Description
The 21st Century COE Project was launched by ASAFAS and CSEAS in 2003 under
the title "Human-Nature Coexistence in a Glocalizing World."
The following three major projects were pursued to launch the project:
- Research and education into problems concerning human-nature coexistence
in a glocalizing world;
- The promotion of on-site-education and research facilities through field
stations established in Asia in the Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar,
Indonesia, Vietnam, and India, and in Africa in Egypt, Tanzania, Ethiopia,
Cameroon, Zambia, and Kenya. Forty-five professors, 85 graduate students,
and 5 junior researchers were dispatched to these areas. Joint researches
with counterpart organizations in these countries are proceeding smoothly.
- The establishment of an integrated information center for area studies.
New information access devices were installed to promote the effective
exchange of information among researchers and graduate students as well
as counterpart organizations. Ten thousand four hundred fifty-one books,
1,471 microfiches, 663 microfilms, and 800 VCDs were purchased and the
basic information database was processed.
A homepage which includes many photographs was also established to publicize
research activities in the field stations （http://areainfo.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp）. Basic data appearing on the HP will be renewed in real time so that
users can access up-to-date reports of the activities of this project.
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