and Cultural Tourism - Masahiko Yamano

Final Remarks on the Third Academic Forum - Kukdej Kantamara

Volume 2, 2004 - Able Art for All

Toward a Social Art and an Artistic Society - Yasuo Harima

Art for All - Channarong Pornrungroj

Barrier Free & Communication - Kunio Hoshiba

Disabled and Rehabilitated People in Urban Context of Thailand - Suwattana Thadaniti

Art in a Hospital: Challenge of a Medical Center in Osaka - Etsuko Yamaguchi

Art Therapy: The Role of Art in Medicine - Udom Pejarasangharn

Volume 1, 2003 - What's Happening on the Street?

The Shrine of Tao Mahaphrom or Bhrama - Kukdej Kantamara

What Happened on Tao or the Way? - Kunio Miura

Beauty Along the Streets of Bangkok - Itthi Khongkhakul

Growth of Rough Sleepers in Osaka and the Recent Evolution of Actions of Government,

NPO, and Volunteer Organizations - Toshio Mizuuchi

Sound From Street Musicians - Bussakorn Sumrongthong & Kumkom Pornprasit

Music Performance on the Streets of Osaka City - Shin Nakagawa

Flowers on the Streets of Bangkok - Penchan Phoborisut

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