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Call for Papers Theme: Cultural Traditions and Sustainable Development Type: Southeast Asian Biennial Conference Institution: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (RVP) Institute of Philosophy, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences Location: Hanoi (Vietnam) Date: 7.–8.7.2011 Deadline: 31.3.2011 __________________________________________________ For many years philosophers of the Southeast Asian region have met to discuss themes of common concern. This has provided a unique opportunity for them to think through common issues and to develop the in-depth and mutual understanding between peoples required for our global times. These meetings have been held throughout the region from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur and from Jakarta to Phnom Penh. This year the Institute of Philosophy at Hanoi has offered to host the meeting and suggested among other possibilities the theme “Cultural Traditions and Sustainable Development”. An initial sketch of some of the issues this involves is attached as an invitation to philosophers of the region to submit papers for presentation, discussion and subsequent publication. The theme of the conference has itself evolved in three broad strokes. At first “development” was understood as an economic phenomenon. Second it was noted that as development projects could have relatively brief or even negative effect it was necessary to plan them with a view to their sustainability. Third the United Nations agencies discovered that a major indicator of such sustainability was whether in the planning those to be effected were consulted so that their cultural traditions and expectations were taken into account. All of this was brought together by the Indian scholar, Amartya Sen’s thematization of development as freedom. This focuses on human capabilities as both processes and opportunities which enable people to do and be what they value. For this he was awarded a Nobel Prize. These insights will be the central theme of the 2011 biannual conference of the Southeast Asian regional conference of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (RVP). They raise a number of specific issues such as: - what should be considered authentic development, - the conditions for its sustainability, - their relation to cultural traditions as enabling and/or impeding, - the significance for this of intercultural relations in global times within Southeast Asia and of this with other world regions in terms of economics, politics and human dignity. Papers are invited for summary, 30 minute, presentation and discussion. Authors are urged also to develop their argument fully for the volume of papers to be published after the conference, for which there are no page limits. Please send the abstract of your paper by the end of March and the full paper by the end of April. To register please forward the following information to Prof. Pham Van Duc, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences ([email protected]) and Mr. Tran Tuan Phong ([email protected]). - Name - Institutional Address - Email address - Theme of your presentation Contact: Prof. Pham Van Duc, Director Institute of Philosophy Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences 59 Langha, Badinh Hanoi Vietnam Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.crvp.org/conf/2011/Hanoi-2011.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
