MAM​F(Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) 2016 International Conference

Title: Works and Lives of Migrants, and Cultural Diversity

Date: October 1, 2016 (Saturday) 13:00 – 17:00

Venue: NH Humanities Hall (A11, 1F), Changwon National University

Co-hosted by Gyungnam Migrant Community Service Center, Korean International Migration Studies Associaion, IOM Migration Research & Training Centre, Changwon National University Center for Global Multicultural Society Education, Changwon National University Institute for Multicultural Affairs.

* MAMF website (Korean) : http://www.migrantsarirang.co.kr/

Program

Time

13:00 – 13:15         Opening Ceremony

           General Chair: Younghee Cho (IOM MRTC)

           Opening Address / Welcoming Address : Ki-Seon Chung (KIMSA), Jae Hyun Kang (MAMF)

           Congratulatory Address : Jae Wook Chung (Changwon National University), Phoeurng Sackona (Cambodia Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts)

13:15-15:15            Session 1 : Cultural Diversity Protection, Festival, and Minority Rights

                 Chair : Kyu-Yong Lee (Korea Labor Institute)

                 Presenters :

(1) Cheol Seung Lee(Gyungnam Migrant Community Service Center), “MAMF the Festival where Migrants Harmonize: Its Accomplishments and Challenges”

(2) Boong Ang Kim (Korea NGO Center, Japan), “The Present and Future for ‘Multicultural Coexistence’ in Japan: focusing on the Activities and Events”

(3) Jessica Walton (Deakin University, Australia), “Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours – Engaging high school students through affective encounters with ‘difference’”

Discussants : Seung-Mi Han (Yonsei University), Kyung-Hee Moon (Changwon National University)

15:15-15:30           Coffee Break

15:30-17:00         Session 2 : Works, Leisure, and Community Participation of Migrants

Chair: Sangwan Shim (Changwon National University)

Presenters :

(1) Taejeong Lee (Sungkonghoe University), “Work-Life Security and Social Networks for the Migrant Workers ant Ansan”

(2) Seokho Kim (Seoul National University), “Empirical Study on the Difference in the Mutual Understandings between Koreans and Immigrants”

(3) Young Il Choi (Gimpo Foreign Resident Support Center), “Life, Leisure, and Prospects of Migrant Workers in Gimpo”

Discussants : Jiwon Shin (Chonnam University), Dongkyu Shin (Changwon National University), Thakur Subedi (Hannam University)

17:00-17:10         Closing Ceremony