Human-riverine interactions in Southeast Asia III

Panel Convenor(s)

• FC

  Freek Colombijn

  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• SH

  Sarkawi B. Husain

  Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Panel Chair(s)

• PB

  Purnawan Basundoro

  Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• FC

  Freek Colombijn

  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• PB

  Purnawan Basundoro

  Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
• IT

  Ida Liana Tanjung

  Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
• AV

  Arjan Veering

  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

From the earliest human settlements, rivers have had a major impact on structuring human behaviour in the form urban development patterns, economic activities, and symbolic meanings ascribed to river. The place name of ICAS 13, Surabaya, refers according to a myth to a fight between a crocodile and a shark in the river mouth! In this paper we want to explore the human-riverine interactions, building on the concept of hydro-social cycles proposed by Jamie Linton and Jessica Budds. The panel will focus on human-riverine interactions, not only the way the river has shaped human behaviour, but also how humans have shaped the river. People do not only act on water, but water can be seen as an actant itself. The panel also invites papers using a multi-species approach in which humans no longer necessarily take centre stage. Meanwhile, humans will remain major actors. Issues of governance, pollution, canalization and “normalization” of rivers, flooding, conflicting uses (transportation, entertainment, habitation, agriculture and fishing, discharging waste, and symbolic meanings can all be discussed. The geographical focus of the panel is Southeast Asia.

Presentations:

• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  The nexus between rivers and urban development in Southeast Asia
  

  Presenter: Freek Colombijn – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Changes in Indonesia urban water management in the 1900-1990s
  

  Presenter: Purnawan Basundoro – Universitas Airlangga
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Jeneberang River and Tallo River: The Transformation from Agrarian to Maritime Spatial Dynamics in the City of Makassar
  

  Presenter: Ida Liana Tanjung – Universitas Hasanuddin
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Diminishing distances: inland connections of the port of Tanjung Priok
  

  Presenter: Arjan Veering – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam