The role of visual arts in the preservation and adaptation of traditional Polynesian cultural practices in Australia.

Title: The role of visual arts in the preservation and adaptation of traditional Polynesian cultural practices in Australia.
Creator: Rodriguez, Lena
Relation: 9th Asia Pacific Sociological Association Conference. Improving the Quality of Social Life in the Asia/Pacific: a Challenge for Sociology (Bali, Indonesia 13-15 June, 2009)
Relation: http://www.apsa-sociology.org/
Publisher: Asia Pacific Sociology Association (APSA)
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2009
Description: Australia is rapidly becoming home to an increasing number of Maori and Pacific Islanders of Tongan, Samoan and the Cook Island heritage. With migration there are the opportunities and tensions of being part of a diverse, larger community. There are also the complexities of transmission of cultural arts practices in a new country. This paper will discuss some of the critical issues underpinning the production and appreciation of Polynesian art in Australia and the ways in which visual arts serve to reflect and assert cultural identity. It will also explore how the experience of migration can act as a stimulus to reclaim and adapt iconic imagery, storytelling and language.
Subject: Polynesian art; cultural practices; cultural identity
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1059490
Identifier: uon:16618
Language: eng
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