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First session (Goa): concepts of otherness, of reciprocity and reciprocal knowledge)
Monday, 17 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Registration, Tea | |
| Inauguration |
Welcome: Address by: Minister for Industry and Education Chief Minister of Goa Vote of thanks: |
| Lunch hosted by Goa International Centre | |
| Presentation of the programme of Transcultura International Institute | Alain le Pichon, France |
| Knowledge of Language in Indian Perspective | Mallar Kulkarni, India |
| Concept of JYANA in the vision of Vedanta | K. Ramasubramanian, India |
| Discussion | Tinka Reichmann, Germany |
| Coffee Break | |
| Dissemination of knowledge in Indian hinterland | Krithi Ramamritam, India |
| Distance Education: Opportunities and Challenges for knowledge dissemination | R. K. Shevgaonkar, India |
| Banquet hosted by the Chief Minister of Goa | |
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Perception of Matter in Ancient Times: Greek and Indian Perspective | B. V. Subbarayappa, India |
| Advertising and transculturality: Marketing Eastern religious signs | Thierry Baffoy, France |
| Knowledge Representation in Ancient China | Wang Mingming, China |
| Discussion | K. Ramasubramanian, India |
| Tea Break | |
| Developments of Indian Economy | Nadir Godrej, India/td> |
| Panel Discussion: Reciprocal Knowledge and Knowledge Economy | Gajanana Prabhu-Gaunkar, India
Thierry Baffoy, France Tinka Reichmann, Germany Alain le Pichon, France Luisinho Faleiro, India/td> |
| Lunch Break | |
| Presentation of the Transcultural Observatory | Alain le Pichon, France
Tinka Reichmann, Germany Shigemi Inaga, Japan Gajanana Prabhu-Gaunkar, India Zhao Tingyang, China |
| Tea Break | |
| Introduction to Ayurveda | Nilesh Kordé, India |
| Concept of Otherness in Amazonian cultures | Patrick Deshayes, France |
| Road Side Vendors in India | Sanjeev Shankar, India
John Vijay Abraham, India |
| Tea Break | |
| A glimpse of Goan history | Maria Aurora Couto, India |
| The Goan vision of the other: reciprocal knowledge in a situation of cultural heterogeneity | Nandkumar Kamat, India |
| The language of Art and Knowledge Transmission | Mahesh Vengurlekar, India |
| Architectural forms of Goan Habitat: Heritage and Evolution | Ashish Sinai Rege, India |
| Boat cruise on River Mandovi hosted by the Chief Minister of Goa | |
| Dinner hosted by the Minister for Industry and Education of Goa | |
Wednesday, 19 October 2005
| Travel Goa - Pondicherry | |
| Visit of temple Mahabalipuram |
Second session (Pondicherry): knowledge and scientific knowledge in an epistemological approach
Thursday, 20 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Welcoming Address | Jean Pierre Muller, French Institute of Pondicherry, India |
| An introduction through Aesthetics knowledge | |
| Introduction to the workshop on "Cultures of Knowledge" | Dhruv Raina, India |
| The concept of knowledge in Aesthetics | Umberto Eco, Italy |
| Patterns and concepts of knowledge in Indian archaeology | A.P. Jamkhedkar, India |
| Tea and Coffee Break in the Ecology Hall | |
| Japanese aesthetics knowledge and the concept of perspective | Shigemi Inaga, Japan |
| Lunch Break - Buffet in the IFP garden | |
| Concepts of scientific knowledge | |
| Two early Twentieth Century Constructions of Science in Ancient India | Dhruv Raina, India |
| To see ourselves from the others: Sinological anthropology and the concept of anthropological knowledge | Wang Mingming, China |
| Tea and Coffee Break in the Ecology Hall | |
| A comparative approach of mathematics concepts in Western and Indian cultures | Bernard Randé, France |
| Classical Indian Music and Dinner Cocktail in the IFP garden | |
Friday, 21 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Concepts in scientific knowledge | |
| Chinese concepts in epistemology | Zhao Tingyang, China |
| Unity in diversity: towards a logical dialogical reconstruction of the concept of knowledge in the Djaina tradition | Marie-Hélène Gorisse, France |
| Tea and Coffee Break in the Ecology Hall | |
| The notion of "natural disease" in traditional Laos Medicine | Richard Pottier, France |
| When the encounter of incommensurable medical concepts is rendered social. Insights into the biomedical validation of Indian medicines | Laurent Pordié, France |
| Lunch Break - Buffet in the IFP garden | |
| Concepts of knowledge in social sciences | |
| Social Sciences and the Privilege of the Stranger | Nicole Lapierre, France |
| New Perspectives of Anthropology of Knowledge | Jose F. de Rota, Spain |
| Concepts of Reciprocal Knowledge in some West African Cultures in post-colonial situation | Moussa Sow, Mali |
| Tea and Coffee Break in the Ecology Hall | |
| Visit of the French Institute of Pondicherry | |
| Dinner Cocktail at the French Consulate of Pondicherry | |
Saturday, 22 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Concepts in scientific knowledge | |
| Political Participation, Cultural Context | Balveer Arora, India |
| Europe: a declining entity or a civilian power? | Mario Telo, Belgium |
| Tea and Coffee Break in the Ecology Hall | |
| The conceptions of science and rationality in Indian Islam | Irfan Habib, India |
| Consciousness of time in different cultures | Lutz Götze, Germany |
Third session (New Delhi): conclusion
Sunday, 23 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Welcome Speech | Dominique Girard (Ambassador of France) |
| Round Table "Strategies for aquiring reciprocal knowledge" | Umberto Eco
Zhao Tingyang Moussa Sow Alain le Pichon Gustavo Martin Prada Chairman: Balveer Arora |
Monday, 24 October 2005
| Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Review of the meetings at Goa and Pondicherry and disciplinary reviews | All participants |
| Students perspectives on Transcultura | Juliette Marin, Jocelyn Boussard |
| Discussion on the structure and programme of the Transcultural Observatory in India | All participants |
| Discussion on keywords and key concepts, related to the transcultural encyclopedia | All participants |
| Lunch Break | |
| Round Table on "reciprocal knowledge" (open to students) | Umberto Eco
Shigemi Inaga Moussa Sow Alain le Pichon Dipankar Gupta Chairman: Balveer Arora |
| Reception at the French Embassy in New Delhi | |
Latest addition : 2 June 2006.



