Vanuatu Cultural Centre - Projects

Projects

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:36:26 UT

Nabanga Pikinini - spreading the word around the world!

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:00:00 UT

An update on the Nabanga Pikinini children's book project from Pauline Grindley

Database and network project : Progress Report

William Mohns — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:00:00 UT

The aim of this project is to make the collections of the Cultural Centre more accessible to staff, the public and visitors through easily searchable, accurate, multi-lingual catalogues of the Cultural Centre collections

A new vision of education for Vanuatu

Marcellin Abong — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:00:00 UT

The text of a speech given by Ralph Regenvanu, Director of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre, at the First National Education Conference in 2002. The talk gives details of Ralph's views on the problems with our education system and how the system should be changed.

“Report of the National Review of the Customary Land Tribunal Program in Vanuatu” published

Billy Bakeo — Mon, 01 May 2006 02:00:00 UT

The report on research undertaken on the Customary Lands Tribunal Act of 2001 and the process of its implementation in Vanuatu. This publication is intended to inform discussion and debate regarding land policy in the country in the lead-up to the National Land Summit in September 2006

Vanuatu exhibition in Victoria, Australia, for the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Marcellin Abong — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:00:00 UT

This exhibition of photographs, which ran from the 10th of March until the 17th of April at the Surfworld Ocean Gallery in the town of Torquay in Victoria, was a result of the Commonwealth Games “Adopt a Second Team” initiative. It was one of the main components in a Shire initiative to raise the awareness of its residents about the home country of their “adopted second team”

Vanuatu National Language Policy - Public consultation

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:00:00 UT

The Vanuatu National Language Council has released the draft Vanuatu National Language Policy for public consultation.

Traditional Money Banks Project

Marcellin Abong — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:00:00 UT

The principal objective of the Traditional Money Banks project is to maintain and revitalise living traditional cultural practices whilst stimulating income generation in Vanuatu. This will be achieved by:
a) encouraging people who are involved in the production of various forms of traditional wealth (tusked pigs, mats, shell money, etc) to continue producing such wealth ;
b) encouraging people who are primarily involved in the cash economy to access the traditional valuables and use them for ceremonial activities ;
c) facilitating the exchange of cash and traditional wealth items between the informal and formal economic sectors to both generate income for people involved in the traditional sphere of economic life and encourage the revival of traditional practices amongst those primarily involved in the cash economy.

Traditional Money Bank Trip to Rowa

Billy Bakeo — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:00:00 UT

Ideas to revive the usage of traditional money reaches the Banks Islands with the Traditional Money Banks Project.

Launch of Vanuatu's History Curriculum

Vanautu Cultural Centre — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:00:00 UT

Vanuatu’s first English-language national history textbook has been launched as part of Vanuatu’s Silver Jubilee Independence celebrations. The Vanuatu Cultural Centre took the initiative to write the book in response to a general concern that children are not being taught enough about the history of Vanuatu in the nation’s schools today.

Traditional Marine Tenure Project

Billy Bakeo — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:00:00 UT

The objectives of the TMT Project include the documentation and promotion of traditional marine tenure management practices found in Vanuatu.

Women's Traditional Marine Tenure Project

Billy Bakeo — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:00:00 UT

The overall objective of the Women's TMT Project is to assist the sustainable management of Vanuatu’s nearshore marine resources at the community level through the documentation and promotion of women’s use of traditional marine tenure practices.

The LINKS Project

Billy Bakeo — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:00:00 UT

The Vanuatu Cultural Centre is partnering with the Ministry of Education and the Environment Unit (Department of the Environment), with the support of UNESCO, in developing a program to strengthen the transmission of indigenous knowledge (IK) and traditional resource management through the formal school system. This ambitious program seeks to affect a change in the education system inherited from the colonial era, which does not recognize local and indigenous knowledge and is thus resulting in a loss of traditional life skills and dislocation from their own communities for young people.

Vanuatu National History Curriculum Project

Billy Bakeo — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:00:00 UT

Throughout the 25-year existence of the Republic of Vanuatu, a national history curriculum has not been implemented in the nation’s schools. The National History Curriculum Project was conceived in accordance with the Ministry of Education’s “Re-thinking Vanuatu Education” policy (initiated in 2002) in order to develop a long-overdue national history curriculum aimed at strengthening students’ understanding of their national and cultural heritage. The Project also reflects the Vanuatu Cultural Centre’s commitment to documenting, preserving and promoting our cultural heritage for the present and future generations of ni-Vanuatu.

The Oral Arts Project

Billy Bakeo — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:00:00 UT

One of the Oral Arts Projects' main objective is to collect and transcribe the oral traditions (histories, myths and legends) of Vanuatu in association with the network of fieldworkers of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre.