IFSSO Co-sponsors Thinkshop with World SSH Net cont...

Knowledge and presented his input paper entitled Revisiting Ethnoscience: Studies on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices. Unlike a regular workshop, participants came with their input papers based on three pre-selected themes, namely: 1) the Western social sciences in the global knowledge arena; 2) alternative concepts of knowledge; and 3) Higher Education and science policies framing the global social science arena. Based on the discussions and comments on these input papers, the presenters will finalize their papers for future publication. This is the second Thinkshop organized by the World SSH Net and co-sponsored by IFSSO. The first one was held in Tokyo, Japan last May 2012 with the theme Theories About and Strategies Against Hegemonic Social Sciences. The next Thinkshop is planned to be undertaken either in Colombia or India.
IFSSO General Assembly Agenda Announced MSU-IIT, Udayana University Join IFSSO

cont... Among the items in the agenda are: 1) the report of the IFSSO President on the status of the Federation; 2) acceptance and confirmation of new IFSSO members; 3) proposed amendment to the IFSSO Statutes by including Student Member in the types of membership; 4) plans for the 2015 and 2017 General Conferences; and 5) election of the new Executive Board. Those who have already confirmed their participation in the General Assembly are the following full and associate member organizations:
1. Anthropological Studies, Inc. (Anthropos); 2. Association of Educators, Researchers, and Trainers, Inc. (ASSERT); 3. Budapest Business School (BBS); 4. College of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of the Philippines (CSSP-UP); 5. Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI); 6. Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU); 7. Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT); 8. National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT); 9. National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP); 10. Research and Development Center for Social, Economic, and Environment (RDCSEE); 11. Risale-i Nur Institute; 12. Science Council of Japan (SCJ); and 13. Udayana University.

cont... MSU-IIT is based in Iligan City in the Philippines. It is one of ten campuses of the MSU System, all based in the southern island of Mindanao. MSU-IIT has five colleges, one of which is the College of Arts and Social Sciences, and four schools. Dr. Sukarno D. Tanggol is the current Chancellor of MSU-IIT. MSU-IIT submitted its membership application to IFSSO way back in 9 July 2012 but its membership will only be formally confirmed during the IFSSO General Assembly in Istanbul on 11 April 2013. Udayana University is based in Bali, Indonesia. It has ten faculties and two study programs. Prof. Dr. I Wayan Cika, Dean of Udayana Universitys Faculty of Letters, attended the IFSSO Executive Board Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia last 29-30 May 2012 as an Observer to express his Universitys intention to join IFSSO by 2013. This was welcomed by the IFSSO Executive Board although the Udayana Universitys membership will officially be confirmed during IFSSOs 2013 General Assembly.
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Individual members from various countries are also expected to attend in the General Assembly as non-voting members.