The Xth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association is pleased to call for papers on ‘Pacific Art in the 21st Century – Museums, New Global Communities And Future Trends.’
The symposium seeks to highlight issues surrounding the creation, dispersal, possession, repatriation, stewardship and interpretation of Pacific art in the 21st century
Focus of [...]
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Pacific Art in the 21st Century – Museums, New Global Communities And Future Trends
Oceanic Transformations conference
3rd Conference ‘Oceanic Transformations’ Victoria University Conference Centre, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 8th – 11th April 2010
Call for abstracts by 8th February 2010
The Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS) holds a biennial conference. The first one, "Australia in the Pacific – the Pacific in Australia" was held in January 2006 at the [...]
Michael Mel – ‘The arts as tools for social and cultural transformation in Papua New Guinea’
Dr Michael Mel (University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea) ‘The arts as tools for social and cultural transformation in Papua New Guinea’
Thursday, 17 December, 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm, UTS Building 10, Level 5, Room 580
Abstract: This talk will explore the historical and contemporary role of artistic practices as a [...]
After the Missionaries events
These events relate to the ‘After the Missionaries’ issue of Artlink, which includes articles about how artists are negotiating their paths through a more reciprocal world. For more information go here.
10 June FORUM Has the world changed?
Has the Kyoto Protocol changed how rich and poor countries relate to each other?
Is Australia moving away [...]
Atlantic Justice in the Pacific World
Atlantic Justice in the Pacific World: Property, Rights, and Indigeneity
17 July 2009, 1–5pm Sutherland Room, Holme Building, Science Road, The University of Sydney Sydney Sawyer Seminar Convenors: Duncan Ivison and Andrew Fitzmaurice Presenters: Sankar Muthu, (University of Chicago) Jennifer Pitts, [...]
The Impact of the Antipodes on Anthropological Thought
The Sydney Sawyer Seminar explores the history of how the Antipodes – and especially the Indo-Pacific lands and oceans – has constituted a laboratory for the Atlantic world over a broad intellectual, geographical and temporal scale. Our seminar covers three centuries from 1700 to 2009, and focuses on Atlantic-derived conceptions and experiences within the Antipodes [...]
Epeli Hau’ofa (1939-2009)
Tongan writer and cultural theorist Epeli Hau’ofa passed away on Sunday 11 January 2009.
Hau’ofa was born in Papua New Guinea in 1939 of Tongan missionary parents. He was educated in a variety of countries, eventually receiving his PhD at the Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. His positions included Keeper of Palace Records in [...]
