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ANU Pacific Ins tute

9 - 10 November 2012

Hedley Bull Building, ANU

Canberra City Uniting Church Canberra, ACT

5th TALANOA OCEANIA CONFERENCE 2012 Come, Learn and Live!

Talanoa Oceania 2012 P a g e | 1 Conference Handbook

2012 CONFERENCE SPONSORS

The conference committee gratefully acknowledges financial and non-monetary support from the

following sponsors who have made this conference possible.

ANU Pacific Institute

ANU Equity Office and Pasifika Australia

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Programme

ANU Pacific Studies

Engendering Persons, ARC Laureate Project

Held by Professor Margaret Jolly

Pacific Islands United

Canberra City Uniting Church

Canberra Region Presbytery, Uniting Church

ACT Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs

We also record our sincere appreciation to all conference volunteers and those who have

contributed to the conference through encouragement, goodwill and prayers.

Thank you, Vinaka vakalevu, Malo e lelei, Fa’afetai tele lava, Faieksia, Tanggio tumas, Fakaue lahi


WELCOME

Warm Pacific greetings and welcome to the 5th Talanoa Oceania Conference!

We are delighted to be hosting this conference in conjunction with the ANU Pacific Institute and

the Canberra City Uniting Church.

In particular, we welcome participants who have travelled from other parts of Australia and the

world. We also acknowledge those who have been part of the Talanoa Community for several

years now and thank you for your continued support. If you are attending the conference for the

first time, we encourage you to join in the spirit of talanoa as we respectfully share each other’s

experiences, learn through discussion, build consensus and develop mutual understanding.

This year, we are excited to introduce several special conference features, which provide

opportunities for Pacific youth to showcase their talent and discuss issues of particular relevance

to their generation. These include:

Pacific Youth Showcase of Performing Arts at the Albert Hall on Friday 9th November.

Attendance is complementary for all conference participants.

Pacific Youth Leadership Forum at the Canberra City Uniting Church on Saturday 10th

November.

We are also grateful to film writer, director and producer, Olivier Pollet of the Australian Centre

for Independent Journalism, for agreeing to launch his ethnographic documentary “Canning

Paradise” at the conference on Friday 9th November.

Once again, welcome to Canberra. We hope you enjoy the conference and your stay in our city,

the nation’s capital.

NACANIELI RIKA DR. ROANNIE NG SHIU

CONFERENCE CONVENORS


2012 CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Representing Talanoa Oceania in Canberra

Sioana Faupula

Chairperson

Sioana is Vice-President of Pacific Islands United and President of the Tongan Association of Canberra and Queanbeyan. She is an elder of the Toe Talatalanoa Congregation at Canberra City Uniting Church and a member of the Canberra Region Presbytery Multicultural Committee.

Nacanieli Rika

Secretary

Naca is an Associate Lecturer and Ph.d candidate in the ANU Research School of Accounting and Business Information Systems. He also conducts training in Fijian language and culture.

Stella Naimet

Treasurer

Stella is Treasurer of Pacific Islands United and Secretary of the Tongan Association of Canberra and Queanbeyan. She is a leader of the Toe Talatalanoa Congregation at Canberra City Uniting Church and a member of the Canberra Region Presbytery Multicultural Committee.

Nicole Alexander

Committee Member

Nicole is actively involved in the ACT Rotuman community. She is also an executive member of the Fiji Australia Association of the ACT.

Kepueli Vaka

Director of Pacific Youth Showcase

Kepu is a youth representative to the Tongan National Conference of the Uniting Church in Australia.

Representing the ANU Pacific Institute and Pasifika Australia

Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu Pacific Studies Outreach & Research Fellow, State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM) & Pasifika Australia

ANU Pacific Institute Board Member

Cathleen Nansen Project Officer, Pasifika Australia

George Carter Student Co-ordinator, Pasifika Australia

Masters in International Relations student

Joel Nilon Communication & Outreach Office, State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM)

ANU Pacific Institute Board Member

Dr. Michael Cookson Executive Officer, ANU Pacific Institute


GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT CANBERRA AND CONFERENCE VENUES

Information Desk Located in

The Hedley-Bull Atrium on Friday 9th November

Canberra City Uniting Church foyer on Saturday 10th November

Our volunteers will be happy to assist you with registration, delegate

packs, purchase of T-shirts and general queries.

Canberra Elite Taxis Phone 13-22-27

SMS 04-1767-2773

Website www.canberracabs.com.au/

Action Buses Phone 13-17-10

Website www.action.act.gov.au

Airport Express Bus Phone 1300-368-897

Website www.royalecoach.com.au

Banking Services At ANU, a wide range of ATMs are located at Union Court [Map

Reference F3], a 5 minute walk from the Hedley-Bull Building. A smaller

range is available at University House [Building 1].

Several ATMs are located within 5 minutes of the Canberra City Uniting

Church.

Chemist The University Pharmacy is located in the Arts Centre [Building 16]

The Chemist on Northbourne is a 2 minute walk from the Canberra City

Uniting Church

Mobile Phones Kindly ensure your mobile phone is switched off or set to silent mode

Internet At ANU, wi-fi access is available for all conference participants

Smoking ANU has a no smoking policy within 10 metres of any university

building.

Toilets Located on the ground floor of the Hedley-Bull Building

Located on either side of the Johnson Auditorium at the Canberra City

Uniting Church

http://www.action.act.gov.au/

http://www.royalecoach.com.au/


ANU CAMPUS MAP


MAP REFERENCES

Building Number

Building Grid Reference

1 University House

C2

8 Coombs Building - Extension

D2

8a Coombs Lecture Theatre

D2

9 Coombs Building

E2

16 Arts Centre

F3

17 Concessions & Student Facilities Building

F3

18 University Health Service and Counselling Centre

F3

19 Sport and Recreation Centre

G3

19a Sports Union Extension

G3

20 University Union Building

F3

78 Liversidge Court

C2

99 Baldessin Parking Station

F2

110 Baldessin Precinct Building

E2

130 Hedley Bull Centre

D2


PROGRAMME - FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER

HEDLEY-BULL BUILDING, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

8:30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE (Hedley-Bull Atrium)

9:30 Official Welcome: Sioana Faupula (Chair, Talanoa Oceania Canberra)

9:45 Opening Plenary: Pacific Seasonal Worker Scheme APCD 1 Chaired by Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu, ANU Ismenio Nito (Timor Leste High Commission), Falekava Kupu (Tongan High Commission), Cheryl Brown- Irava (Fiji High Commission), Malepeai Dr Ieti Lima (RSE Evaluation Specialist, NZ)

11:00 Session 1A : Migration APCD 1 Facilitator Joel Nilon, ANU Pacific Islanders Enriching the ACT Community Emeliana Afeaki-Chandra & Elena

Sione, Pacific Islands United Learning Across Cultures in Australia & New Zealand Rev. Duncan Macleod & Rev.

Ivan Roberts, Uniting Church Pasifika in Professional Sports: NRL Case Study Dr Roannie Ng Shiu, ANU

Session 1B: Leadership Room 1.04 Facilitator Associate Professor Chris Ballard, ANU Pacific Islanders in Business Janice Glenn, Gus Café & Tongue & Groove Young People in Leadership Roles in the Pacific Areti Metuamate, ANU Leadership in the Church Rev. Liva Tukutama, Uniting Church

12:30 LUNCH (Hedley-Bull Atrium)

1:30

Plenary 2: Security, Peace-building & Conflict Resolution in the Pacific APCD 1 Chaired by Associate Professor Sinclair Dinnen, ANU His Excellency Mr Beraki Jino (High Commissioner of Solomon Island), Koila Costello-Olsson (Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding) & Ratu Jone Baledrokadroka, (ANU)

2:45 COFFEE (Hedley-Bull Atrium)

3:00 Session 3A: Development APCD 1 Facilitator Dr. Nicole Haley, ANU Development Assistance & Food Security Alopi Latukefu, AusAID Representing Papua Conflicts - Portraying the Abject Budi Hernawan, ANU Mining in West Papua Musa Sombuk, ANU

Session 3B: Gender Room 1.04 Facilitator Professor Margaret Jolly, ANU Wives of Samoan LMS Missionaries in PNG Rev. Latu Latai, ANU YAL TON Eric Bridgeman, ANU

4:30 Launch and Screening of Ethnographic Documentary APCD 1 “Canning Paradise” Olivier Pollet, Australian Centre for Independent Journalism

6:30 LIGHT REFRESHMENTS (Hedley-Bull Atrium)

7:30 JOURNEY OF PACIFIC UNITY: A SHOWCASE OF PERFORMING ARTS Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla


PROGRAMME - SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

CANBERRA CITY UNITING CHURCH, 69 NORTHBOURNE AVENUE, CANBERRA CITY

8:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE (City Church Foyer)

9:15 Plenary 4: Education and Religious Interface Johnson Auditorium Rev Dr Tevita Hala Palefau , Deputy President, FWC Education, Tonga

9:45 Plenary 5: Johnson Auditorium Challenges & Opportunities for Pacific Islanders in Australia – Policy Implications Chaired by Salesi Faupula Belinda and Sione `Ofahengaue, Kepueli Vaka & Charissa Suli

11:00 COFFEE (Outside Johnson Auditorium)

11:30 Session 6A: Education & Culture Johnson Auditorium Facilitator Nikki Mariner, ANU School Cultural Groups in Brisbane Sonny Su’a, Beenleigh State High School Actioning Change in Pasifika Communities in South East Queensland

Inez Fainga’a, Pasifika Lipi Inala Youth Services & Glenda Stanley, Griffith University

Session 6B: Building Capacity in the Pacific Gifford Room Facilitator Sitela Naimet, Uniting Church Australian Development Assistance in PNG Halaiano Ma’ilei, CSIRO ANU Fiji Village Project Holly Powel & Rebecca De Laile, ANU

12:30 LUNCH (Outside Johnson Auditorium)

1:30 Session 7A: Johnson Auditorium Kava/Yaqona & Pacific Islanders in Australia - Drivers & Implications Elena Sione, Sitela Naimet & ACT Health

Session 7B: Pacific Youth Leadership Forum Riley Hall HRH Princess Angelika Tuku’aho, High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga Dr Roannie Ng Shiu, Cathleen Nansen & Nicole Alexander, ANU

2:45 COFFEE (Outside Johnson Auditorium)

3:00 Session 8A: Health & Well-being Johnson Auditorium Facilitator Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu, ANU Tep Tok – Renaissance of Tatau in the Pacific Julia Gray, Sunameke, Darwin Health Care in ACT & the Pacific Sister Kefilina Latukefu, Calvary Hospital

Session 8B: Language & Communication Gifford Room Facilitator Nacanieli Rika, ANU Language in my Pocket – Mobile Technology & Language Teaching

Grazia Scotellaro, ANU Friends 4 Fiji Initiative Matthew Bray, Monash University

4:00 Concluding Remarks: Nacanieli Rika & Roannie Ng Shiu Johnson Auditorium Preview of 2013 Conference

7:30 CONFERENCE DINNER Multicultural Centre Level 2, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City


ABSTRACTS & BIOGRAPHIES

OPENING PLENARY TALANOA

PACIFIC SEASONAL WORKER PROGRAMME

Roannie Ng Shiu

Dr Roannie Ng Shiu was appointed as the Pacific Studies Outreach and Research Fellow in 2011.

This is a joint position with SSGM and Pacific Studies. She had previously lectured at the Faculty of

Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland and was a research analyst for the

Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in New Zealand.

Her current work involves providing academic leadership of the ANU’s Pasifika Australia and

Pacific Studies curriculum development. Her current research projects include investigating sport

and rugby league as a community development tool for Pacific communities in Australia and a

cross-cultural awareness project for the Seasonal Worker Program.

Cheryl Brown-Irava

Cheryl is the Officer-in-charge and First Secretary at the High Commission of the Republic of Fiji in

Canberra. Prior to arriving in Canberra in March 2010, she served at the Fiji Embassy in

Washington DC for 5 years as Second Secretary. She received diplomatic training in Japan and

Malaysia.

Cheryl has worked in the Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the past 15 years, specialising as a trade

economist and part of Fiji’s team to major trade negotiations, including Trade in Services

negotiations under the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) and MSG, where the

issue of temporary movement of people (TMNP) amongst Pacific Island Countries was discussed.

Cheryl is passionate about sustainable development in the Pacific and poverty alleviation

Falekava Kupu

Falekava is First Secretary at the High Commission of the Kingdom of Tonga in Canberra.


Ismenio Nito

Ismenio is the Labour and Education Attache at the Embassy of the Republic of Timor-Leste in

Canberra.

Maleape’ai Dr. Ieti Lima

Dr Lima holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Auckland and has extensive knowledge

and expertise in social policy evaluation and Pacific health research. Dr Lima is currently a Senior

Health Promotion Strategist holding the Pacific development portfolio with the Health Promotion

Forum of New Zealand. He previously was a Senior Researcher with the Ministry of Pacific Island

Affairs where he was involved in a number of research projects investigating practices and

perceptions in mobilising Pacific wealth, bi-lingual education and engaging young Pacific people in

the workforce.

Dr Lima was part of the Evalue Research team that conducted a comprehensive evaluation on the

New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employer Policy in 2009. This evaluation won the Australasian

Evaluation Society’s ‘Best Evaluation Study’ in 2010.

Dr Lima has been awarded a number of research scholar fellowships with different institutions

including the Macmillian Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at Canterbury University, National

Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research at the Auckland University of Technology

and at the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Massey University.

To date Dr Lima has been a member of a number of boards and committees. Most notable was

his appointment as honorary director of the Pacific Gambling Research Centre at the University of

Auckland and he was also a founding member of New Zealand’s Building Research Capacity in the

Social Sciences (BRCSS) Pacific Postgraduate Talanoa Research Network. He currently sits on the

Health Research Council, Pacific Island Health Research Committee.


SESSION 1A: MIGRATION

Joel Nilon

Joel is the Communication and Outreach Officer within the State, Society and Governance in

Melanesia (SSGM) Programme. He is responsible for maintaining productive relationships with

SSGM’s external stakeholders. These include various Australian and Pacific based universities; the

Australian government, including AusAID; governments in the Pacific region; and regional

organisations such as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

Joel joined SSGM in December 2011. Before this he was responsible for managing a number of

development projects for agencies such as AusAID and the World Bank. In looking after these

projects he was responsible for all aspects of project management, including contract compliance,

budget and financial management, and project monitoring and evaluation.

PACIFIC ISLANDERS ENRICHING THE ACT COMMUNITY

This session will discuss the formation of Pacific Islands United (PIU) in 2004, including: who

initiated the idea; an overview of Pacific Island (PI) representatives/leaders and elders of the PI

communities living in ACT.

The voice of the Pacific Islanders in Canberra and Queanbeyan was recognised within the Office of

Multicultural Affairs. Minister John Hargreaves acknowledged the views of the PI community

through the 2005 Pacific Island Forum. This led to publication of “The Way Forward, Multicultural

Summit”. As a result, the PI community has influence over government policies and funding.

PIU has coordinated the Pacific Island Showcase during the National Multicultural Festival from

2004 to 2012). Torres Strait Islanders joined the PI Showcase In 2006.

Emeliana Afeaki-Chandra

Emeliana is the patron of Pacific Islands United in Canberra and Queanbeyan. She was also the

founding president of the organisation.

Elena Sione

Elena is a Samoan community leader and secretary of Pacific Islands United (PIU) in Canberra and

Queanbeyan. She is also involved in community radio programmes and plays a leading role in the

Pacific Island Showcase which takes place during the annual National Multicultural Festival. She

has worked for the ACT government since 1997 and is currently employed in the Treasury

Directorate.


LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Cross cultural ministry is not to be seen in terms of ‘task’ but as opportunity to grow within the

context of relationship. It involves embracing the opportunity to learn from one another and to

deepen one’s own sense of identity and understanding of life. It involves listening and seeking to

understand life from the other person’s perspective; the ‘world-view’ of the other.

Misunderstandings can develop when unconscious internalised cultural influences are not

expressed in external interaction. However, before we are able to discern the ‘world-view’ of the

other we need first to be aware of our own, possibly unconscious, cultural conditioning and

prejudice.

Rev Ivan Roberts

Ivan has been involved in cross cultural ministry for nearly 25 years in the Uniting Church. His last

three ministry placements have all included Tongan congregations (Dee Why, Strathfield and

currently Canberra City), and culturally diverse English speaking congregations. Ivan chaired the

NSW/ACT Synod Multicultural Ministry Reference Group for a number of years and been a

member of the National Assembly Multicultural Ministry Reference Committee. He has also served

on the standing committee of the Korean Commission in the Uniting Church, and been

Covenanting Convener for the NSW/ACT Synod in building closer ties with the Uniting Aboriginal &

Islander Christian Congress.

Rev. Duncan Macleod

Duncan Macleod will talk about the development of blended cultural forms in Tokoroa, New

Zealand, where he was a Presbyterian congregational minister in the early 1990s. St Mark's hosted

Te Hou Ora, an organisation supporting Maori and Pacific Island youth. When Duncan's 18 month

old daughter died the community gathered with Duncan's extended family to grieve and support

one another in a unique and inspiring way.

Duncan is Presbytery Minister (Mission/Education) with the Canberra Region Presbytery, Uniting

Church in Australia. Previously he has worked with the Queensland Synod, UCA, as a mission

consultant, as a youth worker and minister on the Gold Coast, as the Presbyterian Church of

Aotearoa New Zealand national youth ministry coordinator. He blogs regularly at postkiwi.com on

faith and culture, and at theinspirationroom.com on advertising, design, film and photography.

http://postkiwi.com/

http://theinspirationroom.com/


SPORTS MIGRATION FROM THE PACIFIC

Sport's migration is becoming an emerging topic of interest in Australian sports media and

academia, particularly with the increasing presence of Pacific players in Rugby League and Rugby

Union (Zakus & Horton, 2010). Current literature on Pacific sports migration mostly draws on

Rugby Union experiences and the sports scene in New Zealand (Besnier, 2012; Grainger, 2008).

Within the body of Pacific sports literature Pacific scholars interrogate mainstream discourse that

generally portray Pacific people as "natural" athletes within broader "brawn" versus "brain"

debates and stereotypes (Hokowhitu, 2004; Te'evale, 2001). This presentation focuses on the

National Rugby League's (NRL) Education and Welfare programming that aims to directly address

and challenge the 'brawn' versus 'brain' critique for all NRL players. This will be followed by a

discussion on their Pacific-specific programs and future tracer research projects on Pacific players

in the NRL.


SESSION 1B: LEADERSHIP

Associate Professor Chris Ballard

His current interests revolve around indigenous Melanesian historicities - their transformation

through cross-cultural encounters; their representation through various media, including film and

fiction; and their articulation with contemporary challenges such as land reform, large natural

resource projects, and cultural heritage management planning. He is also engaged, together with

Bronwen Douglas, in an ARC Discovery Project on "European Naturalists and the Constitution of

Human Difference in Oceania". Publications under preparation include an edited collection on the

history of racial science in Oceania, and a monograph on violence and first contact in the New

Guinea Highlands.

His other research interests include: Resource ownership and land rights; violence and human

rights; racism, concepts of "race" and colonial encounters; social and agricultural transformations;

narrative and memory; sacred geography; theory in the disciplines of history, anthropology,

archaeology and geography; regional interests in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and

Vanuatu.

PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN BUSINESS

The first part of this session addresses Janice’s background in Fiji and her early days in Australia.

She talks about the challenges family faced arriving in a (then) new country, adjusting to the new

country and trying to understand its culture. They had to do all this while they had no home or

money. She then explains how they turned it all around and achieved so much. Today, she and her

younger brother collectively own and operate 5 successful businesses as well as other

investments.

The goal of the talk is not to impress per se, but to impress upon Pacific Islanders that they all have

possibilities to achieve the similar success or even greater success than Janice has achieved.

Therefore she will share not just how she achieved success but also how they can achieve that sort

of success. She hopes to inspire others to go out and fulfil all their dreams without second-

guessing themselves.

Janice Glenn

Janice was born in Suva, Fiji and is of Tongan and Australian descent. After her family migrated to

Australia in 1987, she attended Campbell High School and Dickson College before completing a

TAFE diploma in hotel management.


Her business experience commenced with owning and running a successful café in Civic (since

1994). She has expanded her business interests to include owning and operating a successful

catering company (since 2003) bar and restaurant (since 2009). In addition, Janice is part-owner of

a supermarket in Murrumbateman NSW.

YOUNG PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE PACIFIC

The role of young people in policy making is often not valued in the Pacific. In Aotearoa-New

Zealand, Maori have a terrible record of succession planning within iwi and pan Maori

organisations. The New Zealand Maori Youth Council was established in 2010 and for a year

members, appointed by the Minister of Maori Affairs to represent the different rohe (regions) in

NZ, worked to develop a comprehensive report to the New Zealand Government making

recommendations on a broad range of policy areas that impacted on young Maori in particular.

This session will discuss the impact of the Maori Youth Council, the pros and cons of having such a

body and look at models of young people participation in the affairs of government within the

Pacific.

Areti Metuamate

Areti was the inaugural chair of the New Zealand Maori Youth Council, appointed by the Minister

of Maori Affairs. He is of Maori, Cook Island and Tahitian descent and is currently a PhD scholar in

Pacific Studies at the ANU. He recently retired as the National Secretary of Te Runanga Katorika o

Aotearoa after 9 years in the role. While in Australia Areti has been active in student politics,

serving as president of the Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA) for two

terms and then being elected Vice President of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations

(CAPA). Areti’s previous study includes politics and media at Victoria University in Wellington and

defence and strategy at the ANU.

LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH

Reverend Liva Tukutama

Originally from Niue, Liva is passionate about multi-culturalism, particularly in the context of

church congregations in Australia. Liva is currently the minister at Blacktown Uniting Church and

was previously the minister at Canberra City Uniting Church.


PLENARY TALANOA 2

SECURITY, PEACE-BUILDING & CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE PACIFIC

Associate Professor Sinclair Dinnen

Sinclair’s current research focuses on the interface between formal and informal justice practices,

the security-development nexus and broader processes of state-building and nation-building in

the Pacific island countries. He lived and worked in PNG for many years and has undertaken

extensive research and policy work in PNG, Solomon Islands, and Fiji.

Sinclair’s research interests include: Conflict and peace building; legal pluralism; comparative

criminology; governance in fragile states; the politics of aid; and Australia's relations with the

Pacific.

His Excellency Mr Beraki Jino, High Commissioner of the Solomon Islands

Beraki has been the Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia since 2010. Prior to this

appointment, he was Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2003 to 2010. Between

2002 and 2003 he was Minister, Counsellor and Charge d’ Affaires to the United Nations in New

York. Between 1995 and 1998 he was Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the European

Commission in Brussels, Belgium

Beraki has worked with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1987, holding the

positions of Acting Chief of Protocol and Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

Ms. Arieta Koila Costello-Olsson

Koila is one of the founding members of the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, based in Suva, Fiji

Islands. She is currently the Director for PCP. She has facilitated trainings and processes in the area

of Change management, Stress management and trauma healing and peacebuilding for the private

sector, regional agencies, community, the Churches and the security forces in Fiji. She has also

done work in Tonga, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. Her work has also

included working more specifically with organizational development in multi-cultural settings over

the last couple of years. She has qualifications in social work, social policy and administration and

is an alumnus of the CJP Masters program in Conflict transformation and Peacebuilding. She is a

co-instructor at the Pacific Peacebuilders Training Intensive at the Pacific Theological College, Fiji.

She has co-facilitated for the UNDP Pacific Centre Community of Practice for Peace and

Development.

http://www.pcpfiji.com/


Ratu Jone Baledrokadroka

Ratu Jone is a former Colonel with 25 years in the Fiji Army having served as Chief of staff and

Land Force Commander. He holds masters in Strategic Studies from Deakin University and a

postgraduate diploma in Strategy and Defence. Jone is also a fellow of the Australian Defence

College, the Australia Army's Land Warfare Study Centre, and the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic

Studies (Hawai'i) and the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Ratu Jone’s Ph.d thesis researches the role of the Fiji military in ethnic politics.


SESSION 3A: DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Nicole Haley

Nicole has extensive research and consultancy experience, having undertaken long-term and

short-term ethnographic research, both academic and applied, in Melanesia over the past 15

years. This has involved over 44 months field based research in the troubled Southern Highlands

and Enga Provinces, Port Moresby and most recently in the Solomon Islands. Her research to date

has focused on aspects of political and social conflict including social identity and contemporary

land politics, social identity and electoral politics, conflict and armed violence, gender and

HIV/AIDS and the links between these and service delivery failure. In addition to her academic

research she has undertaken extensive applied social research - much of which has involved

undertaking baseline and community survey work, as well as social mapping and program

monitoring. This research has seen her engaged in various advisory and consultative capacities.

Nicole’s research interests include: Contemporary Land Politics; Elections and Electoral Politics in

PNG; Social Identity; Governance; Conflict and Armed Violence; Peace Building; Small Arms;

Human Security; Security and Development; Women and Conflict; Gender; HIV/AIDS; and

Contemporary Masculinity in Melanesia.

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE & FOOD SECURITY

This session discusses global food security, Australia's response and how these issues affect the

Pacific.

Alopi Latukefu

Mr 'Alopi Latukefu is currently the Director of Food Security Policy with AusAID. Prior to taking up

this role Mr Latukefu was chief of staff to the Hon Duncan Kerr SC MP, Parliamentary Secretary for

Pacific Island Affairs and had worked on Pacific governance and growth issues during his time

within the Pacific Branch of AusAID. Over his career Mr Latukefu has worked in the public, private,

community and academic sectors including as CEO of Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome, as a

regional manager of the Outback Digital Network, and as a researcher into electronic commerce

and the broader information economy with the Australian Graduate School of Management and

the National Office for the Information Economy. Mr Latukefu worked for two years with the

National Centre for Development Studies' Islands/Australia research program from 1995.


REPRESENTING PAPUA CONFLICTS: PORTRAYING THE ABJECT

Drawing on Kristeva’s theory of abjection, this paper argues that representing Papua conflicts

reveals ambiguous and ambivalent power relations between Papua (the abject), the Indonesian

state (the subject), and the audience. Rendered abject, Papua has been constructed, denied, but

simultaneously, claimed by the Indonesian state in order to constitute its existence. The

Indonesian state has displayed the asymmetric power relations through governing Papua with a

mode of domination, rather than consent. Given that the abject has been constructed as the most

extreme form of disgust, witnessing the abject does not necessarily lead the audience to

intervene. Rather, the encounter between the audience and the abject is also marked by multi-

layered ambiguity and ambivalence. This complexity of power relations between Papua, the

Indonesian state and their audience needs to be understood to adequately represent Papua

conflicts in the contemporary setting.

Budi Hernawan

Budi Hernawan is PhD scholar at Regulatory Institution Network at the Australian National

University. His research areas are political violence, law and society, historical justice and memory,

Papua, Indonesia, peacebuilding, human rights in Asia and the Pacific. Currently, he finishes his

PhD thesis on the politics of torture and re-imagining peacebuilding in Papua, Indonesia. The

thesis examines the puzzle of long-term Indonesian state brutality in the form of public torture

against the indigenous people of Papua with little questions from the Indonesian justice system in

order to build a model of peacebuilding to address this problem.

He is also a Franciscan friar from Papua, Indonesia. He worked in the area from 1997-2009 mostly

at the Office for Justice and Peace (SKP) run by the Catholic Church in Papua in which he was

appointed director from 2005-2008. SKP is one of the most effective and reputable faith-based

NGOs in Papua with a broad national and international network.


MANAGING LAND GRABBING ISSUES IN THE DECENTRALIZED INDONESIA FREEPORT

MINE CASE

This paper focuses on the particular question of land grabbing issues around Freeport mine in

Papua Province, Indonesia. Since the national program of decentralization to the provinces began

in 1999, land rights issues have resurfaced in the Indonesian mining sector, particularly in relation

to the rights of Indigenous communities over traditional lands that host mining company

operations. Following the introduction of an “open door" policy for mining investment in 1967,

millions of acres of land have been granted to foreign investors with no consideration given to the

existence and interests in their land of Indigenous communities, or to the threat of environmental

destruction and other impacts on local livelihoods. Decentralization in Indonesia would appear to

offer an opportunity for Indigenous people to voice their concerns relating to issues including land

rights in the context of mining.

Although land issues are technically the responsibility of the Indonesian government, under both

local and international pressure, mining companies have responded to the issue of land grabbing

claims s by adopting a range of initiatives, including direct compensation, development initiatives,

and trust funds for traditional land holders. This issue is explored through the experience of the

Freeport mine in Papua Province where, over the last four decades, the land claims of the local

Kamoro and Amungme tribes have been a major element in the dynamics of the relationship

between the communities and the mine operator, PT Freeport Indonesia. A number of the

company’s initiatives are considered, and some preliminary assessments of the degree of their

success are offered.

Musa Sombuk

Musa is a West Papuan, who is completing a PhD in the Department of Pacific and Asian History at

ANU. Previously he was a lecturer in the Agriculture Faculty at the State University of Papua,

Manokwari in the Papua Barat Province of West Papua. He holds Masters Degrees in Rural

Sociology and Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development.

Musa was a member of the Social Audit of Freeport mine in 1997. Between 1999 and 2003, he was

a consultant in the Relocation and Resettlement Project related to the Development of the

Tangguh LNG Project.


SESSION 3B: GENDER

Professor Margaret Jolly

Margaret Jolly is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor in Anthropology, Gender and Cultural

Studies and Pacific Studies in the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia

and the Pacific and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She is an historical

anthropologist who has written extensively on gender in the Pacific, on exploratory voyages and

travel writing, missions and contemporary Christianity, maternity and sexuality, cinema and art.

Margaret’s research interests include: Gender and sexuality in the Pacific and Asia; ethnography of

the Pacific, especially Vanuatu; anthropology and colonial history; politics of tradition; indigeneity,

diaspora and citizenship; feminist theory; photography and cinema; museums and material culture

in Oceania.

GENDER, SEXUALITY AND AUSTRALIAN/PACIFIC IDENTITY

Bridgeman will discuss the prominent themes of gender, sexuality and Australian/Pacific identity

explored throughout his practice. As a contemporary artist working between many disciplines and

interests, this discussion will focus on Bridgeman’s first major body of work The Sport and Fair Play

of Aussie Rules (2008/09); Big League Balls (2010); and sculptural/installation works Wilma Jr.

“Blacky” (2010) and All Stars (2012).

Eric Bridgeman, Artist in Residence with the Pacific Studies Department at ANU

Eric Bridgeman is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brisbane, Australia and Jiwaka Province, Papua

New Guinea. Bridgeman’s art practice crosses disciplines of photography, performance, video, and

installation. The dominant focus of his work involves the discussion of identity and self-design;

performance in social and cultural domains; and the dissection of contemporary taboos.

Bridgeman graduated from Photography at the Queensland College of Art in 2009, majoring in Art

Practice and Interdisciplinary Sculpture, which saw the beginnings of his break through work The

Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules (2008/09). This work first featured in Brisbane’s Institute of

Modern Art’s annual exhibition Fresh Cut, which led to further opportunities from organisations

and institutions such as Next Wave Festival (Melbourne), Gallery 4A (Sydney), Australia Council for

the Arts, Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney) and the University of Queensland Art

Museum (Brisbane).


Since 2008, Bridgeman has been residing and producing work between his bases in Australia and

Papua New Guinea. During 2011 and 2012 he has undertaken international residencies in Alberta,

Canada and Liverpool, United Kingdom. In 2011 Bridgeman was selected for the Museum of

Contemporary Art’s annual Primavera exhibition, and will feature in the MCA’s exhibition Taboo at

the end of 2012.

Reverend Latu Latai

Reverend Latu Latai is a doctoral student in Pacific Studies in the School of Culture History and

Language, College of Asia and Pacific, ANU. He is part of the team working with Professor

Margaret Jolly on the Laureate project Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianity,

Commodities and Individualism in Oceania. Latu has a Masters of Theology (2005) from the Pacific

Theological College in Suva and a Bachelor of Divinity (2003) from Malua Theological College in

Samoa. His doctoral thesis is looking at Samoan missionary women as wives in the western Pacific

from the early days of London Missionary Society in the early 19th to the late 20th centuries.


ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTRY

CANNING PARADISE

Decades of over-fishing by the tuna industry are pushing the species to the edge. Fifty years ago,

the world fished 400,000 tonnes of tuna annually. It’s now nearer four million. In Papua New

Guinea, it having a severe human impact, Indigenous tribes are seeing their fishing grounds

becoming barren and their ancestral land taken away to make way for multinational corporations.

This film questions whether the corporations’ ambition to make PNG the tuna capital of the world

will mean greater prosperity for the region or more poverty and the loss of generations of

tradition.

Olivier Pollet - Writer, Director and Producer

Olivier Pollet is a young French journalist and independent documentary filmmaker, passionate

about human rights, the environment and development issues. His love for travelling and

exploring different cultures started at a very young age, having lived in 6 different countries and

lucky enough to have visited more than 30 across Europe, North and Central America, the Middle-

East, Asia and the Pacific. Olivier founded Fourth World Films, a Sydney based Production

Company which aims to bring independent indigenous stories across Australia and the Pacific.

Olivier currently holds an honorary research associate position with the Australian Centre For

Independent Journalism.


PLENARY TALANOA 4

THE EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INTERFACE

Rev Dr. Tevita Hala Palefau

Rev. Dr. Tevita Hala Palefau is a Tongan educator, ordained minister of the Methodist Church of

Tonga, former Privy Councillor, Cabinet Minister, Tonga Parliament member. He was born at

Tu'anekivale, a small village east of Vava’u. He completed primary and secondary education in

Tonga before pursuing education in Fiji, Australia and Canada under scholarships from the

governments of New Zealand, Australia and Canada respectively.

Rev Palefau started teaching Science and Mathematics at high school level in 1979 and later

become head of department, deputy principal and principal. In January 2005, he was appointed by

His Late Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV to the Tongan Cabinet as Minister of Education and

later Minister for Education, Sport, Youth and Culture. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Minister

for Education, Women's Affairs and Culture. As minister, he represented the country to the

University of South Pacific (USP) Council, USP Executive Council Commonwealth Education

Ministers Meeting, Pacific Forum Education Ministers Meetings, UNESCO Conferences, World

Global Literacy Conferences.

He was also honoured by His Late Majesty King George Tupou V with The Grand Order of Queen

Salote Tupou III in 2008. At present he is Deputy President of Education in the Methodist Church.

His main philosophy about education in Tonga is to educate young people in Tonga to the best

they can, so they can be hired from overseas to work. Teachers must have a good heart in order to

be a quality teacher.


SESSION 6A: EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Nikki Mariner

Nikki is a PhD scholar in Pacific History at ANU, originally from New Zealand and of Samoan and

Pakeha descent. Her previous studies include sociology and gender studies, with Honours in

history at Griffith University. She taught history at Griffith University, and more recently teaches in

the Pacific Studies program at ANU. This includes in-country internship courses taking ANU

students to Fiji, and this year to the Solomon Islands for the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts in Honiara.

ACTIONING CHANGE IN PASIFIKA COMMUNITIES – SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. What is the most important thing? It is

people, it is people, it is people – Maori Proverb

Griffith University and Pasifika LIPI (Inala Youth Service) are committed to working in collaboration

to enhance outcomes for Pasifika communities in South East Queensland. The Action Learning

model was instrumental in actioning change as refined by Professor Bob Dick. This model allows

for the issues, solutions and responsibility for change to belong to the participations. It is not a top

down approach where the power lies externally to those affected. This workshop will provide

practical tools based on the Action Learning model to deliver sustainable change in Pasifika

communities. Case studies using the action learning model will also be presented.

Glenda Stanley

Glenda Stanley (Samoan) is the Pacific Islander Liaison Officer at Griffith University, a newly

created role aimed to engage Pasifika communities in Higher Education. Glenda is also a board

member for Logan and Redlands Regional Development Australia, which is federally mandated for

regional development and liaising with Federal Government. Her background is with Department

of Communities, Youth Justice Conferencing and restorative justice.

In her role at Griffith, Glenda has lead a number of projects in collaboration with local

stakeholders including schools, churches, university, government and non-government agencies to

raise aspirations and awareness of educational options for Pasifika communities.

Inez Manu-Sione

Inez Manu-Sione was born in Suva, Fiji to Tongan parents and raised in a small Aboriginal

community called Nhulunbuy Gove- in the Northern Territory.


She is the program manager of Pasifika LIPI (Inala Youth Services), which is funded by the

Department of Justice and Attorney-General to work with Pacific Island & Maori young offenders.

The aim is to reduce or cease offending behaviour. She has spent the past 15 years working with

young Pacific Islanders at high risk. After completing a Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Business and

being admitted into the Supreme Court as a lawyer, she continues to work with Pacific Island &

Maori youth, their families and communities. Her vision for this project is based on Jeremiah 29.11

and is to restore hope and bring a positive change to the lives of our people.

SCHOOL CULTURAL GROUPS IN BRISBANE

Culture awareness is embedded in the curriculum from Year 8. The Beenleigh High School

community values and enjoys cultural presentations. Culture Day workshops are run by teachers

from a variety of cultures. The Culture Group has been successful in creating cultural harmony,

with no fights between cultures. New students are shocked that everyone gets along! The group

has also contributed to improved retention rates of students through Year 12.

Some of the issues we are still working on include: students who are continually late to class, time

management issues with attendance and assignments, the need for on-going community support,

employment options after Year 12 and opportunities for further education.

Beenleigh High School

Beenleigh High School (BHS) is situated in an area that was once rural but is now part of the urban

sprawl between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It is located in a socially disadvantaged area, with a

highly transient population. The school has approximately 900 students from Years 8-12. Students

at BSHS identify themselves from 68 different cultures on their enrolment forms.


SESSION 6B: BUILDING CAPACITY IN THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN PNG – A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

“Helping others to help themselves” is often the essence of capacity building programs. It is critical

to the success of the programs that solutions are achievable and owned by the “others” within

their means, capabilities, culture and environment. This is one of the many areas that offer

opportunities for migrants from the Pacific Islands to make an impact by helping the Australian

Government help the island nations. Ano will cover his preparation by the Australian Government

and experience in the PNG public service. He hopes to inspire others to do the same.

Tevita Halaiano Ma’ilei (Ano)

Ano is a highly experienced leader and coach in the Australian Government sector. He has

received a number of awards for excellent performance in various roles in introducing national

reforms. His role in introducing the Government’s A New Tax System in 2000 included presenting

an information session at the Australian Parliament House on the Goods and Services Tax system.

Ano was a senior member of the Australian Government’s capacity building team which was

deployed to the Papua New Guinea public service during 2005 to 2008. He also has experience in

reviewing and delivering high impact Government programs, e.g. $13 billion Water for the Future.

ANU FIJI VILLAGE PROJECT

The Fiji Village Project was inspired by two medical students from the Australian National

University who desired to contribute to the betterment of life in the South Pacific. Beginning with

correspondence with a student representative from the Fiji School of Medicine Students

Association in October 2006, the project is now projecting to be more than just a student

experience of goodwill.

In formulating the initial proposal for the Fiji Village Project, the framework of the World Health

Organisation’s “Healthy Villages” scheme and the International Federation of Medical Students

Associations (IFSMA), Village Concept Projects were used and adapted. From this preliminary

proposal addressed to the Fiji School of Medicine Students Association, support for the project

from both Fiji students and selected staff was relayed. In addition increasing support from

students at the ANU, through the local international health group, EnSIGN (Engaging Students In

Global-health Network) and the medical students from the University of Auckland, has resulted in

the formation of a special working group for the progress and development of the project.


Previous Village Projects in other parts of the world have been received with success and attained

sustainable outcomes. In particular, the World Health Organisation model is a proven method of

effectively contributing to health improvements in a community. The Fiji Village Project is one of

the first ever trans-national student-based projects in the South Pacific region. The pilot project

took place in January 2008 in the village of Nabukavesi, Veivatuloa District. Since then, the

program has run annually. The next project will be held from the 4th – 19th of January, 2013. Three

villages (Delaitoga, Matailobau and Nabena) located within the Naitasiri Province will be visited.

The goal of the Fiji Village Project is to develop a sustainable health program involving health

awareness, education and health services in selected villages along the Coral Coast. The villages

selected are always chosen based on feasibility studies, conducted primarily by the Public Health

students at the Fiji National University. The study determines what aspects the Fiji Village Project

can assist the village with, for example, installing water tanks, guttering, conducting health

screening and replenishment of medical documents. The overall aims of the project are to

promote healthy communities and ensure sustainable health development.

Health development can take place on different levels including health improvement such as safe

water supply and hygiene, especially with regards to environmental health. Health promotion will

entail aspects such as community initiatives, self-reliance, awareness and health education.

Therefore the aims of this project are two-fold: 1). improving water accessibility and quality and

2). Health promotion in the form of health screening and health education programs.

The project is working in collaboration with international and local students, the community and

external organisations including NGO’s, as well as professionals in the field and government

agencies. It has the support of the Fiji School of Medicine, the Ministry of Health (Fiji), Rotary

Pacific Water for Life (Rotary International), Canberra Medical Women’s Society, Belconnen Rotary

Club, Canberra Inner Wheels Club, several General Practices and student associations form

Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

As it stands, we are currently engaging in fundraising activities to make the goals of the sixth

project a realisation. All funds will proceed to the work of the village project whereby students will

be incurring their own costs.


PLENARY TALANOA 5

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN AUSTRALIA – POLICY IMPLICATIONS

This Talanoa offers a broad range of voices from the community. Some panelist members are at

the coal face of the challenges that Pacific Islanders face in Australia particularly in relation to the

justice system. Much rhetoric has been made about the need to engage civic and community

voices in policy decisions and implementation. This session provides an opportunity on how best

to gather and incorporate the voices of the community in policy formation by the community.

SESSION 7A: KAVA/YAQONA AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN AUSTRALIA

DRIVERS & IMPLICATIONS

Kava/ava/yaqona is an important aspect of Oceania culture. It has a significant place in the

formation our identity as people of Oceania due to our emphasis and respect of the land. This

panel continues the discussion of the ongoing consultation between Pacific Island communities

and ACT Health to seek reclassification of Kava to allow its use for cultural purposes under

Commonwealth Law.

SESSION 7B: PACIFIC YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM (CLOSED SESSION)

The Pacific Youth Leadership Forum provides an opportunity for Pacific youth to talk about the key

issues that they feel is important to them. During this special closed session we will be discussing

what it means to be a leader and how Pacific youth can best utilise their cultural knowledge in

mobilising their peers to help improve the social outcomes of young Pacific people in Australia.

HRH Princess Angelika Tuku’aho who is the current Head of Mission for the Kingdom of Tonga in

Australia will give a special talanoa on what it means to be a young, Tongan, female leader. This

workshop is facilitated by Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu and Cathleen Nansen of Pasifika Australia, ANU and

Nicole Alexander of Canberra City Uniting Church.

Dr. Roannie Ng Shiu, Cathleen Nansen, Nicole Alexander

This session is specifically designed for young people and those involved in youth leadership.

Please see one of the facilitators named above if you are interested in attending.


SESSION 8A: HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

TEP TOK – READING BETWEEN OUR LINES

Although tattoos and tattooing has become more accepted in recent years, there is still a stigma

attached to those that carry ink in their skin.

Tattooing in Central Province, among the Mekeo, Hula, Motu, Mailu and Aroma came to a

standstill for a number of reasons, but most notably because of the barrage of Christian

missionaries. There are some pockets of active tattooing, but by World War II, traditional tattooing

had largely vanished; including most of the knowledge, stories and customs that accompany it.

As there has been resurgence in tattooing internationally, so has there been resurgence in Central

Province; however, not of traditional tattooing. Today, the youth of Papua are tattooing

themselves with haphazard designs of non-Papua New Guinean origin in order to be like their idols

and sporting celebrities, especially those athletes in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL).

We are passionate about our dying cultural practice and are committed to continuing it on into

the future. We are aware that the old ways are now gone, and some things cannot be resurrected,

however, we want to convey that our practice can be adapted, revitalised and redesigned to

survive; and that we have a rich tattooing history with meaning, heritage and cultural wealth.

Julia Gray

Creative drive and inspiration comes in the form of many different media and for Darwin based

artist Julia Gray, hers is in the diverse realm of dance.

Born of Papua New Guinean and Australian heritage, Gray has spent the majority of her life

learning and developing her knowledge and understanding of not only her own cultural

background, but also that of other Pacific Island nations. Graduating from the University of

Adelaide with an Honours degree in Dance, Gray’s professional career was spent as a freelance

dancer and choreographer; an excellent avenue for her to be constantly creating ways to express

her Papua New Guinean heritage within the Australian market.

Growing up in an environment which encouraged performance and a sense of pride of one’s

heritage, Gray has spent her career spreading this ethos to the members of Sunameke, the

performance group she co-founded in Adelaide in 1997. From its origins as a four-piece, Sunameke

has since grown and changed in number and line-up and has spawned many productions which

have been showcased in both Australia and New Zealand.


Alongside her role as Artistic Director of Sunameke, Gray has enjoyed other career highlights

working with various other companies including Tracks Dance Theatre and Drum Drum. Tours of

the Pacific Islands and the United States have exposed Gray to the global market on varying levels

and continue to form the way she works today.

Current projects have included Nesian Pride, a massive cultural showcase event which

encompassed many of Darwin’s cultural groups and also welcomed three VIP guests from the NRL

to the Territory, ground which had not been broken in this way previously. 2012 saw Gray work

with the NRL Education and Welfare department and the ANU’s Pacific Studies Unit, in

participating in a Pacific Leadership Camp, where she helped to educate some of the NRL’s Pacific

Islander players in recognising the different aspects of their culture and strategized how to ensure

its promotion within the game.

At the moment, Gray is working on her next project; a short film entitled “Tep Tok”. A

documentary exploring the evolution of Pasifika tattoo through different Pacific cultures, the

project is aimed at educating a broad audience on the origins of this process and how reflective it

is of the owner’s cultural identity.

With a motto of “From old to new old, that's the way we go forward…”, Julia Gray has worked

tirelessly in promoting the fusion between tradition and the contemporary, whether that be

through dance or simply cultural education for the public who engage in Sunameke’s dance classes

and the NRL players she’s rubbed shoulders with.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN TONGA

Tonga's Ministry of Health has driven the development of its services, facilities and workforce with

vigour over the past last few years. The culmination has been the development of a new hospital

of which the final stage was completed in April 2012.

This final stage includes a purpose built Emergency Department providing the unique opportunity

to not only develop a specific Emergency service but to also develop Emergency Medicine as a

specialty within the health sector.

In this session, Katharine will reflect on her experiences in several scoping visits between March

and October this year.

Katharine Latukefu

Katherine is a Registered Nurse at the Calvary Hospital in Canberra.


SESSION 8B: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

LANGUAGE IN MY POCKET - MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

In the last few years the proliferation of mobile devices and apps have reached new highs in

usage. People nowadays can be seen lining up for hours to get their hands on the latest version of

the iPhone. Similar scenes, when any new technology is developed, often make news broadcasts

throughout the world.

If you walk in the city, in a park, if you are on a bus, train or in a coffee place, just look around and

you will quickly notice the high number of people who have a mobile device either in their hands,

on the table or in very close proximity. Many recent studies have suggested that young people

between the ages of 18 to 25 value their mobile phone so much that they often cannot bear to

part with it. While there have been many discussions on education in the 21st century focusing on

online learning and computer based technology for teaching and learning, more recent discussions

highlighting mobile technology for learning is what will become the real game changer in the

future.

For language educators in particular, the use of mobile technology is a real advantage. Mobile

devices are made for flexibility of communication and provide the anytime - anywhere access to

information and learning that young people prefer and appreciate.

This presentation will highlight a project currently underway at the ANU with small enrollment

languages that will utilize the power of mobility in language learning. It will show how teachers

and parents can use mobile technology to teach or maintain fluency in a second language,

highlighting also some useful apps and ideas that can be easily used by anybody. I will also show

you how a grandmother is teaching her grandson her native language by recording fairy tales and

talking books in Italian for him.

Grazia Scotellaro

Grazia is currently the E-Learning Adviser for the College of Asia and the Pacific at ANU. Grazia

undertaken this new role after having worked for the previous 9 years as Lecturer in Technology

and Education and LOTE at the University of Canberra where she was regarded as a pioneer in the

use of technology in teaching and learning having been one of the first lecturers to use podcast

lectures, paperless courses, smart boards, portable labs and multimedia project based

assignments. Grazia has won several awards including the Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence in

Education 2012.


Matt Bray

Matt is a Rotuman-Australian medical student and cultural advocate. Since moving to Melbourne

to study at Monash University four years ago, Matt has established a name for himself in the local

community as a dynamic teacher of Rotuman dance and language, and was this year elected the

President of the Rotuman Association of Victoria. He also chairs the Friends4Fiji Initiative, a group

he founded in 2009 to support disadvantaged tertiary students in rural Fiji.

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