Traditional Knowledge Conference 2006
The Traditional Knowledge Conference 2006 will be held from 14 -17 June 2006 at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand.
The Conference will be preceded by a Powhiri/Welcome on 14 June 2006 at 4.00pm at the Wharenui at Te Papa Tongarewa with food following.
The Conference is an international event open to all participants who share an interest in the Conference theme.
The Conference theme will address the issues, practices, models and perspectives for protecting, sustaining and nurturing traditional systems of knowledge.
- How do we know that our knowledge, ways of knowing and associated practices are in a state of well-being?
- What practices do we use to sustain and help the next generation look after our systems of knowledge?
- How do we know that our relationships, languages, literatures, stories, environments, healing practices, spiritualities, genealogies, bodies, children, elders, women, men, communities are flourishing?
- What are the basic indicators that we use to give us confidence that all is well?
- How do we measure our development and advancement?
Internationally generated indicators of well-being, like indicators of development, have a subtle but significant impact on Māori and other indigenous communities.
An international conference with associated community workshops and satellite meetings enables us to bring together in dialogue a wide range of participants, perspectives, voices, frameworks and models for developing indicators that best indicate well-being from indigenous points of view.
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga invites indigenous practitioners, scholars, activists, students, organisations to participate in a serious dialogue about these matters. Please put this Conference on your calendar for 2006.
Community and Satellite Events
Community and satellite events are events that are carried out under the auspices of the conference organisers.
Community and satellite events provide the ability for the conference to accommodate more diverse and specialised input and for the conference to have a broader influence through these.
For event organisers the conference provides a focus and an alignment with the conference themes as well as an opportunity to appeal to others with interests in the subjects and areas identified with the conference.
Browse the menu to the right to discover more about community and satellite events. More information will be provided in these pages as it becomes available.
Community Workshops
What is a community workshop?
A community workshop brings together people who live in communities to focus on one topic, for one day. The topic to be discussed is connected to the Conference Theme but focuses on an issue that is of greater interest to the community.
Who organises a community workshop?
Someone from the community, a facilitator, who organises the workshop. The community person works with the Conference Convener and Conference Committee to ensure that the workshop is successful.
What are the benefits of a community workshop?
- It helps people in communities take time out to focus on a single topic that is different from the everyday issues that communities deal with.
- It provides a way to focus on a forward looking issue that is connected to a bigger picture that involves indigenous communities all around the world.
- It is proactive rather than reactive which means there is time to be reflective and creative and time to have a good conversation with each other.
- The community workshops enable people to participate in an international event without a major cost in time or money.
- The community workshops help grow community capacity on an issue of growing international and national significance.
Who chooses the community facilitator?
The Conference Conveners and Conference Committee choose the facilitator. The facilitator is a volunteer, that is, we do not pay them to run the workshop.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost for participants.
How is the workshop organised and who pays for speakers?
It is up to the facilitator to work out the best way to organise a workshop. Payment for food, venue, materials and speakers is by Conference sponsorship.