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January |
Pacific Agency
and Pacific Initiatives.
Reading: Chadwick Allen, Blood Narrative:
Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori
Literary and Activist Texts, (Durham: Duke
University Press, 2002). |
February |
Pacific Renaissance
personalities
Political figures: Bernard Narikobi
(Papaua New Guines), Jean-Marie Tjibaou (New
Caledonia), and Walter Lini (Vanuatu)
Literature: Albert Wendt (Samoa), Patricia
Grace, Witi Ihimaera, and Reina Whaitiri (New
Zealand)
Art: Sidney Moko Mead (New Zealand)
Essays and non-fiction: Epili Hau'ofa
(Tonga) and Ralph Regenvanu (Vanuatu). |
March |
Getting the big picture: Selections from
The Contemporary Pacific: “The
region in review: international issues and events” |
April |
Selections from Pacific literature collections |
May |
Pacific Studies Centers: Why some people
know more than we do: Australia and New Zealand
as scholarly centers. |
June |
Looking at the Disciplines: archaeology,
anthropology, history, art history, cultural
studies in the Pacific |
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July |
The Visual Arts: Survey of Pacific holdings
in world museums from Tisha Hickson’s
list |
August |
UNESCO inventories of the 1970s and 1980s |
September |
From the Tangible to the Intangible: Selections
from UNESCO Conventions on cultural issues |
October |
Pacific Arts Festivals as foci for strengthening
regional identity |
| November |
NAGPRA as a global program; Repatriation
as a legal issue |
December |
Cultural Sustainability: Ralph Regenvanu
in Vanuatu |
