Where and when
The University of Otago and the Tōtaranui 250 Trust announce a conference to take place in Blenheim, New Zealand from 1–3 December 2019
Conference a part of Tuia – Encounters 250 Commemoration
The conference will be part of a sequence of national events in New Zealand titled Tuia – Encounters 250 Commemoration. These mark the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s first Pacific voyage and the first onshore meetings between Europeans and the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori.
Exploring contexts where encounters and exchanges were integral to knowledge making
The conference is especially interested in analysing the implications for the global history of science, technology, medicine, and indigenous knowledge.
The two major themes central to the Tuia – Encounters 250 Commemoration, ‘dual heritage-shared future’ and the importance of voyaging, pose a range of questions about knowledge, how it is generated, how it is communicated and translated, and how it is entangled with power.
The emphasis on the important role of voyaging is consistent with a recent emphasis in the academic field of the history of science on ‘knowledge in transit’ or how science, technology, and indigenous knowledge – involving people, instruments, tools, communications, values, and epistemology – travel from one region to another and are transformed, reworked or contested.
Registration
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Standard rate NZD$420
Monday 2 December – Day Registration NZD$95
Tuesday 3 December – Day Registration NZD$95
Please see below details for our FREE conference events - registration required
| Date | Time | FREE Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 1 December | 6:30 to 8:10pm | Screening of Tupaia Film | ASB Main Auditorium |
| Sunday, 1 December | 8:30 to 9:30pm | Tupaia Film – Panel Discussion with filmmaker and actors: Lala Rolls, Michel Tuffery, and Kirk Torrance | ASB Main Auditorium |
| Monday, 2 December | 12:30 to 1:30pm | Guest Speaker: Peter Moore, "Melodious Wild Musick: Endeavour and Aotearoa." | ASB Main Auditorium |
| Monday, 2 December | 7:15 to 8:30pm | Panel Discussion: “1769 – Meaning & Consequences”: Damon Salesa, Matariki Williams, and Waihaere Mason | ASB Main Auditorium |
| Tuesday, 3 December | 12:30 to 1:30pm | Guest Speaker: Ian Wedde "‘The Thing We Hold Up Between Us’: … acknowledging the relationships between fiction, family storytelling, and what tends to get immunised as the ‘historical record’." | ASB Main Auditorium |
Please contact us
Email encounters-exchanges@otago.ac.nz
