The first part of this session will look at the different ways in which history has been taught in the past, focusing on the range of methodologies and approaches adopted by historians in the lead up to the present. The second part of this session will continue the themes of the first. This two-part session is being organised by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and will discuss resources available to Pacific scholars in Australia, focusing on Internet, audio and visual resources, material culture as well as paper document resources. A folder containing detailed information on material held in Archives throughout Australia will be distributed to participants at the end of the Workshop. This third and final session will discuss the forms in which Pacific Islanders' histories are taught and researched in the present, highlighting some of the challenges faced by the discipline in the future.
Open discussion is encouraged in all three sessions.