DRAFT PROGRAM (Current as of March 2020, please note this is subject to change. A final program will be released closer to the conference date)

Tuesday 14th April

AAPS Annual Epeli Hau’ofa Lecture: Melbourne Museum Theatre, 11 Nicholson St Carlton, 6-8pm

He kūkulu Osiania ʻo Maunakea: Mana Wahine & Mana Māhū in a praxis of ea and decolonisation on Mauna a Wākea Assoc. Professor Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) Epeli Hauʻofa expansive vision of Oceania as “our sea of islands” emerged as he drove between its largest mountains on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Loa and Maunakea. In this talk, I transport us to Maunakea, site of an upwelling of Indigenous and transnational activism in protection of this sacred summit. Following Tracey Banivanua Mar’s call to recognize how women have long been crucial to decolonisation and independence movements in Oceania, I focus on the ways wāhine (womxn) and māhū (transgendered & non-binary folx) are upholding leadership roles in the Mauna movement. “Mana wahine” and “mana māhū” are central to Kū Kiaʻi Mauna movement discourse, and I discuss them in connection with the kapu aloha governing the kiaʻi (guardians). These expressions of mana (power) can be seen as assertions of Indigenous Hawaiian juridical and sovereign power. I argue that one of the Maunakea movement’s most transformative potential lies in the ritual investment of Kanaka Maoli political leadership unbound by a Western binary gender system.

Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua is a Kanaka Maoli who was born and raised in Hawaiʻi. She works as a professor in and chair of the political science department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she teaches Hawaiian and Indigenous politics. A lifetime student of and participant in Hawaiian movements, Noelani’s research has involved documenting, analyzing and proliferating the ways people are transforming imperial and settler colonial relations through Indigenous political values and initiatives. Her books include The Seeds We Planted: Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School, The Value of Hawaiʻi, 2: Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions, and A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land and Sovereignty. Her most recent book, Nā Wāhine Koa: Hawaiian Women for Sovereignty and Demilitarization (UH Press, 2019) is a collaboration with four activist women elders who played key roles in catalyzing the contemporary Hawaiian movement. Noe is an award-winning teacher, who was recognized in 2019 with the UH Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching and the Dr. Amefil Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award. Her commitment to Indigenous education spans the last two decades; Noe is a co-founder of Hālau Kū Māna public charter school and an active board member of the Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy. Most of all, Noe is a mother of three and a woman of the ocean.

DECOLONISATION AND THE TRANS-PACIFIC A CONFERENCE IN MEMORY OF TRACEY BANIVANUA MAR 14-17TH APRIL 2020, MELBOURNE

Wednesday 15th April Venue: Footscray Community Arts Centre (FCAC), 45 Moreland St, Footscray

Time Performance Space Basement Jack Kennedy Visual Arts room Gallery 8.45-5.00 Registration open in foyer 9.30-10.00 Welcome 10.00-11.30 KEYNOTE PANEL: BLACK

Gary Foley, Kim Kruger and Patricia Corowa, Juliann Anesi

11.30-12.00 Morning tea 12.00-1.45 Trans-Indigenous activism in the

Pacific (1/2) 1. Dimity Hawkins 2. Mililani Ganivet 3. Talei Mangioni 4. Hineitimoana Greensill 5. Samantha Marley Barnett

Performing Oceania in Diaspora Adriana Lear Quishile Charan Mandy Treagus Iosefa Enari Rita Seumanutafa

Reppin’: Youth Studies in Oceania (1/2) Zena Sherani Vaoiva Ponton Lorayma Taula Aidan Craney Sarah Doyle Demiliza Saramosing Debi Futter-Puati Discussant: Keith Camacho

Doing Pacific Biography Today (1/2) Gillian Marie Nick Hoare Kirstie Close Vicki Luker Pauline Reynolds Pefi Kingi Discussant: Katerina Teaiwa

Decolonial Approaches to Remembering Cook Eliorah Malifa Kate Fullager William Frances Sylvia Cockburn

1.45-2.30 Lunch 2.30-3.45 Trans-Indigenous activism in the

Pacific (2/2) 6. Emalani Case 7. Rebecca Chrystal 8. Hannah El-Silimy 9. Trish Tupou

He Vaka Moana ROUNDTABLE: Ashlea Gillon Hinekura Smith 'Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki Sonia Fonua

Reppin’: Youth Studies in Oceania (2/2) Panel pt 2

Doing Pacific Biography Today (2/2) Panel pt 2

Trans-Pacific mobilities, gender, and colonial governance Penny Edmonds Audrey Peyper Paige Gleeson Andonis Piperoglou Jane Carey

3.45-4.15 Afternoon tea 4.15-5.15 SPECIAL SESSION:

BUILDING PACIFIC STUDIES Hokulani Aikau, Terence Wesley-Smith, Katerina Teaiwa

5.30-6.30: Welcome reception: FCAC reception and gallery space

Thursday 16th April

Time Performance Space Basement Jack Kennedy Visual Arts room Gallery 8.45-5.00 Registration open in foyer 9.15-10.45 KEYNOTE PANEL: BORDERS

Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Meriki Onus, Ronny Kareni, Keith Camacho

10.45-11.15 Morning tea 11.15-1.00 Histories of Adaptation and

Resistance: Oceanic Resources for the Climate Challenge (1/2) ROUNDTABLE: Aidan Craney, Jennifer Day, Djarra Delaney, Glenn Finau, Sergio Jarillo, Margaret Jolly, Romitesh Kant, Siobhan McDonnell, Evie Rose, Benedicta Rousseau, Tammy Tabe, Jason Titifanue, Pia Treichel, Elissa Waters. Chair: John Cox

Decolonising Research: Reflections on the research experience and methodological encounters (1/4)

Gender, Embodiment and Everyday Decolonisation in the Pacific Mercy Masta Lisita Paongo Stephanie Lusby Brandi Sihan Huang

The New Zealand Realm: Navigating understandings of trans-indigeneity within, across and through Tokelau, Niue and the Cook Islands (1/2) Emma Powell Jessica Paisi Asetoa Sam Pilisi Sally Akevai Nicholas Christina Newport and Yvonne Underhill-Sem Tagimamao Melanie Puka Pefi Kingi

Decolonising the Archive: Finding Pacific Voices in Colonial Documents (1/2) Deborah Lee-Talbot Brad Underhill Wanda Ieremia-Allan Jonathan Ritchie Lisa Hilli Anna Kent Martin Korokan Kat Ellinghaus and Rachel Standfield

1.00-1.45 Lunch 1.45-3.30 Histories of Adaptation and

Resistance: Oceanic Resources for the Climate Challenge (2/2) ROUNDTABLE part 2

Decolonising Research: Reflections on the research experience and methodological encounters (2/4)

Diasporic peoples and their efforts for inclusion in the Pacific story of decolonization 1. Amin 2. Presterudstuen 3. Mishra 4. Charan 5. Calabro

The New Zealand Realm: Navigating understandings of trans-indigeneity within, across and through Tokelau, Niue and the Cook Islands (2/2) Panel part 2

Decolonising the Archive: Finding Pacific Voices in Colonial Documents (2/2) Panel part 2

3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 4.00-5.45

Decolonising Research: Reflections on the research experience and methodological encounters (3/4)

Work, Labour and Pacific Futures ROUNDTABLE: Tarryn Phillips, Helen Lee, Margaret Cassidy, Ruth Faleolo, Joseph Cheer Chair: Victoria Stead

Smoke and Mirrors? Critical analysis of extractive mining in the Pacific Rufino Varea Renata Varea Glenn Finau Jason Wesley Ravai Titifanue Romitesh Kant

Christianity, Churches and the Climate Emergency ROUNDTABLE: Katerina Teaiwa, Rebecca Monson, James Bhagwan, Grant Paulson, Asmi Wood

5.45-6.30 Bar open in foyer (pay your own) 6.30-8.30 Dinner in Performance Space (to be ticketed separately – details coming very soon)

Friday 17th April

Time Performance Space Basement Jack Kennedy Visual Arts room Gallery 8.45-3.30 Registration open in foyer 9.15-10.45 KEYNOTE PANEL:

CURRENTS Paola Balla, Alice Te Punga Sommerville, Romaine Moreton, Torika Bolatagici

10.45-11.15 Morning tea 11.15-1.00 New wor(l)ds of liminality:

Pacific borderlands in Diaspora (1/2) Pōmaikaʻi Gushiken Daniel Hernandez Adriana Lear Lana Lopesi Samid Suliman Kirsten Lyttle Dion Enari Sione Ata Siulua

Exploring new directions for indigenising (and decolonising) museums in the Pacific and beyond (1/2) Thom van Dooren Tahnee Innes Christopher Green Roberto Costa Sione Napi Francis Erina McCann and Jade Hadfield Discussant: Mandy Treagus

Decolonising schooling in the trans-Pacific (1/2) Michelle O’Toole Greg Burnett Renee Tuifagalele David Oakeshott Debra McDougall Sonia Fonua Ruth Singer Bianca Hennessy

Saturated With Meaning: Pacific Coconut Commodities 1. Garrett Hillyer 2. Kate Stevens 3. Nate Rigler 4. April Henderson

Decolonising Research: Reflections on the research experience and methodological encounters (4/4)

1.00-1.45 Lunch 1.45-3.30 New wor(l)ds of liminality:

Pacific borderlands in Diaspora (2/2)

Exploring new directions for indigenising (and decolonising) museums in the Pacific and beyond (2/2) Panel part 2

Decolonising schooling in the trans-Pacific (2/2) Panel part 2

Tracey Banivanua Mar’s educational legacy: A panel of her PhD students Lucy Davies Ben Silverstein Jessica Horton Crystal McKinnon

Refashioning the Pacific: weaving ‘culture’ into fashion Harriette Richards Heather Horst Jope Tarai Tait Brimacombe/Ceridwen Spark Bernadette Samau

3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 3.30-4.00 Afternoon tea 4.00-5.30 KEYNOTE PANEL:

SALTWATER Tony Birch, Talei Luscia, James Bhagwan, Katerina Teaiwa

5.30-7.00: Closing drinks in foyer (pay your own)