This symposium co-convened by Scott Robertson (ANU) and Ingrid Sykes (La Trobe University) will draw together leading researchers from a variety of different backgrounds to discuss the way in which contemporary and historical New Caledonia reconfigures our understandings of key-defining areas of Western humanities and social scientific thought. It will be held in French.

Presentation

This symposium co-convened by Scott Robertson (ANU) and Ingrid Sykes (La Trobe University) will draw together leading researchers from a variety of different backgrounds to discuss the way in which contemporary and historical New Caledonia reconfigures our understandings of key-defining areas of Western humanities & social scientific thought. It will be held in French.

Speakers include

• Hamid Mokaddem, (Keynote) Anthropologiques des mondes en devenir: l’imaginaire non partagé entre Kanaky et Nouvelle Calédonie
• Luc Camoui, Ecrire: Héritage ou Choix de Vie: l’essentialité
• Paul Fizin, La jeunesse kanak en NouvelleCaledonie a la veille du referendum de 2018: frein, atout et perspective
• Catherine Ris, Vingt-cinq ans de politiques de réduction des inégalités: Inégalités, emploi et éducation
• Christophe Sand, Archéologie en Océanie: quels objectifs, quelles méthodologies de terrain, quells rendus en pays calédonien?
• Ingrid Sykes, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Histoire et témoignages

Time

9:00am - 5:00pm

Venue

Seminar Room 1.34, Borchardt

Library, La Trobe University,

Plenty Road, Bundoora