PAA's 10th International Symposium August 9 - 11, 2010
Pacific Art in the 21st century: Museums, New Global Communities, and Future Trends
Monday, August 9 to Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Crown Beach Resort, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
NOTE: Online registration is CLOSED.
REGISTRATION
Online registration for PAA's 10th International Symposium is now closed. You will be able to register for Symposium events at the conference upon arrival. You MUST be a member of the Pacific Arts Association to register for the symposium. Please visit our Membership page to become a member or renew an existing membership. Memberships and all of their benefits are for a calendar year and expire on December 31st. Members receive Pacific Arts (issued annually) and The Pacific Arts Newsletter (issued biannually). NOTE: This membership will apply retroactively, so new members will also receive the 2009 Pacific Arts Journal.
BOOK DRIVE FOR AN OCEAN OF BOOKS
Symposium registrants are invited to bring books to contribute to An Ocean of Books book drive for school age children in the Pacific region. Please click here for more information.
SCHEDULE AND TRAVEL RECOMMENDATIONS
An updated Schedule and Travel Recommendations for the symposium are now available.
The Official Programe for PAA's 10th International Symposium is avaialble here.
ABSTRACTS
For a list of abstracts organized in alphabetical order by participant surname, please click here.
For abstracts organized by session group, please click here.
The Official Book of Abstracts for PAA's 10th International Symposium is available here.
SYMPOSIUM SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Symposium sessions will focus on several perspectives:
SESSION 1: Objects from Central and Eastern Polynesia (the Cook Islands, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, Rapa Nui) in museums and private collections: Current research on 19th century and earlier works, including scientific testing.
SESSION 2: Pacific art and spirituality, including Islanders’ views today on the relationship between objects and atua (spirit beings, deified ancestors, and ‘gods’) past and as part of Christian practice today.
SESSION 3: Contemporary work by Pacific Islander artists, including Pasifika work coming out of urban centers; how artists influence changing perceptions and understandings of Pacific culture.
SESSION 4: The emerging role of museum websites and other web entities dealing with Pacific art. “Virtual repatriation” - what is it? Can it work?
SESSION 5: Representing Pacific art and cultures: The role of libraries, archives, museums and other institutions in the Pacific in furthering the understanding of Pacific art and raising issues concerning the interpretation of Pacific art by institutions worldwide.
SESSION 6: The symposium will also include an open session presenting object research.
VENUE CHANGE!!!
The conference will move to a venue right on the lagoon, at the five star Crown Beach Resort, www.crownbeach.com. Crown Beach has two conference venues capable of holding 300 in total which will, we guess, be more than adequate, including room for 200+ for the opening ceremony. They will cater a lunch after the opening ceremony, morning and afternoon teas for the three days of the conference and the final banquet (a ground oven) and cultural performance on the beach. We will be expecting participants to organize their own lunch (at the hotel or off site) on the Tuesday (craft exhibition) and Wednesday (the day of the banquet). All the evening events remain as is except that the Tivaivai exhibition and cocktail on the first night will be at a venue closer to the new conference location. We will arrange for 20 seater bus for transport in and out of town and to the evening events.
The conference organizers apologise for the last minute change of venue caused by construction delays to one of the proposed venues. Those participants who have already booked accommodations close to the original venue, will be provided with complimentary transport to the new conference location at the Crown Beach Resort. Please contact dixon_r@usp.ac.fj for assistance.
GENERAL INFORMATION FROM CONVENOR ROD DIXION
For updated information on planning for the 10th symposium visit PAA Cook Islands 2010 Blog. This blog will keep you up date on: how to get here, where to stay and transfers, where to eat, what to see, location of the PAA symposium, the lecture program, side events, island night, cultural visits to the outer islands, and more.
The symposium taking place in Rarotonga August 9-11, 2010 seeks to highlight issues surrounding the creation, dispersal, possession, repatriation, stewardship and interpretation of Pacific art in the 21st century. It is timed to follow immediately on the Maeva Nui or Cook Islands Constitution Celebrations ending August 7th. The major annual cultural event of the Cook Islands, Maeva Nui festivities include dance, chant, and choir competitions and demonstrations of traditional arts. People from around the Cook Islands converge on Rarotonga to compete in these events and PAA Symposium participants are urged to arrive some days earlier in order to participate in these celebrations.
PRESENTERS
The 10th International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association has made its final selections for papers on Pacific Art in the 21st Century - Museums, New Global Communities and Future Trends. If you submitted an abstract, you should have received an email from the Symposium organizers. If you submitted an abstract and HAVE NOT received an email from the Symposium organizers, please contact Christina Hellmich (some emails may have been intercepted by SPAM blockers).
Accepted presenters should bring their presentations on a memory stick to enable easy download and upload and to minimize photocopying. In addition, please contact Rod Dixon directly to inform him of your AV needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
If you applied for a scholarship and HAVE NOT received an email from the Symposium organizers, please contact Christina Hellmich (some emails may have been intercepted by SPAM blockers).
MAKE A DONATION TO THE PAA SCHOLARSHIP FUND NOW! Help bring Pacific Islanders to the 10th International Symposium: Fill in whatever amount you wish towards our scholarship fund.
For more information visit the PAA Cook Islands Blog or www.pacificarts.org or www.sokalavillas.com.