1995 Mansfield Conference and Academic Symposiun landscapes
and Communities
October
15 - 17, 1995
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in Asia and the
Pacific Northwest "Dancing Cranes," Monte Dolack, 1995
Conference Supported by
The Burlington Northern Foundation,
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation,
and The UM Foundation
THE MAL'REEN &.MIKE
Symposium Supported by
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Ecodevelopment Institute, Japan
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CONCEPT It is in vain to dream of awildness distant from ourselves. There is none
such. It is the bog in our brain and bowels, the primitive vigor of Nature in us, that
inspires that dream. I shall never find in the wilds of Labrador any greater wildness
than in some recess in Concord... than I import into il
Henry David Thoreau, Journal. August 30, 1856
Epigram in Simon Schama, Landscape and Memory, 1995
The 1995 Mansfield Conference and Symposium offer
students, faculty, and members of the larger community the
chance to explore further how communities impact the environ­
ment. These events and discussions are also designed to en­
courage reflection on how landscapes impact on communities-­
both in the Pacific Northwest and in Asia.
The 1995 Conference and Symposium are a beginning
step in the Mansfield Center's long-term goal to integrate
environmental concerns with Asian perspectives into The Uni­
versity curriculum. With new curricular opportunities, students
and faculty will be able to pursue the study of environmental
issues in the contexts of both the Pacific Northwest and Asia.
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Mr. Akira Yamaguchi is the founder and President of
the Kinoshiro Taisetsu family of companies in
Hokkaido, Japan. Mr. Yamaguchi established the
International EcoDevelopment Institute (lEI) in 1992
to promote academic, economic, and cultural pro­
grams related to sustaining communities in northern
bioregions. His support of the Mansfield Center and
The University of Montana provides the foundation for developing pro­
grams and curricula to integrate Asian realities and perspectives into the
study of environmental issues.
THE MANSFIELD CONFERENCE Sunday, October 15, 7:00PM, University Theatre
Gamelan Concert
(Music and Dance co-sponsored with University of Montana
Productions and the School of Flne Arts)
GAMELAN SEKAR JAVA is based in the san Fran­
cisco Bay area and has performed in New York City, Los
Angeles, Vancouver, as well as in Bali. Guest director is
Balinese virtuoso Dewa Putu Berata. Gamelan music is an
artistic way of exploring themes in Indonesian ways of thinking about nature,
communities, and tradition.
Monday, October 16, 7:30PM, Montana Theatre
Bio-Diversity and Community in the
Pacific Northwest
JACK WARD THOMAS,
Chief, United States Forest
Service; Wildlife Biologist; Author, The Elk of North
America, Ecology and Management, Wildlife Habitats in
Managed Forests--the Blue Mountains of Oregon and
Washington; Faculty, Workshop on Bio-Diversity, Wildlife Institute of India.
Tuesday, October 17, 7:30PM, Montana Theatre
Grass Roots Volunteerism and
Communities in japan
KAYOKO HOSOKAWA, Special Olympics Committee
of japan; japan Committee fot the Vaccination of the
·World's Children; Women's Study Group in Politics; former
First Lady of Kumamoto Prefecture and of japan.
Twenty-sixth Mansfield Lecture in International Relations,
supported by The University of Montana Foundation
THE SYMPOSIUM Session #1: "Historical Ways of Seeing Landscapes"
Monday, October 16, 9:00 AM, Dell Brown Room (Turner Hall)
Dan Flores, "Mountain Islands, Desert Seas: Mountains in Environmental
History," Western History, The University of Montana. Caprock Canyonlands:
journeys Into the Heart of the Southern Plains, University of Texas Press, 1990.
William Lang , "Big Water and Great River: Two Ways of Seeing the Columbia
River," Director, Center for Columbia River History, Washington State Univer­
sity/Vancouver. The Centennial West: Essays on the Historyofthe Northern
Tier States, University of Washington Press, 1991.
Rhoads Murphey, "Changing Asian Perceptions of the Natural Environment,"
History and Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Past President of the
Association for Asian Studies A History of Asia, Harper-Collins, 1993.
Session #2, "Historical Ways of SQeing Communities"
Monday, October 16, 1:00 PM, Journalism 304
Allan Grapard, "The State Remains, but Mountains and Rivers are De­
stroyed," Religious Studies (Japan), University of California Santa Barbara.
The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in japanese History,
University of California Press , 1992.
Yang Xiaoshan, "The Multi-faceted Wilderness in Chinese Poetry,"Chinese
Literature, The University of Montana. To Perceive and to Represent: A
Comparative Study of the Chinese and English Poetics of Nature Imagery,
Peter Lang Publishing, (forthcoming).
Fred Allendorf, "Salmon in the Net of Indra: A Buddhis~ View of Nature ahd
Communities," Zoology, The University of Montana. Conservation Genetics
Case Histories from Nature, 1995.
Session # 3, "When Communities Become Global, I"
Monday, October 16, 3:15 PM, Journalism 304
Vaclav Smil, "China's Environment: Resilient Myths and Contradictory
Realities," Geography (China), University of Manitoba. China's Environmental
Crisis, M.E. Sharpe , 1994.
Jill Belsky; "Logging and Livelihood in Indonesia," Sociology (Indonesia), The
University of Montana. "Soil Conservation and Poverty: Lessons from Upland
Indonesia, " Society and Natural Resources, 1994.
"Th~ Goddess and the Computer: Ecological Manage­
ment in Bali," Anthropology (Indonesia), University of Southern California.
J. Stephen Lansing
Priests and Programmers: Technologies ofPower in the Engineered Landscape
of Bali, Princeton, 1991.
Session #4, "When Communities Become Global, II"
Tuesday, October 17, 8:10 AM, Dell Brown Room (Turner Hall)
Nancy Lee Peluso, "Creating Forest Landscapes and Land Tenure in Indone ­
sia" Forestry (Indonesia), Yale University. Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource
Control and Resistance in java, University of California Press, 1992.
William Bevis, "Borneo Log: Timing and the Timeless in Sarawak," Literature
and Place, The University of Montana. Borneo Log: The Struggle for Sarawak's
Forests, University of Washington, ( 1995 Western States Book Award).
Motoo Fujiki, "Japanese Views of Nature and Community: The Minamata
Experience," Director, Kumamoto Center of Environmental Education,
Minamata, japan, Biochemistry, Tsukuba University. The Pollution of
Minamata Bay, 1985.
Session #5, "How Communities Respond" Tuesday, October 17, 10:30 AM, Dell Brown Room (Turner Hall) Scott Slovic. "Of Frogs, Old Ponds, and the Sound of Water," Environmental
Literature (Japan), University of Nevada/ Reno. Seeking Awareness in Ameri­
can Nature Writing, University of Utah Press, 1992.
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Cliff Montagne, " Forging Pathways For the Bioregion: Systems Thinking
Applications in Hokkaido, japan,"Environmental Sciences (Japan), Montana
State University. Holistic Resource Management: An Approach To Sustainable
Agriculture on Montana's Great Plains, with B.W. Sindelar and R. Kroos.
journal of Soil and Water Conservationjan/ Feb 95.
Daniel Kemmis, "Focusing the Countryside," Mayor of Missoula.
City and the Good Life, Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
The Good
Session #6, "Refining the Questions"
Tuesday, October 17, 2:00PM, Journalism 304
Alan McQuillan, "Dancing with Devils: Science and Aesthetics in Eastern and
Western Approaches to Nature," Forestry and Aesthetics, The University of
Montana. Cabbages and Kings: The Ethics and Aesthetics of New Forestry,
Environmental Values, 1993.
Anna Lowenhaupt-Tsing, "Environmental Discourses and Human Welfare,"
Anthropology (Indonesia), University of California/Santa Cruz. In the Realm
ofthe Diamond Queen: Marginality in an Out-of-the-Way Place, Princeton,
1993.
J. Baird Callicott, "The New Concepts in Conservation," Philosophy (Asia)
and Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin. Earth's Insights: A
Multicultural Survey ofEcological Ethics, University of California Press, 1994.
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THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD CENTER
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at The University of Montana
recognizes and honors four decades of Mike Mansfield's distinguished career.
Both he and his wife, Maureen, whom he credits as being responsible for
many of his successes, are graduates of The University of Montana, Later, as
a member of the history faculty at The University, Professor Mansfield
expressed his lifelong interest in Asia by introducing courses on Far Eastern
history.
In 1942 he went to Washington to represent Montana for ten years in the
House of Representatives, followed by twenty-four years as a member of the
Senate, including sixteen years as Senate Majority Leader. In 1977 President
Jimmy Carter appointed Mike Mansfield as Ambassador to japan, a position
he continued to hold under President Ronald Reagan, until 1989.
Each year the Center sponsors a Mansfield conference with a distin­
guished roster of speakers, writers, and public figures. Running concurrently
with the 1995 Conference is an academic symposium, funded by Akira
Yamaguchi, President of KST-Hokkaido. The Center faculty teach and do
research in the areas of Modern Asian Affairs and Ethics in Public Affairs.
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maxine Johnson, (President), Fonner Director, Bureau of Business & Economic
Research, The University of Montana
Charles Ferris, (Vice President), Attorney, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky &
Popeo, Washington, D.C.
Robert P. Gannon, (Treasurer), President, Montana Power Company, Butte
Desalx Anderson, Charge d'Affaires, Hanoi, Vietnam, Department of State
John T. Chain, Jr., Executive Vice President, Burlington Northern Railroad, Fort Worth
Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Development Company, Hong Kong
Sophie Engelhard Craighead, Political Consultant, Missoula
George Dennison, President, The University of Montana
Honorable Thomas Foley, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Honorable Morihho Hosokawa, House of Representatives, Japanese Diet, Former
Prime Minister of Japan
Robert K. Jaedlcke, Former Dean, School of Business, Stanford University
Ambassador Robert M. Klmmltt, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Investment
Banking, Washington, D.C.
Ambassador Burton Levin, Visiting Professor, Carlton College
Judah Sommer, Vice President, Goldman Sachs, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Shoichlro Toyoda, Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
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For more information contact,
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center The University of Montana Missoula, Montana 59812 PH: (406) 243-2988 FAX: (406)243-2181 All events are free and open to the public
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