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The Fourth International Conference on Yi Studies:
Bimo Practice, Traditional Knowledge, and Ecosystem Sustainability in the 21st Century


Program Overview

(Updated on August 9, 2005)

Date

Time

Events (Location)

Aug. 19
Fri.

08:00AM-12:00PM

Xichang: Reporting→Transfering to Meigu
( LSIES )

08:00AM-
19:00PM

Meigu : Registering
( Governmental Hotel )

19:00PM-22:00PM

Evening Performance Gala: Enchanting Meigu, The Trip of Your Dreams
( Meigu Cultural Square )

Aug. 20
Sat.

08:00AM-08:40AM

Preliminary Meeting of Scholarship Committee
( Asu Lazzi Room, Governmental Conference Center )

09:00AM-12:00PM

Opening Ceremonies: Ageless Myths
( Meigu Cultural Square )

 

 

Thematic Forum: Panels & Locations
(Governmental Conference Center )

Njiyi Shuonuo Room
( 303)

Asu Lazzi Room
( 305)

Gamo Anyo Room
( 307)

Saho Yydda Room
( 309)

Hninra Ggo'o Room
( 306)

13:15PM-15:00PM

A1 Religion and Language

B1 Preservation and Development of Bimo Culture I

G1 Economic Development and Local Society

H1 Perspectives on Yi Culture

S1 Cultural Expressive Forms

15:30PM-17:30PM

A Tour of the Bimo Cultural Park: Nzymo Bi: Performance of a Blessing Ritual
( Jywo Village, Meigu )

18:00PM-20:00PM

Welcome Evening Banquet

Aug. 21
Sun.

08:00AM-09:45AM

A2 Comparative Religion Research on Yi Religion

B2 Preservation and Development of Bimo Culture II

C2 Myths of Origin I: Creation Myths

F2 Gender and Development

S2 Cultural Space

10:00AM-11:45AM

Visit the cultural relics exhibition (Meigu Cultural Centre)
and the Bimo culture exhibition (MGBCRC)

Yi Beauty Contest ( Meigu Theatre )

14:00PM-15:45PM

A3 Yi Religion and Tibeto-Burman Religions

B3 Preservation and Development of Local Cultures

C3 Myths of Origin II : Shooting the Sun, the Flood, and the Writing

E3 Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Protection

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16:00PM-17:45PM

A4 Ancestral Sacrifices

B4 Economic Development and Cultural Preservation

E4 Economic Marketization and Ecological Change

H4 Broad Spatial and Temporal Perspectives on the Yi

G4 Traditional and Modern Education

Aug. 22
Mon.

08:00AM-09:45AM

A5 Soul and Spirit Concepts

B5 Tourism and Traveling Literature

D5 Language and Cultural Meaning

F5 Gender, Marriage, and Family

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10:00AM-11:45AM

A6 Structural Analysis of Ritual

B6 Preservation and Development of Bimo Culture III

C6 Contemporary Poetry and Songs

D6 Language and Contemporary Society

F6 Community and Organization

14:00PM-15:45PM

A7 Ritual, Spatial Relationships, and Environmental Protection

D7 Comparative Historical Linguistics

F7 Change in Social Organization

H7 Yi Studies and Scholarly Theories

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16:00PM-17:30PM

Concluding Session: Reports of Panels; Prof. Harrell, as Vice Chair, Summarization of ICYS 2005
( Nimu Moggu Hall 401-403)

17:45PM-18:15PM

Closing Ceremony
( Nimu Moggu Hall 401-403)

18:30PM-20:30PM

Farewell Evening Banquet

Aug. 23
Tue.

08:30AM-17:00PM

Field Trip: Yi cultural ecology and folk arts and crafts
( Mahojjo Village , Yyggejjo Township )

Domestic scholars' departure: Meigu→Xichang

Aug. 24
Wed.

08:30AM-17:00PM

Field Trip: Y i folklore and oral tradition
( Shubu Village , Lomo Township )

Aug. 25
Thur.

09:00AM-15:00PM

International scholars' departure: Meigu→Xichang

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The 4th International Conference on Yi-Studies

 

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