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: pimasg@gmail.com or

Web: www.pima-museum.com

PIMA/ICOMOS Pasifika

c/- Vanuatu Cultural Centre

PO Box 184

Port Vila

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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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