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Three workshops focus on intercultural dialogue and indigenous people
in the Pacific. They examine partnerships and projects undertaken,
with a view to assisting the development of sustainable museums and
galleries in the Pacific region. 21 November 2007: Indigenous
Expertise in Museums Master Class (Brisbane)
The objectives of this workshop are:
- Indigenous Protocols: Discussion of indigenous expertise in
the negotiation of policies and protocols appropriate to Australian
South Sea Islander and Pacific Islander communities resident in
Australia, as well as Pacific collections in the custody of Australian
museums.
- Case studies: Profiles of successful major exhibitions/events,
problems and issues addressed.
- Beyond Colonial Legacies – A Hypothetical Exhibition:
Identifying opportunities for skills sharing between ATSI and
Pacific museum professionals through a hypothetical exhibition
on Australian South Sea Islanders and their continuing links with
Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.
This exercise will discuss the protocols to be established between
museums and communities as well as cultural material in Australian
collections, resources and collaborative research and skills sharing.
The master class is part of an expanding field of Australia-Pacific
collaborative research and regional dialogue supported by the University
of Queensland and the Australian Association for the Advancement
of Pacific Studies (AAPS). It brings together key stakeholders in
Australia, including delegates from museums, art galleries and libraries
with major Pacific collections, representatives of Pacific communities
residing in Australia, members of the Pacific Islands Museum Association
(PIMA) and Aotearoa New Zealand’s major museums, as well as
the Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development
(PAO).
The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Board and Secretariat
of the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA), the National
Museum of Australia (NMA), the Queensland Museum, the Museum Studies
Program of the University of Queensland, the State Library of Queensland
and AAPS. The leadership for this initiative is provided by the
Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development
(PAO), which was established within the framework of the Action
Plan of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity,
2001, as a critical space for intercultural dialogue.
22 November 2007: Pacific Partnerships Workshop (Canberra)
The objective of this workshop is to examine the initial projects
that have been undertaken, assess the results and discuss the future
potential of the scheme to assist the development of sustainable
museums in the Pacific region.
Delegates from Australia’s national and state museums, art
galleries and libraries possessing important Pacific collections
along with members of the Pacific Islands Museum Association (PIMA),
delegates from Aotearoa New Zealand’s major museums and representatives
of Australia’s Pacific communities will take part in five
panels on:
- Pacific partnerships, both sides of the story. Experiences from
first encounters. Australian Museum, Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta, Queensland
Museum, Solomon Islands National Museum;
- Pacific partnerships, both sides of the story. Experiences from
first encounters. Museum of Victoria, Fiji Museum, Museum and
Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Timor Leste;
- Fresh approaches to Pacific collections in Australia from the
perspective of Pacific museums and communities;
- Role for art galleries, libraries;
- Future potential of Pacific Partnerships program – Implementation
of PIMA Code of Ethics in Australian museums. How might Australian
institutions (and potentially New Zealand partners) learn from
models and protocols created in the Pacific, and assist Pacific
museums with matters of governance, fundraising and marketing,
strategic development, skills transfer and support for management?
Pacific Partnerships is part of an expanding field of
Australia-Pacific collaborative research and regional dialogue supported
by the National Museum of Australia (NMA) and the Australian Association
for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS).
23 November 2007: Pacific Cultural heritage in Australian
Museums and Galleries - A Regional Dialogue Workshop (Canberra)
The purpose of the workshop is:
- to explore and highlight the extent and richness of Pacific
movable heritage in the custodianship of Australian museums;
- to investigate new ways for Australian museums to renew and
diversify their connection with the Pacific communities from which
these collections derive; and
- to stimulate a meaningful and mutually productive exchange between
Australian institutions and innovative curators and directors
from the Pacific region.
Themes for discussion:
- How to map the extent of the Pacific collections in Australia?
What is their unrealized potential?
- How can the Pacific cultural heritage in Australian museums
be better researched and displayed, to stress ‘living culture’?
- How might Pacific communities be better connected to Pacific
materials in Australian cultural institutions through consultation,
collaborative research, exhibitions and education?
- Identify challenging historical research projects, exhibitions
and art events connecting Australia and the Pacific.
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