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A collector of images : the Pacific archive of photographer Thomas McMahon
No full textA study of published photographic images, arguing that historians should acknowledge their status as an archive
Teaching History : A Guide for Teachers Teaching History for the First Time
No full textThis booklet was produced as a guide for History teachers in the Pacific Islands teaching History for the first time. It was distributed at no charge to teacher associations, institutions and schools. This material may be copied freely, with appropriate acknowledgement made to HistoryCOPs. The manuscript was prepared at the HistoryCOPs regional workshop, held in Apia, Samoa, December 2000, and the VSSTA/HistoryCOPs workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu, October 2001. Thanks also to Dr Brian Hoepper and Mr Ian Gray for their help in preparing the final draft
Hunting the collectors
No full textA survey of the literature on Pacific collections in Australian museums, galleries, archives and libraries
Pacific History, Museums and Cultural Centres; A Guide for History teachers
No full textThis booklet was produced to promote educational use of Museums and cultural centres and to support history teachers in the Pacific Islands. It was delivered free of chrage to schools, institutions in the region. It was wublished by HistoryCOPs, a regional professional development project funded since 1995 by the Sasakawa Pacific Islands Nations Fund, Japan. The manuscript was prepared at the Vanuatu Social Studies and History Teachers Association (VSSTA) workshop, held at the Vanuatu Cultural Centre and Museum, Port Vila, Oct 23-26 2001. The publication was endorsed by \ud
(PIMA)Pacific Islands Museum Association and supported by the Vanuatu Education Department, the VSSTA and HistoryCOPs. This material may be copied freely, with appropriate acknowledgement made to HistoryCOPs
Pacific Island history poster profiles
No full textA poster-style profile of 23 Pacific Island nations and territories, covering historical events, key persons, festivals and demographic data
Indentured Pacific Island labourers in Queensland
No full textA study of historical questions and issues related to the employment of Pacific island labourers in Queensland
Visual histories and photographic evidence
No full textOver the last decade, historical research into photography in the Pacific has grown and diversified, yet an enormous amount of visual material remains untapped, new approaches and questions await exploration, and most historians still neglect critical engagement with visual evidence. This article, in summarising developments in the historical research of photography both generally and in the Pacific, identifies directions in recent work, and argues that closer links between visual history and Pacific History promise revisions and new vistas of Pacific pasts
Pacific History on the Rim: What should students learn?
No full textThe present status of Pacific History in Australian schools is analysed and compared against earlier decades and against developments in the History curriculum of Pacific Island schools. After outlining obstacles facing teachers keen to introduce studies of the Pacific in their History classrooms, it is suggested that the commitment and professionalism of teachers will bring greater penetration across national and state curricula than top down prescription. Discussion on variation in course design, appropriate content and awareness among teachers of recent historiography debates leads to reference to the many attempts made to promote with limited success, Pacific-related content in History curricula
We Just live our own lives here - in the Pacific
No full textTo state that the mostly rural population of Pacific Islanders spread across 22 nations and hundreds of language and cultural groups are "just living their own lives", acknowledging but not greatly affected by geo-politics and globalisation, is a reasonable assertion. This phrase is borrowed from Geua Dekure of Koiari in PNG when interviewed for the book Views from interviews: the changing role of women in Papua New Guinea. Geua acknowledged that missions, colonial rule and independence had affected her people, but she noted that "we just live our own lives here… we recognise each other's strengths and traditional knowledge. That is why we are still happy" (Turner 1993: 8-9).\ud
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Although a drift to the cities and out-migration are on the increase, the village, clan, land and community remain at the centre of custom, identity and lifestyle for most Pacific Island people. While catchy and convenient, the phrase "just living our own lives" tends to underestimate the agency and control which Island peoples exercise over their own destinies. Indeed, Island leaders reject accusations that their socio-economic and political position is irreversibly precarious and that they cannot manage, govern and plan for growth on their own terms. It is also true that leaders acknowledge problems exist at all levels of politics and society in the Pacific.\ud
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But, the agenda for the annual meetings, for example, of the Pacific Forum or the Secretariat for the Pacific Community, suggests that the prime ministers, presidents and bureaucrats of the Pacific’s independent nations are actively engaging in developing appropriate policies on economic growth, the monitoring of logging, fishing, mining and tourism, infrastructure development and the ratifying of a variety of international conventions and treaties. Mismanagement, corruption, a declining resource base and overpopulation are problems that could certainly be added to the list. However, the agenda of these meetings also indicates that there is a confidence, determination and ability to apply islander-solutions, grassroots initiatives and traditional structures and to not merely rely on guidance handed down from distant western agencies, former colonial powers and bigger neighbours
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