10-12 June 2024 in conjunction with the 2024 Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC)
Protecting Oceania is a weaving of indigenous Pasifika philosophies with activism. It will not have typical keynote addresses and breakout panels for the purpose of sharing previously written work. Instead we are asking Pasifika thinkers and those already engaged in struggle with the climate crisis, military occupation, extractivism and political inaction to act as provocateurs, to speak to specific issues or crises in which they are engaged. Issues for discussion will be developed based on the provocateurs’ talks and assigned to breakout rooms. In these breakouts, we will be invited to share our experiences, methods and tactics as we advance discourses of indigenous philosophies, where we will find new colleagues, comrades and form new alliances. Protecting Oceania activates Pasifika philosophies.
For the complete abstract contact the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at cpiscon@hawaii.edu.
Organized by:
- Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice
- UHM Center for Pacific Islands Studies
- UHM Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- EWC Pacific Islands Development Program
- Pacific Theological College
The Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) is the world’s largest celebration of indigenous Pacific Islanders. The South Pacific Commission (now The Pacific Community – SPC) launched this dynamic showcase of arts and culture in 1972 to halt the erosion of traditional practices through ongoing cultural exchange. The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture, will convene in Hawaiʻi, 6–16 June 2024. “Ho‘oulu Lāhui: Regenerating Oceania” will serve as the theme of FestPAC Hawaiʻi 2024, honoring the traditions that FestPAC exists to perpetuate with an eye toward the future.
