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Festival of Pacific Arts: education in multi-cultural encounters

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dc.contributor.author d’Hauteserre, Anne-Marie
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-05T23:32:03Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-05T23:32:03Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.citation http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10382046 .2011.619804 http://www.tandfonline.com en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1038-2046 print / 1747-7611 online
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1271
dc.description images ; map ; 9 p. en_US
dc.description.abstract Can acts of support and/or revival of Pacific cultures serve to educate international tourists about Indigenous cultures?This paper examines,from a post colonial perspective and using a qualitative methodology, whether the Festiva ls of Pacific Arts, to which all nations send delegations, can educate visitors about Indigenous cultures of the Pacific. These Festivals occur every four years,at a different venue each time,to spread the costs of organisation.The paper argues that the vibrancy and the sincerity of the performances are not sufficient to overcome the structural and cultural biases in the world of tourism. Attitudes towards such cultures have been patronising, keeping them at a timeless distance as visitor performance remains mired in the dictates of their social “habitus”. The size and facilities at venues along with the modest air links mean that the Festivals can accommodate only a small number of visitors.The visitors, however,could discover the multi-faceted nature of these cultures and the participants challenge modernist neo colonial practices. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education;Vol. 20, No. 4, November 2011, 273–280
dc.subject American Samoa en_US
dc.subject Indigenous culture en_US
dc.subject cultural education en_US
dc.subject interpretation en_US
dc.subject representation en_US
dc.title Festival of Pacific Arts: education in multi-cultural encounters en_US
dc.type Other en_US


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