NOHANZ Conference
2-3 April 2011 New Zealand
The 21st century is predicted to be a time of enormous change - changes that might involve large-scale migration, new technologies and adaptation in the ways people live. Climate change, peak oil and economics are forces that affect ordinary people but, at a global scale, are hard to comprehend or influence.
Faced with huge change in an increasingly globalized world, it seems that individuals and communities are looking back with growing interest to their roots and to past experience. Is this nostalgia for times past or are communities seeking to affirm their local identity and collective voice? Are there lessons to be learnt from how people responded to change in the past? Are past customs and practices becoming more relevant again?
Insigenous Voices
In recent decades, indigenous peoples have been rediscovering and asserting their cultures and identities. How is oral history contributing to this process of change, particularly for Maori, Aboriginal and Pacific Island people?
(See link below for other themes.)
Call for papers
We invite proposals for papers addressing any aspect of the above theme, either as a 20-minute presentation or 5-minute summaries about recent projects, including projects still in progress.
Submissions/inquiries: michael.dudding@wuv.ac.nz
Closing date: 31 October 2010
More information here.
2-3 April 2011 New Zealand
The 21st century is predicted to be a time of enormous change - changes that might involve large-scale migration, new technologies and adaptation in the ways people live. Climate change, peak oil and economics are forces that affect ordinary people but, at a global scale, are hard to comprehend or influence.
Faced with huge change in an increasingly globalized world, it seems that individuals and communities are looking back with growing interest to their roots and to past experience. Is this nostalgia for times past or are communities seeking to affirm their local identity and collective voice? Are there lessons to be learnt from how people responded to change in the past? Are past customs and practices becoming more relevant again?
Insigenous Voices
In recent decades, indigenous peoples have been rediscovering and asserting their cultures and identities. How is oral history contributing to this process of change, particularly for Maori, Aboriginal and Pacific Island people?
(See link below for other themes.)
Call for papers
We invite proposals for papers addressing any aspect of the above theme, either as a 20-minute presentation or 5-minute summaries about recent projects, including projects still in progress.
Submissions/inquiries: michael.dudding@wuv.ac.nz
Closing date: 31 October 2010
More information here.
