Towards Research on Informal Sector in the Islamic Middle East

UNIT a SEMINAR

On Saturday, February 21, 1998, Unit 5a organized a seminar entitled "Towards Research on Informal Sector in the Islamic Middle East". A general outline is of the proceedings is presented below.

Place: Kyushu University Hakozaki Campus, Faculty of Letters Conference Room (4F)

Date: Saturday, February 21

Contact: Tetsuya OHTOSHI (Kyushu University Faculty of Letters Department of Islamic Culture)

otshilth@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Office: tel&fax 092-642-2419

13:00-13:30 Hirokatsu KANO(Tsuda College)

Introduction

13:30-14:00 Hirofumi TANADA(Waseda University)

The Garbage Collectors of Cairo

14:00-14:30 Tetsuya OHTOSHI (Kyushu University)

Waste Disposal, the Hog-breeding Industry and the Circulation of Meat inCairo: A Current Report

14:30-14:40 Eiji NAGASAWA (The University of Tokyo)

Comments

14:40-15:10 Questions and Discussion

15:10-15:30 Intermission

15:30-16:00 Yoshikazu KUMAGAI(Ochanomizu Women's University)

Urban Involution or Re-ruralization? Informal Sector and Survival Methods of the Residents of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

16:00-16:30 Hajime UEDA (Daito Bunka University)

Report from Kenya

16:30-16:50 Akio ENJO(Kyushu University)

Comments and Reports from Ghana

16:50-

Questions and Discussion