UNS — Master Program in Sociology Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta held an International Guest Lecturer on Environment, Gender, and Disaster as a part of a collaboration between UNS and Nagoya University Japan. The event was attended by the students, teachers, and community activists, NGOs, and the public in general.
This webinar was held through the Zoom Meeting channel and was attended by more than 100 participants from various walks of life and regions. Prof. Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni, M.Si., the Dean of FISIP UNS, opened the webinar. Three speakers were invited Professor Sohyun Chun from Nagoya University, Theofilus A. Suryadinata, S.Fil., M.A from Sociology Program FISIP UNS, and Hening Parlan S.Sos., M.M., environmental activist at Walhi Indonesia. The webinar was led by Rezza Dian Akbar, S.IP., M.Sc., and aims to find a new views on gender, environment, and disaster issues globally and holistically.
Multidisciplinary speakers were invited to create a multi-perspective discussion. “Practitioner from Walhi was invited to provide closer looks on the phenomenon that occurred in Indonesia. Participants are expected to bring knowledge from various sources and efforts to solve gender, environment, and disaster issues through the think globally, act locally concept,” Khabib Bima Setiyawan from Master Program in Sociology UNS, stated.
“Typhoons were named after women. In Japan, 1959 hurricanes and tropical storms named Sarah with 2000 deaths and the newest hurricanes and tropical storms in the Caribbean, 2017 named Maria with 3059 deaths, said Chun Sohyun,” Professor Chun, who is focused in disaster and gender studies in Japan, explained.
The second speaker, Theofilus, focuses on the environmental issues and disasters in contemporary Indonesia. He started the discussion on environmental issues during the neoliberal government to the examples of case studies in Environmental disasters in Central Kalimantan (Borneo). The following speaker, Hening Parlan, discussed Gender, Disaster, and Climate Change and stated that the impact of climate change and disaster need extraordinary efforts.
After the material presentation, the event held on Tuesday (6/7/20201) was followed by a questions-and-answers session. According to the news release received by the uns.ac.id team on Wednesday (14/7/2021), Dr. Trisni Utami, M.Si., hopes that the scientific agenda similar to this webinar could continue. “Hopefully, scientific agenda like this will continue, and collaboration among campuses outside Indonesia could be developed well,” she stated. Humas UNS
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