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NEW SYSTEMS: NEW MODELS: The
Importance of Networks
“PIMA in the New Millennium”
Presented by PIMA Secretary-General,
Tarisi Vunidilo
JANUARY 15, 2014
Tarisi Vunidilo
Secretary General
PIMA/ICOMOS Pasifika
email: [email protected] or
Web: www.pima-museum.com
PIMA/ICOMOS Pasifika
c/- Vanuatu Cultural Centre
PO Box 184
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: +678 22129
Fax: +678 26590
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Photographs © David Becker
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Presentation
• Part 1: Background of PIMA
• Part 2: Talanoa (Collaborative Stories) from
the Pacific
– Vanuatu
– Fiji
– New Caledonia
– Guam
– Samoa
– Solomon Islands
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5 MAIN POINTS
PIMA’S MAIN FOCUS THUS FAR ARE:
• MUSEUM COLLABORATIONS (LOCAL, REGIONAL &
INTERNATIONAL, VIRTUAL, FACE TO FACE)
– LOCAL: COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS
– REGIONAL: UNESCO, SPC, USP, PHH
– INTERNATIONAL: ICOM, CAM, WMA, AFRICOM, PAA, HMA, FIJI
ARTS PROJECT
– VIRTUAL MUSEUM (PIMA, FIJI MUSEUM & MOV)
– FACE TO FACE (REGIONAL WORKSHOPS)
• MUSEUM ADVOCACY (articles, website, newsletters, FB page,
conferences, membership, fundraising events)
• MUSEUM PROGRAMS (International Museum Day)
• MUSEUM OUTREACH (Youths & Heritage Workshop and Kastom
Schools)
• MUSEUM TRAINING & SUPPORT (community workshops in Fiji)
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BACKGROUND OF PIMA
Part 1
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What is PIMA?
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PIMA is the first regional, multilingual, multicultural, non-profit collective
of heritage institutions working towards the shared goal of assisting the peoples of the Pacific Islands to safeguard and promote their living
& traditional heritage.
What is PIMA?
PIMA’s Vision
Working together, preserving, celebrating and nurturing the heritage of the peoples of the Pacific Islands
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What does PIMA do? • Training & capacity
building
• Advocacy
• Community Engagement
• Regional policy development
• Standard setting
• PIMA Code of Ethics
• Develops community participation in heritage management
• Advocates for development of regional cultural resource management policies and practices
• Provides and encourages regional and global linkages to support the safeguarding of Pacific Island heritage
• Provides a forum for exchange of skills and ideas
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PIMA Activities & Publications
2012 Pacific Heritage and Youth Workshop, Honiara
(July)
2008 Oceanic Art Symposium, Vanuatu (May)
2006 Governance for Pacific Cultural Institutions
(PIMA Training Course 9) Fiji (October)
2006 Building for the Future: Designing New
Museums for the Pacific (PIMA Training Course
8) Vanuatu (June)
2006 Sustainable Heritage Development for Pacific
Islands Museums and Cultural Centres (ANU
Training Course) Australia (January)
2001 Audio Visual Workshop. December (PIMA
Training Course 7) Vanuatu
2001 Cultural Interpretation of Heritage Sites in the
Pacific. July (PIMA Training Course 6) Palau
2000 Conservation and Design of a Traveling
Exhibition, (PIMA Training Course 5) New
Caledonia
1999 Museums, Management and the Community.
(Directors Workshop 3) Vanuatu
1998 Techniques of Preserving Pacific Heritage
Collections (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 4)
Tahiti, French Polynesia
1997 Integrated Pest Management (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 3) Fiji
1996 Preserving Heritage Sites (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 2) Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
1994 Preserving Audio Visual Records (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 1) New Caledonia.
1993 Disaster Preparedness. (Directors Workshop 2) Palau
1993Preservation by Museums of the Pacific Island States (PREMO Directors Workshop 1) Palau
PIMA Publications
Final Reports, Directors' Workshops (1993 & 1994)
Final Reports, Courses (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998)
PIMA Directory of Museums and Professionals (1994 -2002)
PIMA News (27 editions, 1994 – 2007)
Cultural Interpretation of Heritage Sites in the Pacific (2001)
Pacific History, Museums and Cultural Centres: a Guide for History Teachers (with the Council of Presidents of Pacific Island History Associations, 2003)
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Threats to Traditional
Knowledge and Pacific
cultural heritage
Our future is today:
the seeds of tomorrow
•Speed of cultural change
•Widening generation gap
•Forces of modernization
and globalization
•Loss of vernacular
languages
•Loss of cultural traditions,
knowledge and ways of life
•Loss of biodiversity and
cultural diversity
•Lack of human resources
• Lack of government
support
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PIMA Code of Ethics
1. custodians of collections of cultural and natural history that they hold in trust, foremost for their creator communities and the peoples of the Pacific, secondly for the benefit of people and communities elsewhere
2. have a primary responsibility to assist communities to maintain and safeguard their continuing intangible heritage;
3. build and maintain relations of cultural understanding and mutual respect with the communities they serve;
4. support the reconnection of ex-situ cultural resources, located domestically or internationally, with their creator communities;
5. are advocates for the conservation of cultural diversity, biodiversity and sustainable, culture-centred development;
6. will advocate with governments to provide the appropriate financial and other support they require to discharge their responsibilities;
7. will advocate with governments for the effective implementation of national legislation and international conventions relating to the protection and conservation of cultural and natural resources; and
8. encourage museums from outside the Pacific to support the repatriation of cultural resources to the countries and communities of origin.
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Guiding Principles for Pacific Museums and Cultural Centres
What can museums do
to safeguard &
promote cultural
heritage, TK & IP?
•Exchange of ideas
•Cross-cultural understanding
•Fostering mutual respect
•Awareness raising
•Develop and implement IP protocols for access & documentation
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Revitalization of cultural practices &
traditional knowledge
Empowerment of youth through
meaningful participation and
strengthening of cultural identity
Fostering creative arts &
cultural education
Transmission of values, skills, and
knowledge to next generations
How can museums
effectively safeguard
traditional knowledge,
tangible and intangible
cultural heritage?
•Education & capacity
building at all levels
•Inclusive cultural
participation
•Implement IP & CH
legislation
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Identifying,
researching, documenting ICH/TK
Income creation & job
opportunities
Promotion &
marketing of
authentic cultural
products and
sustainable heritage
tourism
Recognition & showcasing of indigenous
knowledge for cultural, social & economic
development
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‘The one-stop shop for culture in the Pacific.’
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VANUATU KALTORAL SENTA
(VKS)
TALANOA 1
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Building and Gallery space
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Sand Drawing……
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FIJI MUSEUM
TALANOA 2
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Fiji Museum Building and activities
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Heritage projects….
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Archaeological Site Mapping
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GUAM NATIONAL MUSEUM
TALANOA 3
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International Museum Day 2013
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Guam Museum
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THE MUSEUM OF SAMOA HTTP://WWW.MUSEUMOFSAMOA.WS/
TALANOA 4
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Samoa Museum
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Samoa Museum
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MUSEUM OF NEW
CALEDONIA IMAGES COPYRIGHT: SHANEL TINI (MUSÉE DE
NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE )
TALANOA 5
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International Museum Day 2013
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SOLOMON ISLAND
NATIONAL MUSEUM
TALANOA 6
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PACIFIC HERITAGE YOUTH
WORKSHOP JULY 2012
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Te Vau Repatriation to the
Solomon Islands
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I YAU VAKAVITI: FIJIAN TREASURES IN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS: A
STUDY OF REPATRIATION & APPROPRIATION (CASE STUDIES: FIJI,
UNITED KINGDOM & CANADA)
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THANK YOU…..GRACIAS
• To the organizers of the 6th Summit on Arts &
Culture, Santiago, Chile
• For listening to this presentation
• For all your future support for PIMA
• We welcome you all to the Pacific
• Contact PIMA if you visit the Pacific..
• VINAKA VAKALEVU (thank you in Fijian)
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