5TH SOCIO-CULTURAL RESEARCH CONGRESS ON CAMBODIA 12 - 14 November 2002

 

Day 1 :  TUESDAY,  12  NOVEMBER  2002

 

07:00- 08:30      Last Registration of Participants

08:00- 08:30      Arrivals of Guests and Distinguished Guests

08:45- 09:40      OPENING CEREMONY

                       

Welcome Address by H.E. PIT Chamnan, Rector of the Royal University of Phnom Penh

Report by Dr. NETH Barom, Representative of the Organizing Committee

Remarks by Dr. Hema GOONATILAKE, Country Director, Heinrich-Böll Foundation, Germany

Remarks by Dr. Heike LÖSCHMAN, Director of Regional Office, Heinrich-Böll Foundation, Germany

 

Opening Address by H.E. TOL Lah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sport

 

09:40- 10:00      REFRESHMENT

 

10:00 - 12:00     THREE PARALLEL PANELS SESSION COMMENCES  

 

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Héctor RIFA

                        Dr. VONG Em Sam An

 

The Impacts of the Tourism Industry in Siem Reap on People Who Live in Angkor Park (in English / Khmer)

Brett BALLARD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

           

Community-Based Eco-Tourism in Chambak Commune (in English / Khmer) Yomiko YASUDA and  POUK Bunthet, Mlup Baitong

 

Environmental Management Practices of Accommodation in Phnom Penh: A Case Study of Hotel Le Royale, City Villa Apartment and Phsa Tapang Guesthouse (in Khmer / English)

KUON Vannsy, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Hema GOONATILAKE

                        Dr. IV Chan

 

Rehabilitation and Promotion of Performing Arts in Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

SUON Bun Rith, National United Nations Volunteer - UNESCO

 

Building Cambodia: New Khmer Architecture 1953 - 1970 "Battambang over a Century: From Buddhist to Colonial to New Khmer" (in English / Khmer)

Darryl L. COLLINS, Helen Grant ROSS and HOK Sokol, Architecture Research Khmer, Royal University of Fine Arts

 

Ancient Khmer Arts and Globalization (in Khmer / English)

MAO Ngi Hong, Royal University of Fine Arts      

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Heike LÖSCHMAN

                        Dr. MAO Sokan

 

Le Changement Sémantique et le Problème de l'Emploi des Mots Culturels dans la Langue Khmère, d'Après les Examples Tirés des Inscriptions Lapidaires et de la Langue Moderne (in Khmer / English)

LONG Seam, NIL, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

The Criteria of Compound Words in Modern Khmer Language (in Khmer / English)

VONG Meng, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

The Education through Credit System Today at Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Royal University of Phnom Penh (in Khmer / English)

IM Koch, Faculty of Pedagogy

KONG Om, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

12:00- 13:30          LUNCH BREAK

13:30- 15:00            PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. THOR Sor

                        Dr. SOM Somony

 

Potentiality for Cultural Tourism Development in the Chiso Mountain Area (in Khmer / English)

NETH Baromey, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

Cambodia's Initial National Communication (in Khmer / English)

UY Kamal, Cambodia Climate Change Enabling Activities Project, Ministry of Environment

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. CHHAY Yi Heang

                        Dr. OUM Ravy

 

Performing Arts in Cambodia Cultural Revival: The Conditions of Provincial Artist Troupes Today (in English / Khmer)

Tara MAR, Centre for Khmer Studies

 

Modern Khmer Wedding Ceremony: Meanings of Some Ceremonies that Have Been Stamped Out (in Khmer / English)

MEACH Pon, Buddhist Institute

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. NOU Chan Sophy

                        Dr. KLOT Thida

 

The Effects of School-Related Factors on Mathematics Achievement of Cambodian Fourth Grade Pupils (in Khmer / English)

CHHINH Sitha, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University

 

Education Projection for Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

MENG Moeun, Centre for Population Studies (CPS), Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

15:00-15:15       REFRESHMENT

15:15- 17:00      PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Luise AHRENS

                        Dr. SUM Chhum Bun

 

Host Community's Perceptions of Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism: A Case Study at Chiso Area (in Khmer / English)

RITH Sam Ol, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

Why do We Need to Preserve the Environment? (in Khmer / English)

NOB Nimol, Department of Education and Information, Ministry of Environment

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. CHHAY Yi Heang

                        Dr. KLOT Thida

 

A Preliminary Study of the Buddh Damnay (in English / Khmer)

Judy LEDGERWOOD, Northern Illinois University and Royal University of Fine Arts, and Faculty of Pedagogy

 

Khmer Wat as a Social Institution: A Case Study of Wat Unnalom (in English / Khmer)

K. Mudita Thera, Suramarith Pali High School

 

The Role and Social Ladder (in English / Khmer)

I. Pannatissa, Sihanouk Reaj Buddhist University

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. IM Koch

                        Dr. CHAN Rath Sopha

 

Educational Attainment and Economic Growth of Phnom Penh Households (in Khmer / English)

CHHINH Sitha, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University

 

Barriers to Opportunities for Basic Education: A Case Study of Rural Areas of Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

DY Sam Sideth, Institute of Cooperative and International Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University


 

Day 2 :  WEDNESDAY,  13  NOVEMBER  2002

 

08:00 - 09:45     PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

Moderators:       Dr. HEAN Sokhom

                        Dr. VONG Em Sam An

 

Honey Collecting Occupation in Roneam (Flooded) Area: A Case Study in Stoeung Sen District, Kampong Thom Province (in Khmer / English)  HUY Chheng Rattana, Buddhist Institute

 

Aloe-Wood Trees in Posat Province (in Khmer / English) HUN Chansocheata, Buddhist Institute

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Supote PRASERTSRI

                        Dr. OUM Ravy

 

Special Characteristics of Tom-Teav Love (in Khmer / English)

PANG Ratana, Royal Academy of Cambodia and Centre for Research and Consultation

 

Aspects of Khmer Thoughts Today (in Khmer / English)

PANN Vutha, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Prof. Dr. PRUM Moal

                        Dr. IV Chan

 

History of Khmer Higher Education Establishment from 1962 to 1970 (in Khmer / English)

TEK Meng, Royal Academy of Cambodia

           

The Reconstitution of the Cambodian People's Party during 1979 - 1989 (in English / Khmer)

Kristina CHHIM, DED Cambodia

 

09:45 - 10:00     REFRESHMENT

10:00- 12:00      PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

Moderators:       Dr. CHHAY Yi Heang

                        Dr. HEAN Sahib

 

Tradition in Rattan-Craft Making in Kratie Province (in Khmer / English)

CHEN Tirithy, Buddhist Institute

 

Methods to Get the Lacquer: The Case Study at Oudong and Phnom Sruoch Districts, Kampong Speu Province (in Khmer / English) RICH Chamroeun, Buddhist Institute

 

Pilot Study: The Development of Communal Economy (in Khmer / English)

IM Sokthy, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Prof. Dr. LONG Seam

                        Dr. THOR Sor

 

Khmer Culture that Is Not Really Interested by Its Mass (in Khmer / English)

CHEANG Sisotthuon, Ministry of Interior

 

The Mon-Khmer People and Culture in North of Dangrek Range (in Khmer / English)

Supote PRASERTSRI, UNESCO - Phnom Penh

           

Living with Space (in Khmer / English)

LIM Sokrat, Royal Academy of Cambodia and Centre for Research and Consultation

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Henry LOCARD

                        Mr. SAMBO Mannara

 

A Contribution to the Cambodian History: The Activities of the Khmer Overseas Community in the Struggle against the Khmer Rouge Regime, from 1975 to 1979 (in Khmer / English)

SON Soubert, Constitutional Council

           

The Khmer Kraom in Romlech Sub-district under the Democratic Kampuchea Regime (in Khmer / English)

KIM Keokannitha, Documentation Centre of Cambodia

           

Young Cadres: A Tool of the Khmer Rouge Revolution (in Khmer / English)

HUY Vannak, Documentation Centre of Cambodia           

 

12:00-13:30       LUNCH BREAK            

13:30-15:00       PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Claude KATZ

                        Dr. OU Vuddy

 

Proximate Determinants of Fertility in Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

KEN Veasna, Centre for Population Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

Demographics of Female-Headed Households in Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

TUOT Sovannary, Centre for Population Study, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. LEANG Pichara

                        Dr. SUM Chhum Bun

 

Research and the Preservation of Khmer Cultural Patrimonies (in Khmer / English)

YIV Seng Vansay, Faculty of Archaeology, Royal University of Fine Arts

 

Marble Sculpture (in Khmer / English)

ROS Sinak, Buddhist Institute

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. IV Chan

                        Mr. SAMBO Mannara

 

Women Prisoners of Angkar (in Khmer / English)

PANG Pivoine, Documentation Centre of Cambodia

 

The Highland Minorities under Democratic Kampuchea: The "Vietnamese Connection" (in Khmer / English)

SIM Sorya, Documentation Centre of Cambodia

 

15:00-15:15       REFRESHMENT                       

15:15-17:00       PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

                       

GROUP A

Moderators:       Dr. PROUM Tevi

                        Dr. OUM Ravy

 

The Specific Features of the Population of Cambodia: An Asset and / or a Disadvantage for Development? (in English / Khmer)

Claude KATZ, United Nations for Development Programs and Ministry of Planning

           

Health Seeking Behaviour of Women Working in Nightclubs and Karaoke Parlours (in Khmer / English)

KE Kun Mealea, Centre for Advanced Study

 

The Analysis of the Relationship between Population Distribution and Development (in Khmer / English) 

OU Vuddy, Ministry of Land Management, Urbanization and Construction

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Héctor RIFA

                        Dr. VONG Em Sam An

 

Quelques Données Socio-professionnelles et Psychologiques Tirées de l'Enquête auprès de 168 Jeunes dans la Province de Kampong Cham (in Khmer / English)

LEANG Pichara, Centre for Research and Development (CRD)

HENG Dary, SIPAR

 

The Reflection on Thinking and Activity of Cambodians and Vietnameses Living in Cambodia from 1979 to the Present (in Khmer / English)

LENG Nay Kim, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

Child Labour in Cambodia: A Case Study in Two Communities (in Khmer / English)

LATH Poch, Centre for Advanced Study

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Henry LOCARD

                        Mr. HENG Samnang

 

Preserving Khmer Rouge Documents: Microfilming at the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

YIN Nean, Documentation Centre of Cambodia

 

Oukoubah: Justice for the Cham Muslims under the Democratic Kampuchea Regime (in Khmer / English)

YSA Osman, Documentation Centre of Cambodia

 

Cooperatives and Agricultural Products from 1955 to 1965 (in Khmer / English)

CHHIN Socheat, Royal Academy of Cambodia and Centre for Research and Consultation


 

Day 3 :  THURSDAY,  14  NOVEMBER  2002

 

08:00-09:45    PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

Moderators:       Dr. HEAN Sokhom

                        Dr. Roger HENKE

 

Access to Health Care in Rural Cambodia: A Case Study of Sotnikum District (in Khmer / English)

Wim HARDEMAN and IR Por, Médecines Sans Frontières

HENG Kimvan, Centre for Advanced Study

 

Publishing in Cambodia (in English / Khmer)

Helen JARVIS, School of Information Systems Technology and Management, University of New South Wales

VONG Sotheara, Royal University of Phnom Penh

 

A Hurry and Necessary Character of the Development of Human Resources in Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

CHHAY Yi Heang, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

 

GROUP B

Moderators:       Dr. Pem CATALLA

                        Dr. VONG Em Sam An

 

Some Challenges in Research Work in Cambodia (in Khmer / English)

HEAN Sokhom, Centre for Advanced Study

 

Comparing Adults and Children's Perceptions of Child Abuse in Cambodia (in English / Khmer)

Glenn MILES, University of Wales, Swansea

 

Between Tiger and Crocodile - Management of Local Conflicts in Cambodia: An Anthropological Approach to Traditional and New Practices (in French / Khmer)

Fabienne LUCO, l'Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient

 

GROUP C

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Héctor RIFA

                        Dr. Michel TRANET

 

A la Recherche des Années 60 et 70 (in Khmer / English)

ROS Chantrabot, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

Cambodia-Sri Lanka Historical Relations (in English / Khmer)

Hema GOONATILAKE, Heirich-Böll Foundation

 

The Memot Centre for Archaeology (in Khmer / Englsih)

HENG Sophady, Memot Centre for Archaeology, Royal University of Fine Arts

 

09:45-10:00       REFRESHMENT                       

10:00-12:00       PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

                       

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Helen JARVIS

                        Dr. EAP Ponna

 

Mapping Cambodian Research Expertise and Activities (in English / Khmer)

Roger HENKE, Centre for Advanced Study

           

International Cooperative Work-Study Project in Mainland South-East Asia: Developing Communication Linkages (in English / Khmer)

Terushi TOMITA, Takai Institute of Social Development for Asia and the Pacific, Aichi Mizuho College

 

Media and Development (in Khmer / English) 

SOU Ketya, Centre for Advanced Study

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. Hema GOONATILAKE

                        Dr. Glenn MILES

 

Attitudes and Knowledge of People towards Disability in Seven Communes of Chhuk District, Kampot Province (in Khmer / English)  NGETH Sam Oeurn, MOUNG Sopheap, KEAN Pros, OUCH Channoeun, KANN Prorn and PEN Mony, Cambodian Association for Development of Farmers and the Poor

 

The Status of Advocacy in Cambodia: Enlarging the Democratic Space (in Khmer / English)

ROS Sotha, Private Agencies for Collaborating Together (PACT)

 

The Falling Down of Adolescent Moral in Our Actual Society / L'Ecroulement de la Morale de l'Adolescent dans Notre Societé Actuelle (in Khmer / English)  CHAN Rath Sopha, Faculty of Pedagogy

 

GROUP C

Moderators:       Prof. SON Soubert

                        Dr. SOM Somony

 

Prasat Preah Vihear (in Khmer / English)

ROS Chantrabot, Royal Academy of Cambodia

 

Two Bronze Bells in Metal Age (in Khmer / English)

Michel TRANET, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts

 

"Ku Fortress" Station or Phum Mul "Round Village" of Memot Culture (in Khmer / English)

THUY Chanthourn, Royal University of Fine Arts

 

12:00-13:30       LUNCH BREAK            

13:30-14:30   PANELS SESSION CONTINUES

 

GROUP A

                       

Moderators:       Dr. OU Vuddy

                        Dr. BENG HONG Socheat Khemaro

 

Planning of Khmer Cities (in English / Khmer)

VANN Molyvann, Council of Ministers, Royal Government of Cambodia

 

GROUP B

                       

Moderators:       Dr. NATH Bunroeun

                        Dr. CHAN Rath Sopha

 

The Case Study of the Effects of Electric Power Dam on the Livelihood of the People Who Live along Sesan River (in Khmer / English) TEK Vannara, CEPA

 

GROUP C

Moderators:       Dr. ROS Chantrabot

                        Dr. IV Chan

 

Fish Bones from the Prehistoric Site of Angkor Borei (in Khmer / English)

 

VOEUN Vuthy, Royal University of Fine Arts

 

14:30-15:00         REFRESHMENT

 

15:00-17:00           ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON "HIGHER EDUCATION OF CAMBODIA: PRESENT STATUS AND VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT"

Moderator: NETH Barom, Vice-Rector, Royal University of Phnom Penh, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee

 

Panelists:      POK Than, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

              SORN Samnang, President, Royal Academy of Cambodia

              PIT Chamnan, Rector, Royal University of Phnom Penh

              Supote PRASERTSRI, Education Specialist, UNESCO

 

Questions and Answers

 

17:00-17:10       CLOSING ADDRESS

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