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Commission on Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Responses C12.29

2/2012 DECEMBER 2012

CONTENTS Welcome Commission objectives 2013-2016 2012 Business Meetings Commission publications Future commission meetings Future conferences Other activities and publications Administration

http://www.igu-marginality.info/

University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia December 2012

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WELCOME Dear Friends and Colleagues 2012 has been important for our Commission. The IGU General Assembly, held during the International Geographical Congress (IGC) in Cologne, renewed our Commission for a further four year period This is very good news, and as the new chair I shall do everything to carry on with our successful work we have done so far. 2012 marked also the 20th anniversary of our group, which started off as an IGU Study Group in 1992 (IGC in Washington DC). Finally, it is 31 years that the forerunner group has been founded in 1981 – we can look back with satisfaction on a long record of scientific (and personal) cooperation. In this newsletter, in addition to details of publications, conferences and member’s achievements, details of the members of the steering committee and what the Commission’s objectives are, are outlined. Please note that our Commission will hold its 2013 annual conference during the IGU Regional Conference in Kyoto, and that we are also a partner in the October conference of the Islands commission (see below). Do not forget that the deadline for abstract submission to the Kyoto conference is January 15, 2013. As we would like to see as many of you as possible in Kyoto, please do submit your abstract on time. Stanko Pelc [email protected]

THE COMMISSION OBJECTIVES, FOCAL INTEREST AND RESEARCH THEMES, 2013-2016 The following details have been extracted from our renewal proposal, which was approved by the IGU General Assembly in 2012: Focal questions  What are the consequences of globalization on people and places with special regard on areas and people outside the mainstream and how can we critically evaluate them (we are interested both in urban and rural marginalized people and areas – including physically marginalized areas such as mountain environments)?  What are the local economic, social and developmental responses to marginalised situation of people or areas catalysed by globalization?  What are the characteristics of the relations between environmental stress and change on one side and people’s actions on the other in a globalized world-system, in terms of food production, livelihoods and social well-being?  What are direct and indirect links between marginality and globality relating to people and places?  How, in an increasingly interlinked world, regional and local (marginal) cultures can survive and serve as models for the survival of humanity? Within this context, four fields are of particular relevance:  Social change and response, associated with globalization and political processes,  Economic change and response, associated with globalization and political processes,  Environmental justice, and 2

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Resource conservation and exploitation. Both of which contain an important ethical component.

Research objectives a. To further the understanding of marginality and the processes of marginalization in our globalized world, through the study and analysis of the forces responsible for the dynamics and structures of spatial marginality at various scales. They will include, among others, issues of technology, gender, social structure and the environment. b. To analyse marginality as the result of human perceptions and decisions, leading to the understanding of the role of the various agents in those processes, and their response to prevailing conditions. c. To develop comparative approaches in order to identify various types of marginality and to put them into perspective and assess their role in an increasingly globalized world. Emphasis in particular needs to be placed on the experience of the South. d. To study policy/institutional/community responses to economic and societal problems in marginal regions at various scales in relation to local, regional and societal development, and to study human responses to global change, including their implications for marginalization.

2012 BUSINESS MEETINGS Two Commission business meetings were held in Dubrovnik and Cologne. Participants discussed the following items (among others):  Suggested next meetings: 2013 - Japan / 2014 - Canada / 2015 – Balkans ??? / 2016 - South Africa ???  Creation of a sub-committee on publications  Papers should be published in journals or as books. Online publication (open access) shall be encouraged.  It was proposed to encourage the organization of workshops with key papers and lengthy discussion as a complement to conventional paper sessions (with little time for discussion)

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We have been told in Cologne that the papers presented in Barcelona in 2008 are to be published soon. No news has, however, arrived since. Papers from 2009 meeting in Malaysia are still being edited. The proceedings of the 2010 Conference in Austria and Switzerland have been published. The book details are as follows: Leimgruber, W., Zsilincsar, W. and Nel, E. (Eds), 2012: Mountain regions in transformation: Global processes, Regional and Local Impacts and Responses. Shaker, Aachen . ISBN 978-3-8440-0930-9, 239 pages. Two publishers in Delhi have indicated their interest to publish the proceedings of the 2011 conference. Publications of the 2012 conferences could be published as follows: those from the Dubrovnik meeting in the Croatian Geographical Bulletin, those from the Cologne sessions in Fennia. Please note that a special publications sub-committee will be looking into this.

It has been decided that a Publications Sub-committee of three to four people will discuss all issues related to publications. The composition of this group has yet to be decided, further information will follow. We would like that all those of you that presented the paper at the Dubrovnik conference and do not intend to publish it in the Croatian Geographical Bulletin to inform us in case that you are willing to prepare the text to be published in an e-book of proceedings of our conferences or as a chapter within a thematic marginality book.

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FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS In 2013 we shall organize or participate in two conferences. Our annual conference will take place during the IGU Regional Conference in Kyoto, Japan, and we shall also participate in the annual conference of the Commission on Island Development in Taiwan. There is an offer to hold the 2014 annual conference in Canada and for 2015 we have an offer from geographers from Bosnia and Herzegovina to hold annual conference in Sarajevo and Mostar. We welcome suggestions for our meeting in 2016 (IGC to be held in Beijing). Please contact Stanko Pelc ([email protected]) or the secretary ([email protected]). 1. Annual Commission Conference, Kyoto (Japan), August 2013 Our Commission will meet during the IGU Regional Conference, to be held August 4 – 9 in Kyoto, Japan. There will be a joint paper session with the Commission on Sustainability of Rural Systems. The local organizer is Professor Yasutaka Matsuo and for Commision C12.35 Professor Doo-Chul Kim. The details of our sessions can be found in the table below. In addition there will be a field trip following our conference, organized by Prof. Matsuo. Details will be sent shortly. Please consult also the KRC website (http://www.igu-kyoto2013.org/)

Session titles 1. Context and methodologies leading to the definition and understanding of process and structure issues in marginality Work done over the past years has revealed that the concept of marginality must be viewed from various perspectives as it is a complex and dynamic phenomenon. While marginalization tends to increase with the current socioeconomic and political processes of globalization and deregulation, it is never a unidirectional process, as a look back into history since the Industrial Revolution demonstrates. It is also a relative concept that depends on the prevailing socio-economic and political systems and on the scale of observation. We would like to invite participants to present their methodological and theoretical views on marginality, marginalization, globalization and structural bonds between them. We intend to devote one 90 minutes time slot to a workshop about the definition of marginality and marginalization. Formal presentations within the workshop will be shorter and the discussion among participants will be the core essence of the workshop. Papers dealing with questions such as what are the consequences of globalization on people and places with special regard on areas and people outside the mainstream and how can we critically evaluate them (considering both urban and rural marginalized people and areas – including physically marginalized areas such as mountain environments) are also welcome. 2. Spatial and social responses to globalization and marginalization One of important topics that correspond with the KRC main theme is the role of traditional knowledge and practices within marginality and globalization context. We are specifically interested in case studies showing how 4

Chairs of the session Stanko Pelc, Univ. of Primorska [email protected] Yasutaka Matsuo, Senshu Univ. [email protected]

Stanko Pelc, Univ. of Primorska [email protected] Yasutaka Matsuo, Senshu Univ. [email protected]

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traditional wisdom in combination with modern knowledge can offer different responses to cope with marginalization and negative effects of globalization. Other examples of regional and local responses to marginalization and globalization are also welcome, especially those dealing with marginality in urban areas. 3. Rural areas, Development Dynamics, Policy Options and Marginalization (in collaboration with C12.35 Sustainability of Rural Systems) Many rural areas all over the world in the South as well as in the North are by the definition remote, disadvantaged with population struggling for survival at the edge of the system (economic as well as social). Inventive survival strategies that have a potential to evolve into developmental actions and may be of a fundamental meaning for designing appropriate developmental policy are of special interest when we have to deal with marginal rural areas. Therefore we expect contributions that will present examples of good practice, analytical studies that reveal the dynamics of economic rise or decay of the above described areas as well as case studies with synthetic overview of social, economic and environmental characteristics of marginal rural areas with special regard on the effects of developmental policy or the absence of it on the situation in those areas.

Stanko Pelc, Univ. of Primorska [email protected] Doo-Chul Kim, Okayama Univ. [email protected]

2. Taiwan conference on Island development 2013 Joint session of the IGU Commissions on Island Development (12.22) and Globalization, Marginalization and Regional and Local Response (12.29) Following the renewal of their Commissions on the occasion of the International Geographical Congress in Cologne, 2012, the chairs of the two Commission C12.22 and C12.29 have decided to hold a joint session during the International Conference on Island Development in Penghu (Taiwan), October 1-4, 2013. The goal is to join efforts and explore points and questions that are of interest to both Commissions. Islands are often marginalized because of their specific situation (such as difficulties of access, distance to centres, mental isolation), but because of their location they also pose interesting challenges (e.g. food, water and energy supply, waste disposal, further education for young people, nature conservation etc.). It is planned to hold one to two paper sessions devoted to issues relating to ‘Marginality and islands’. Coordinators of the contributions by the Marginality Commission will be Professors Raghubir Chand (Nainital, India) and Walter Leimgruber (Fribourg, Switzerland). Call for papers Marginality and islands – common and diverging aspects Conference to be held on the Penghu archipelago (Taiwan), October 1 to 4, 2013 The Commission on Globalization, Marginalization and Regional and Local Response invites its members to contribute papers to a joint meeting with the Commission on Island Development. The aim is to focus on islands as a special case of marginality; however, islands can in this context be defined from a wider perspective, using the term as a metaphor for regions being (relatively) isolated. By extension, therefore, also oases or remote regions could be objects of study. The topics are very wide and cover, among others, aspects of life, energy, marine resources, biodiversity, economy, knowledge and human capital – all with reference to the island situation. Papers should ideally be 15-20 mins. in length, although at this point the organizers have not specified this yet. Details can be found on the conference website http://island.npu.edu.tw/ where 5

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you will also find information regarding registration, paper submission and provisional programme (including field trips).

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS I would be pleased to be able to report on news from members, relevant publications by members and planned activities/conferences, therefore please do not hesitate to inform me about any of those things. I would like to inform you that IGU is encouraging us to follow the work and if possible to participate in actions of ICSU. ICSU is now working towards many of the recommendations in the report on ICSU’s Rio+20 programme, including a greater focus on policy work at the national level, making direct contact with policy-makers and building on ICSU's communications activities. You can read the full report and the executive summary on the ICSU & Rio+20 website : www.icsu.org/rio20/assessment. On another link you can find the World Data System Newsletter (December 2012). The website of ISSC can be found on http://www.worldsocialscience.org/ Publications No new information available by now, we are waiting for your kind response.

Obituary Prof. Lennart Andersson (1929-2010) It is only recently that we learnt of the passing away of our former commission member, Professor Lennart Andersson from Karlstad, Sweden. He died on November 10, 2010. He was the first rector (or vice-chancellor) of the newly created Karlstad University College in 1977. As a human geographer, he was active in marginality research particularly through cooperation with Japan. He also organized our Commission meeting in Stockholm and Karlstad in 2001. It is with great regret that I write these lines – the loss of the assurance and consideration, which Professor Andersson always demonstrated, and the loss of a father figure. Gerhard Gustafsson Professor of Human Geography Karlstad University, Sweden

ADMINISTRATION 1. Call for information feedback I would like to continue our tradition of inviting the submission of details of relevant conferences, workshops and publications from Commission members as well as conference reports, lecture courses, seminars etc on the topic of marginality and marginal regions. I think this does serve as a very useful form of knowledge exchange. Please furnish details to me directly or to our secretary. 2. IGU Web Page Commission members are encouraged to visit the web pages of the IGU (http://www.iguonline.org/site) to learn more about the activities of the IGU, including details of conferences, 6

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procedures and publications. A further source of information is the homepage of the Home of Geography in Rome (www.homeofgeography.org). 3. Commission Web Page Please consult also our own website (http://www.igu-marginality.info/) for any information needed. You are also encouraged to furnish any relevant information to the webmaster (Prof. Stanko Pelc). 4. Steering Committee 2012-2016 Chair: Assoc. prof. Stanko Pelc University of Primorska Faculty of Humanities Geography Department Titov trg 5, SI-6000 Koper Slovenia Phone: ++386 41 695 392 E-mail: [email protected] Proposed steering committee members1: Dr. Jamalunlaili Abdullah Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying Departement of Town and Regional Planning 40450 Shah Alam Malaysia E-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Raghuvir Chand Kumaun University Department of Geography Nainital-263002 Uttarakhand India E-mail: [email protected]

Assoc. prof. Steve Déry Université Laval Département de géographie 2405, rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QUÉBEC Canada, G1V 0A6 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-418-656-2131 poste 5107

Prof. Roddy Fox Rhodes University Geography Department P O Box 94, GRAHAMSTOWN, 6140 South Africa E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Tomáš Havlíček Prof. Alison McCleery, Associate Dean Charles University in Prague (Research Development & RAE), Faculty of Science Napier University Department of Social Geography and Regional School of Health & Social Sciences Development Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh, EH10 5LG Albertov 6, CZ-128 43 PRAHA 2 United Kingdom Phone: 00 44 (0)131 455 6002 Czechia Phone:+420 221 995 512 E-mail: [email protected] Fax:+420 221 995 514 E-mail: [email protected] 1

According to the IGU Statute the proposed steering committee has to be approved by the IGU Executive Committee. The list below has been sent to the Secretary-General and Treasurer prof. Mike Meadows upon his request on November 26.

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Prof. Etienne Nel University of Otago Department of Geography PO Box 56 Dunedin, 9054 New Zealand Phone: ++64 3 4798548 Fax ++64-3-4799037 E-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Margarita Schmidt Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Departamento de Geografía Centro Universitario, 5500-Mendoza Argentina E-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Markku Tykkyläinen University of Eastern Finland Department of Geographical and Historical Studies P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 JOENSUU Finland Mobile: +358-50-3011570 Switchboard: +358-294 45 1111 Fax:+358-13-2512 050 E-mail: [email protected]

5. Commission Secretary: Prof. Emeritus Walter Leimgruber Université de Fribourg Département de Géosciences, Unité de Géographie Perolles, CH-1700 Fribourg, Suisse Phone: ++41 26 300 90 10 Fax: ++41 26 300 96 47 E-mail: [email protected]

YOUR ADDRESS UPDATE: Please help me to keep the address list updated by communicating your new address, phone and fax number and e-mail address to me. In particular I invite those members who receive the Newsletter by surface mail to communicate their e-mail addresses. This not only helps to save money, it also enables you to be rapidly informed.

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