PARBICA 19 – Connection and Resilience in the Digital Age
A key activity of PARBICA is its General Conference. The conference provides a unique opportunity to make or renew professional contacts with other archivists who usually work in isolation. Delegates discuss common problems and explore possible solutions in small groups and plenary sessions. The focus is on drawing up recommendations and guidelines for use by archivists as well as for in-country training of archives and records management staff.
Following its inaugural meeting in Suva in 1981, PARBICA has held conferences every two years. These conferences provide a unique opportunity to make and renew professional contacts with other archivists working in the Pacific region.
PARBICA19 will be held online over three days – 1 to 3 November 2021.
While we very much enjoy and appreciate the benefits of meeting in person, building relationships and hand-on training, the current worldwide pandemic situation means international travel is not an option in 2021. An online event will be different for us, but there are benefits:
- more opportunities for members to attend
- low cost participation
- ability to engage international speakers
- ability to pick and choose presentations and seminars of most interest
Conference Registration
The Conference will be presented online using Zoom. Registration is free for PARBICA members, and AUD $60 for non-members.
Conference Program
Day One—Monday 1 November 2021
10.00-10.30am – Welcome and President’s Report
10.30-10.45am – ICA President’s Report
10.45-11.00am – Secretary-General’s Report
11.00-11.15am – Treasurer’s Report
11.15-11.30am – Bureau Elections
11.30-12.00pm – PARBICA business planning for 2022-2024
Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Western Samoa, Tuvalu, Niue, Palau, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Yap
New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, American Samoa, Papua New Guinea
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, UNESCO Memory of the World Committee Asia Pacific, University of the South Pacific, Pacific Community
Day Two—Tuesday 2 November 2021
10.30-11.15am David Fricker – A Pacific Data Embassy
11.15-12.15pm Joshua Harris – Preserving the Film and Audiovisual Heritage of the Pacific: Past, Present, Future.
2.00-2.30pm Tim Kong – Digitalpasifik.org – reflections on leading a pilot project that seeks to build bridges between the worlds of Archives and the worlds of Pacific peoples
10.30-11.00am Rebekah Hayes & Grace Koch – True Echoes: Reconnecting historical wax cylinder recordings with the Torres Strait Islander communities from which they originate
11.00-11.30am Kari James – PAMBU: Connection, COVID and change
1.30-2.00pm Aileen Boubou – Connecting with communities and innovation at the Kiribati National Archive
2.00-2.30pm Nick Thieberger, Amanda Harris & Steve Gagau – Building connections across time and space, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Past conferences
For information on past conferences, see the past conferences page.