Conference Program

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MONDAY, 23 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Welcome

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ZOOM A

11:00 – 11:20 AM

OPENING CEREMONY

Assoc. Prof. Aleksandar LUKIĆ – Local Organizing Committee Chair

Prof. Mirko Planinić, Dean of Faculty of Science

Prof. Nenad Buzjak, Head of Department of Geography

Prof. Serge SCHMITZ, Dr. Valerià PAÜL – IGU CSRS , Co-Chairs

BREAK 11:20-11:30

ZOOM A

11:30 – 12:30

MOBILITIES

Chair: Valerià PAÜL

Fiona M. HASLAM McKENZIE

Employment-Related Geographic Mobility and the Mining Industry: Why Attempts to Disrupt Large Scale Transit Worker Accommodation Fail in Remote Australia

Mary CAWLEY

Labour Immigration to Rural Areas: Polish and Lithuanian Migrants in Rural Ireland

Sanja KLEMPIĆ BOGADI and Sonja PODGORELEC

How Migration Has Shaped the Demographic Picture of Rural Croatia?

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:30-12:45

ZOOM A

12:45 – 13:45

MOBILITIES

Chair: Serge SCHMITZ

Arjola ARAPI-GJINI, Judith MÖLLERS and Thomas HERZFELD

‘Kshtu Është Vendi’ (So is the Tradition): Social Embeddedness of Remittance Behaviour in Opoja, Kosovo

Rebeka MESARIĆ ŽABČIĆ, Ivo TURK and Nikola ŠIMUNIĆ

Rural Tourism in Međimurje County: Synergy of Partnership Between Diaspora, Economy and Local Community

Suk Kyeong KANG

Factors Affecting School Attendance Among the Children of Agricultural Migrant Workers in Turkey

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 13:45-14:15

ZOOM A

14:15 – 15:30

MOBILITIES

Chair: Marcin WÓJCIK

Holly R. BARCUS

Rural Out-Migration and Place Elasticity: A Cross-National Comparison

Tialda HAARTSEN and Aileen STOCKDALE^†

Staying Connected: Rural Stayers and 'Reverse' Place Elasticity

Julia KIESLINGER, Stefan KORDEL and Tobias WEIDINGER

Practising Rural (Im)mobilities: Insights from Ecuador and Germany

Janine LÄPPLE, Judith MÖLLERS and Arjola ARAPI-GJINI

Return Migrants as Agents of Change: A New Framework on Social Remittance Transfer with Evidence from Kosovo

Synthesis and discussions

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MONDAY, 23 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Welcome

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ZOOM B

11:30 – 12:30 AM

RESISTANCE

Chair: Orlanda OBAD

Daichi KOHMOTO

The Ideal Form of Education as a Tool for Resistance to Rural Restructuring

Diego CIDRÁS and Rubén Camilo LOIS GONZÁLEZ

Urban Contributions to Rural-Born Resistances: Observations around Plantation Forestry in NW Spain

Ivo TURK, Nikola ŠIMUNIĆ and Dražen ŽIVIĆ

Transport Isolation as the Factor of Negative Demographic Processes Leading to Demographic Resilience Decline: The Case of Podgorje Region (Adriatic Region of Croatia)

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:30-12:45

ZOOM B

12:45 – 13:45

RESISTANCE

Chair: Nataša BOKAN

Mateja SLOVENC

Informal Farmers’ Cooperation as a Form of Rural Resistance Through Farmers’ Values Analysis

Paulina TOBIASZ-LIS, Marcin WÓJCIK and Pamela JEZIORSKA-BIEL

Cultural Heritage as an Expression of Rural Resistance. Case Study of Domachowo Village, Poland

Valerià PAÜL, Roberto VILA and Alejandro OTERO

Proposing a New Autonomous Region in Spain Against Rural Decline? Interrogating the Current Quest for Leon Split From Castile (2019-2020)

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 13:45-14:15

ZOOM B

14:15 – 15:15

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Cornelia STEINHÄUSER

César P. SOARES, Cornelia STEINHÄUSER and Tillmann K. BUTTSCHARDT

Kūmara, Maís and Cassava: Socio-Environmental Inequalities and the Rural Transformation in New Zealand, Argentina, and Brazil

Ana Maria S.M. BICALHO and Ana Paula C. ARAÚJO

Dealing With Adversity: Apiculture in the Productivist Landscape of Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

Ana ZAZO-MORATALLA and Aaron NAPADENSKY-PASTENE

The Dark Side of the Concepción Metropolitan Area Foodshed (Chile)

Synthesis and discussions

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TUESDAY, 24 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ZOOM A

11:00 – 12:00 AM

MOBILITIES

Chair: Milica SOLAREVIĆ

Aileen STOCKDALE^†, Tialda HAARTSEN, Sara FERGUSON and Annett STEINFUHRER

Geographies of Contemporary Rural Stayers

Niamh McHUGH

The Latest Driving Force of Rural Gentrification? How Digital Marketing is Influencing Processes of Rural Gentrification in the UK

Serhii SVYNARETS and Tim LEIBERT

Social Innovation Approaches to Support Integration of Non-EU Migrants in Rural Central Europe: Lessons Learned, Conclusions Drawn

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:00 – 12:15

ZOOM A

12:15 – 13:00 AM

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Dr Andrew COPUS

Shrinking - a slow car crash for rural Europe?

University of Eastern Finland, Karelian Institute,

Joensuu, Finland

The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK,

Honorary Associate

BREAK 13:00 – 13:30

ZOOM A

13:30 – 14:30

MOBILITIES

Chair: Aleksandar LUKIĆ

Frans THISSEN

Grown up in the Countryside: Patterns of Territorial Attachment and the Migration Intention to Leave, to Stay or to Return

Henk HOFSTEDE, Koen SALEMINK and Tialda HAARTSEN

Predicting the Intention to Stay Among Young Adults in Rural Northwestern Europe: the Role of Structural Factors and Place Attachment

Milica SOLAREVIĆ and Milka BUBALO-ŽIVKOVIĆ

Daily Migrations in Rural Areas in Serbia: Quantity and Quality on the Move

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 14:30 – 14:45

ZOOM A

14:45 – 15:45

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS/RESISTANCE

Chair: Lou Angeli A. OCAMPO

Scott William HOEFLE

What is an Indigenous Population? Some Relational Doubts About Ethnic Territories in the Brazilian Amazon

William G. MOSELEY and Eliza PESSERREAU

Glyphosate as Mother’s Little Helper: A Feminist Political Ecology of West Africa’s Herbicide Revolution

Ana ZAZO-MORATALLA and Isidora TRONCOSO-GONZÁLEZ

Foodprint, Foodshed and Foodscape: Three Concepts for the Transition of Local Food Systems

Synthesis and discussions

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TUESDAY, 24 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ZOOM B

11:00 – 12:00 AM

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Anica ČUKA

Guy M ROBINSON and Bingjie SONG

A Multifunctional Rural Transformation in South Australia? Examples from the Adelaide Hills and the Riverland

Kikuchi TOSHIO, Tabayashi AKIRA and Tom WALDICHUK

Commodification of Rural Spaces Owing to the Development of Organic Farming in the Kootenay Region, British Columbia, Canada

Rebecca PEARSON and Douglas BARDSLEY

Viticultural Landscapes and Regional Tourism in McLaren Vale, South Australia

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:00 – 12:15

ZOOM B

13:30 – 14:30

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Suk Kyeong KANG

Helena PINA and Felisbela MARTINS

What is the Strategic Positioning of Health and Wellness Tourism in the Development of the Douro Demarcated Region, A World Heritage Site?

Salah EISA

Transformations of Health Facilities and Its Demographics Effects in varied Egyptian Rural Localities

Lou Angeli A. OCAMPO

Reflections on Disaster Risk Perception and Evacuation in the Philippines

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 14:30 – 14:45

ZOOM B

14:45 – 15:45

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Paulina TOBIASZ-LIS

Arshad SALAH EISA

Need and Readiness for Transition to Digital Education in the Egyptian Countryside

Bernadett CSURGÓ

Changing Roles of Rural Women: Creative Female Entrepreneurs in Rural Hungary

Felipe DA SILVA MACHADO

Decolonising Farmer Knowledge and Learning Environments in the Metropolitan Countryside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Synthesis and discussions

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WEDNESDAY, 25 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ZOOM A

11:00 – 12:00 AM

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Hualou LONG

Irit AMIT-COHEN

Transformation in Rural Areas and Its Impact on Rural Landscape Planning. The Case of the Agricultural Cooperative Settlements in Israel

Virginia ALBERDI NIEVES

Climate Change on the Rural Areas Forest of Southern Andes

Douglas BARDSLEY

Transitioning Through Agricultural Biodiversity

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:00 – 12:15

ZOOM A

12:15 – 13:15

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Frans THISSEN

Bingjie SONG, Guy ROBINSON and Douglas BARDSLEY

Hobby and Part-Time Farmers in a Multifunctional Landscape: Lifestyles, Environmentalism and Amenity

Deepika VASHISHTHA

Assessment of Rural Livelihood Sustainability and Challenges Faced by the Migrant Workers & Villagers due to COVID 19 Pandemic in Aligarh District: A Case Study from India

Serge SCHMITZ and Adel BOUSSAID

Puzzling out the Driving Forces of the Desertification in the High Algerian Steppe Plains

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 13:15 – 13:45

ZOOM A

13:45 – 14:45

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Lana SLAVUJ BORČIĆ

Ryo IIZUKA, Kei OTA and Toshio KIKUCHI

Sustaining Strategies of Urban Agriculture Based on Interaction with Urban Residents in the Tokyo Metropolis

Valerio BINI and Giacomo ZANOLIN

The Rural Districts in Milan. An Opportunity for the Governance of Food at the Metropolitan Scale.

Rubén BOGA GONZÀLEZ

Geographical Indications from a Territorialised Food Studies Perspective: The Construction of an Emblematic Spanish PDO

Synthesis and discussions

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WEDNESDAY, 25 August 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ZOOM B

11:00 – 12:00 AM

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Fiona M. HASLAM McKENZIE

Vera GRAOVAC MATASSI, Ante BLAĆE and Anica ČUKA

Rural Ageing in Croatia - The Example of Zadar County

Doo-Chul KIM

Can Regional Management Organizations Revitalize Dying Villages in Japan?

Milena SEKULIĆ, Srđan TIMOTIJEVIĆ and Milica SOLAREVIĆ

Can Population Policy Measures Address and Promote Rural Development in Serbia: Case Study of Vojvodina (Northern Serbia)?

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 12:00 – 12:15

ZOOM B

12:15 – 13:15

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Ivo TURK

Daniel MICHNIAK and Marek WIĘCKOWSKI

Changes in Transport in Cross-Border Tourist Regions in the Polish-Slovak Borderland After 1989: An (Un)Sustainable Development?

Damir JOSIPOVIČ

Border Region in Crisis: Transformation of the Slovenian-Croatian Peri-Pannonian Contact Zone

Srđan TIMOTIJEVIĆ and Milena SEKULIĆ

Sustainability of Rural Settlements Below 500 Inhabitants in Srem District Case Study (Northern Serbia)

Synthesis and discussions

BREAK 13:15 - 13:45

ZOOM B

13:45 – 14:45

TRANSITIONS/

TRANSFORMATIONS

Chair: Daniel MICHNIAK

Anita BUŠLJETA TONKOVIĆ, Ivan BRLIĆ and Ema BAŠIĆ

Modernization and (Post-)Transition Processes in Croatian Rural Areas Through a Case Study of the Rural Lika Area: An Emerging Scientific Project

Janetta NESTOROVÀ DICKÀ and Alena GESSERT

Rural and Non-Rural Regions in the Slovak Republic

Florentina-Cristina MERCIU, Ioan IANOȘ, George MERCIU and George SECĂREANU

Integrating Industrial Heritage in the Postsocialist Rural Regeneration. Rudaria Community as Case Study

Synthesis and discussions

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