Introduction - SEAsite - Northern Illinois University
Introduction - SEAsite - Northern Illinois University
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Saturday, May 21, 2005<br />
Conference Schedule<br />
STRAND A<br />
STRAND B<br />
STRAND C<br />
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM<br />
Moderator: Grant Evans, Hong Kong<br />
History III<br />
Cultural Heritage of the Lost Kingdom in the United<br />
States: The History of Laotian People in America<br />
Kingsavanh Pathammavong, Washington DC, USA<br />
Lao History Stories: Towards Multivocality in History<br />
Writing<br />
Anna Karlstrom, Sweden<br />
Hmong Americans: 30 Years in Review<br />
Kou Yang, California, USA<br />
15 Minutes Break<br />
Time: 2:15 – 3:15 PM<br />
Moderator: Phoumy Sayavong, California, USA<br />
Education I<br />
K-16 Lao Language Curriculum for Wisconsin<br />
Seree Weroha, Wisconsin, USA<br />
Project Voices, Individuals, & Pictures: Engaging<br />
Hmong Parents, Schools, & CBOs to Support Student<br />
Learning & Academic Achievement<br />
Laty Keodouangsy, Wisconsin, USA<br />
State-Mandated Selective Testing, Classification, and<br />
Tracking of English Learners in California Public<br />
Schools<br />
Yang Sao Xiong, California, USA<br />
15 Minutes Break<br />
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 PM<br />
Moderator: Bounheng Inversin, Washington DC, USA<br />
Education II<br />
The Power of Narrative: Students Daring to Dream in<br />
Lao PDR<br />
Kara Burnett, California, USA<br />
Social and Cultural Perspectives of Lao Developing<br />
Voices through Writing<br />
Rassami Souryasack, California, USA<br />
Lao Primary Schools Teachers’ Perceptions of the<br />
Developmental Stages of Youth in UXO-Impacted<br />
Communities<br />
Christy Hicks, Michigan, USA<br />
Time: 1:00 – 2: 00 PM<br />
Moderator: Carol J. Compton, Wisconsin, USA<br />
Lao Music I<br />
Performing Isan-Style Lam in Laos: An Expression of<br />
Pan-Laoism or Thai Hegemony<br />
Terry E. Miller, Ohio, USA<br />
Going ‘Glocal’: Lao Music in Transnational Spaces<br />
Adam Chapman, Australia<br />
The Cultural Collision between Folk Performing Arts,<br />
Molam and the Culture Industry<br />
Prayut Wannaudom, Thailand<br />
(In Lao & English, rklk]k;)<br />
Time: 2:15 – 3:15 PM<br />
Moderator: Terry Miller, Ohio, USA<br />
Lao Music II<br />
The Mouth Organ of Laos: An Instrumental Constant at<br />
the Heart of Complex Ethnic and Cultural Diversity<br />
Veronique de Lavenere, France<br />
Khaen Repertories: The Development of Lao Traditional<br />
Music in Northeast Thailand<br />
Priwan Nanongkham, Ohio, USA<br />
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM<br />
Moderator: Sangkhom Ratsavong, Wisconsin, USA<br />
Resources on Laos<br />
A Digital View of Laos: The Joel M. Halpern Laotian<br />
Slide Collection, SEAiT, <strong>University</strong> of Wisconsin-<br />
Madison<br />
Joel M. Halpern, Massachusetts, USA &<br />
Larry Ashmun, Wisconsin, USA<br />
SEASITE Lao: Web Resources for Lao Studies<br />
John Hartmann, <strong>Illinois</strong>, USA &<br />
Kip Thammavongsa, <strong>Illinois</strong>, USA<br />
SEAAdoc: Documenting the Southeast Asian American<br />
Experience<br />
Anne Frank, California, USA<br />
Time: 1:00 – 2: 00 PM<br />
Moderator: Tina Arounsack, California, USA<br />
Law & Culture<br />
How to Get Rid of an Unwanted Suitor: Advice from<br />
Hmong Elders<br />
Susan Meredith Burt, <strong>Illinois</strong>, USA<br />
Hmong in Wisconsin: Attitudes toward Minnesota’s<br />
Hmong Marriage Bill<br />
Shoua Thao, Wisconsin, USA<br />
Lao-America and the Laws that Shape It<br />
Hongvilay Thongsamouth, California, USA<br />
Time: 2:15 – 3:15 PM<br />
Moderator: Pom Outama Khampradith, Washington,<br />
USA<br />
Health & Culture<br />
The Place of Story, Silk and Song: Collaborative Development<br />
Practice in Laos<br />
Ellen A. Herda, California, USA<br />
Development Practice in Primary Health Care: A Participatory<br />
Service and Education Model in Lao<br />
Valerie Dzubar, California, USA<br />
Women, Weaving, and Well-Being: The Social Reproduction<br />
of Health in Laos<br />
Kristin V. Lundberg, Kansas, USA<br />
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM<br />
Moderator: Jacqueline Butler-Diaz, Arizona, USA<br />
Textiles and Culture<br />
Tai Banners: Buddhist Import or Adaptation<br />
Rebecca Hall, California, USA<br />
The Process of Assimilation: Interview Narratives of<br />
Six Lao-American Women Refugees<br />
Vinthany Souvannarath, Wisconsin, USA<br />
Time: 5:00 PM<br />
Buses leave for Elgin for LAO CULTURAL NIGHT, Elgin High School<br />
1200 Maroon Drive; Elgin, IL 60120<br />
Time: 9:30 PM<br />
Buses leave for NIU (Buses will pick-up and drop-off at the Holmes Student Center,<br />
NIU campus.)