Garret Hillyer presents on ‘Approaching a Food History of Samoa’
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Garret Hillyer presented on the topic “E tuai, tuai, ta te ma’ona ai: Approaching a food history of Samoa”, as part of the CSS Seminar and Film Series on 3rd October 2019 at the National University of Samoa. According to Garret Hillyer “Though it is easy to see that food is and has been, central
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Dr Kalissa Alexeyeff presents on ‘The Shame of Migration”
Wednesday, 09 October 2019
According to Dr. Alexeyeff, “While Pacific islanders like many transnational migrants, frame labour migration in terms of economic necessity, the above comments suggest these crossing circuits of people and transfers of labour involve additional motives and desires. Anthropological scholarship has long argued that in order to account for the multi-directional traffic of people, goods, and
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Dr Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho presents on Tuvaluan Diaspora within Oceania
Monday, 07 October 2019
Dr Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho presented on the topic ‘Tuvaluan Diaspora within Oceania’, as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and film series on the 26th September 2019. “The diaspora within Oceania conceptualises the existence of settler communities of Tuvaluan heritage on Kioa Island in Fiji and int he village of Elise Fou in Samoa
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Dr Richard Gill presents on ‘Ecosystem services of Samoan reefs and protected areas’
Monday, 29 July 2019
Dr Richard Gill who is a full professor and serves as the Chair of the Department of Biology at Brigham Young University, had a presentation at the National University of Samoa as part of the Centre for Samoan Studies Seminar and film series on Friday 26 July 2019. Dr Gills presentation was on the topic,
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