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Report of GLOMAR PhD student Martin Lukas about his research stay at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, from 30 March - 10 April 2010
Research visit to Berkeley University of California and participation in the conference “Space, Movement and Place in Southeast Asia”.
The conference “Space, Movement and Place in Southeast Asia” on 2-3 April 2010 was jointly organised by the Centres for Southeast Asian Studies of the Universities of Berkeley and Los Angeles. It brought together scientists from a range of disciplines from around the world to re-examine various scholarly formulations of spatial relations in Southeast Asia and explore new research about space, landscape and human impact in the region. To my particular interest, the programme included a number of topics related to spatial and temporal patterns and historical foundations of human impacts on natural resources in Southeast Asia. Both the conference programme and the exchange with some of the participants, many of them highly knowledgeable scholars of Southeast Asian studies, were inspiring. Under the title “Spatial pasts challenging present management – The Citanduy watershed on Java between colonial forestry and recent interventions” I presented some of the first findings of my ongoing work on Java.
In addition to attending the conference, I visited the University of California’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM). Although it was not possible to arrange appointments with all of the scientists whom I had wanted to meet, the exchange with some of them was a highly enriching experience. Among others, I was delighted to meet Prof. Nancy Lee Peluso, one of the world’s most prominent political ecologists and at the same specialist of resource and particularly forest management and historically grounded land conflicts on Java. Some of her writings had become my most important pieces of literature, and it was great to have the opportunity to finally meet her. Particularly fruitful was the exchange with one of her PhD students, Noer Fauzi Rachmann, who inundated me with information and literature that is highly valuable for my ongoing field work on Java. In addition, access to one of the best libraries in North America, including an excellent South East Asia collection, substantially extended my literature base. I could not leave before I had screened, copied, and scanned thousands of pages.
I learned to know and highly value Berkeley University as a place of great scientific excellence, creativity and openness. The entire campus seems to radiate an atmosphere of inspiration. This visit to Berkeley has undoubtedly been one of the highlights of my doctoral career. Many thanks to all who have contributed to that and to GLOMAR for providing financial support.
The conference “Space, Movement and Place in Southeast Asia” on 2-3 April 2010 was jointly organised by the Centres for Southeast Asian Studies of the Universities of Berkeley and Los Angeles. It brought together scientists from a range of disciplines from around the world to re-examine various scholarly formulations of spatial relations in Southeast Asia and explore new research about space, landscape and human impact in the region. To my particular interest, the programme included a number of topics related to spatial and temporal patterns and historical foundations of human impacts on natural resources in Southeast Asia. Both the conference programme and the exchange with some of the participants, many of them highly knowledgeable scholars of Southeast Asian studies, were inspiring. Under the title “Spatial pasts challenging present management – The Citanduy watershed on Java between colonial forestry and recent interventions” I presented some of the first findings of my ongoing work on Java.
In addition to attending the conference, I visited the University of California’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM). Although it was not possible to arrange appointments with all of the scientists whom I had wanted to meet, the exchange with some of them was a highly enriching experience. Among others, I was delighted to meet Prof. Nancy Lee Peluso, one of the world’s most prominent political ecologists and at the same specialist of resource and particularly forest management and historically grounded land conflicts on Java. Some of her writings had become my most important pieces of literature, and it was great to have the opportunity to finally meet her. Particularly fruitful was the exchange with one of her PhD students, Noer Fauzi Rachmann, who inundated me with information and literature that is highly valuable for my ongoing field work on Java. In addition, access to one of the best libraries in North America, including an excellent South East Asia collection, substantially extended my literature base. I could not leave before I had screened, copied, and scanned thousands of pages.
I learned to know and highly value Berkeley University as a place of great scientific excellence, creativity and openness. The entire campus seems to radiate an atmosphere of inspiration. This visit to Berkeley has undoubtedly been one of the highlights of my doctoral career. Many thanks to all who have contributed to that and to GLOMAR for providing financial support.
