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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Jun 2005
Vol. 6, No. 1(28)

21 Jun 2005

Pacific Islands Political Studies Association Conference (PIPSA) Conference, Nov 2005
University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia.
Supplied note: "Pacific Islands Political Studies Association Conference (PIPSA) Conference 2005 - Na politiki ni kua: New trends in Pacific politics, Suva, Fiji, Nov 24-26.
Call for papers: This is a call for papers for the next PIPSA conference to be held at the University of the South Pacific, in Suva, Fiji November 24-26. The theme, Na politiki ni kua: New trends in Pacific politics, focuses on some of the current and emerging trends in the political processes, culture, institutions, thinking and values in the Pacific. [...] Participants will include academics from various academic disciplines, policy makers, political analysts, practitioners, media, diplomatic service and members of the public interested in Pacific politics.
Submission dates- Abstract: A 200 word abstract is due before June 30 2005. It should be sent to Dolores Joseph, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; Phone: (679) 3232764; E-mail: Joseph_d@usp.ac.fj.
Paper: The paper (about 8,000 words) is due before 10 November 2005. It should be sent to Dolores Joseph, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; Phone: (679) 3212764; E-mail: Joseph_d@usp.ac.fj. Expression of interest:
For those who wish to attend (without presenting papers), please contact Dolores Joseph, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; Phone: (679) 3212764; E-mail: Joseph_d@usp.ac.fj. [...] Venue: The main venues would be the University of the South Pacific Senate Room and the School of Social and Economic Development (SSED) lecture rooms. - cm."
URL http://www.pipsa.org.au/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.pipsa.org.au/
Link reported by: Cate Morriss (cam004[use"@"]student.usc.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

17 Jun 2005

Islands of the Worlds IX Conference, Jul 2006
University of Hawai'i, Maui, HI, US.
Self-description: "International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA), Islands of the Worlds IX Conference, Sustainable Islands - Sustainable Strategies, Kahului, Maui, Hawai'i, July 29 - August 3, 2006, Hosted by University of Hawai'i & Maui Community College. [...] The three interconnected themes planned for the 2006 conference tie in with sustainability efforts currently underway on Maui: economy (po'okela), ecology (malama 'aina), and social equity (ho'ohanohano). Scholars and experts from around the world will make presentations, lead discussions, and interact with international colleagues on the issues of co-responsibility and strategies for sustainable island development.
In addition to bringing this international group together and giving them an opportunity to study and discuss these important issues, the Islands of the World IX Conference will showcase Maui's rich cultural heritage, strong economic factors, and diverse environment.
URL http://maui.hawaii.edu/isisa2006/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Grant McCall (g.mccall[use"@"]unsw.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

17 Jun 2005

3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, Nov 2005
www.3apcrsh.org, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Supplied note: "Malaysia will host [in Kuala Lumpur - ed.] the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health 17-21 November 2005, [...] Jointly organised by the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (East and south East and Oceania Region), the theme for this conference is 'Expanded And Comprehensive Response In Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights For All Communities.'
As organizers we take this opportunity invite you to participate in this conference either through the registration as a participant. For more information on the Conference please go to [the URL below]. - mh."
URL http://www.3apcrsh.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.3apcrsh.org/
Link reported by: Mary Huang (huang[use"@"]medic.upm.edu.my), forwarded by h-seasia[use"@"]h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

17 May 2005

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 700 leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html) "
Site contents: [File structure:] *Acronym, * Entity [and its URL], * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAI' (Asia-Australia Institute, UNSW, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U,. US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'YCIAS' (Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale U., US)
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/Acronyms.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

15 May 2005

Pacific Travel Pictures
Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Supplied note: "Pacific-Pictures.com is a 15-page collection of 135 travel photos of the Pacific islands.
All photos in this picture gallery are by David Stanley, who researched and wrote all eight editions of Moon Handbooks South Pacific. He also authored the first three editions of Moon Handbooks Micronesia, plus all editions of Moon's guides to Fiji and Tahiti.
[...] Each page of pictures provides an introduction to a specific area, and all photos are fully captioned. Little known destinations like Niue, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna are given equal space with Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Easter Island, and the Cook Islands. The site also features a map of the South Pacific, listings of guidebooks, and a selection of travel links. - ds."
URL http://www.pacific-pictures.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: David Stanley (submit[use"@"]pacific-pictures.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

06 May 2005

PNG Mapping Portal
Remote Sensing Centre, University of Papua New Guinea, PNG
Supplied note: "The UNPG's[...] Remote Sensing Centre has launched its interactive mapping portal - a vast computer database available on the Internet at no cost to users. It draws together stunning satellite images and aerial photographs, linking them with masses of interactive information including villages, aid posts, schools, national, provincial and local-government boundaries, roads, resource and conservation areas. [...] The [GIS] mapping portal has been developed with help from the United Nations Development Program, the European Union, Conservation International and the German Development Service, under the direction of the Department of National Planning and Rural Development. - al."
Site contents: *About; * Courses; * Research; * Downloads (1:50,000 Coastline of PNG [in Mapinfo Format (13MB) - ed.], 20m DEM [Digital Elevation Model - ed.] of Port Moresby, 90m DEM of PNG); * Mapping; * FAQ; * Contact.
URL http://www.rsc.upng.ac.pg/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.rsc.upng.ac.pg/
Link reported by: Allison Ley (allison.ley[use"@"]anu.edu.au), forwarded by pacific-islands-l[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 May 2005

Small Islands Voice, UNESCO
UNESCO-CSI, Paris, France
Self-description: "Small Islands Voice is an inter-regional initiative focusing on small islands - both small island developing states, and islands with other affiliations - in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions.
The goal of this initiative is that the voice of the general public in small islands is heard loud and clear and that this voice becomes a driving force for island development. [...] Small Islands Voice started in early 2002 from St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, from Seychelles in the Indian Ocean and from Palau in the Pacific [...]."
Site contents: *About; * Caribbean; * Indian Ocean; * Pacific (Activities in specific islands: Cook Islands - Fiji - Palau, Links to other organizations) ; * Young Islanders (Internet-based Youth Forum, Youth-based activities in specific islands, Youth visioning for island living); * Global Forum [online debate on issues relating to environment and development]
URL http://www.unesco.org/csi/smis/siv/sivindex.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.unesco.org/csi/smis/siv/sivindex.htm
Link reported by: smallislandsvoice[use"@"]sivglobal.org
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 May 2005

Asian and Pacific Women's Studies Conference, Oct 2005
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, US
Supplied note: "'Women's Studies Conference on Asian & Pacific Women: Indigenous and Diasporic'
To be held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University, Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, 2005.
The 15th Annual Women's Studies Conference is dedicated to the women of Asian and Pacific descent. Asian and Pacific women live across vast geopolitical zones.
In our Fifteenth Annual Conference, we hope to explore the complex relationships between Indigenous and diasporic populations. Where is 'Asia,' and where is 'the Pacific'? What do postcolonial, transnational and feminist theories offer these conversations about Asian and Pacific identities and locations? What are the gaps in these theories? How else can we examine Asian and Pacific women's histories and practices of crossing borders of nations, cultures, race, gender, and class? The Conference Committee invites academics, feminists and activists from all disciplines, institutions and organizations to submit proposals for 'Asian & Pacific Women: Indigenous and Diasporic.' [...] [Submission Deadline: Monday, June 5, 2005 - ed.]."
URL http://www.southernct.edu/departments/womensstudies/conference/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.southernct.edu/departments/womensstudies/conference/index.htm
Link reported by: womenstudies[use"@"]southernct.edu, forwarded by h-asia[use"@"]h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Apr 2005

Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE)
The PRIDE Resource Centre, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Supplied note: "The resource centre database, the Pacific Archive of Digital Data for Learning & Education (PADDLE) is being developed provide access to [...]: National Education Plans, Corporate Plans, Strategic Plans, National Education Budgets, Policy directives, statements/ related material, Statistical reports & digests, [...] Legislation (including Education, Census/statistical, Constitution) [...].
The PRIDE Project, implemented by the Institute of Education at USP and jointly funded by the European Union and New Zealand [...] serves: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
Its objective is to enhance the capacity of Pacific education agencies to effectively plan and deliver quality basic education [...], and to improve the coordination of donor inputs [...]. - lc."
URL http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php/pride_resourcecentre/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Libby Cass (cass_e[use"@"]usp.ac.fj)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Feb 2005

A Polynesian Outlier Bibliography
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Self-description: "A Polynesian Outlier Bibliography - compiled and edited by Richard Feinberg (rfeinber[use"@"] kent.edu) with contributions from Tim Bayliss-Smith, Cato Berg, William Donner, Richard Feinberg, Joseph Finney, Janet Dixon Keller, Patrick V. Kirch, Rolf Kuschel, Judith Macdonald, Torben Monberg, and Richard Moyle."
Site contents: Overview; Anuta; West Fatuna; Kapingamarangi; Nukumanu; Nukuoro; Ontong Java; Rennell and Bellona (Archaeology, Documents in British Archives, Ethnomusicology, Dances and Games, Films and Records, General, Language, Medical Anthropology, Missions: Publications, Natural Sciences (Botany, Geography, Geology, Zoology), Social Anthropology, Population, and Material Culture, Publications in Preparation); Sikaiana; Takuu; Taumako and the Polynesian Reef Islands; Tikopia.
[This document is a part of a larger collection of the AnthroGlobe (www.anthroglobe.ca/) specialist bibliographies. It forms a subsection of the Asian Studies WWW VL (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW VL [coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_polynesian_outlier.html
Internet Archive: (www.archive.org) [The site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

21 Jan 2005

Micronesia Seminar: Recently Published Materials
Micronesia Seminar (MicSem), Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Self-description: "Each year, MicSem conducts a thorough computer search of books and articles relating to Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas). The searches are done through several standard databases. This yearly search yields books, dissertations, theses, and articles.
To view the list of materials for any given year, click on the year below. Please note that the full text of these articles is not available here. For those which the MicSem library has acquired, check the MicSem catalogue. Inquiries about obtaining the full text of any article can be addressed to library[use"@"]micsem.org. "
Site contents: 2003 Publications List 2003 - 38 KB; 2002 Publications List 2002 - 45 KB; 2001 Publications List 2001 - 57 KB; 2000 Publications List 2000 - 53 KB; 1999 Publications List 1999 - 72 KB; 1998 Publications List 1998 - 116 KB; 1997 Publications List 1997 - 178 KB; 1996 Publications List 1996 - 139 KB;
[Micronesian Seminar (MicSem) is a research-pastoral institute founded by the Catholic Church in 1972. - ed.]
URL http://www.micsem.org/library/recent.htm
Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.micsem.org/library/recent.htm
Link reported by: Arlene Cohen (acohen[use"@"]uog9.uog.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

20 Jan 2005

Official Document System of the United Nations
United Nations, Secretary Office: New York, NY, US
Self-description: "ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information."
Supplied note: "Language: English, Chinese (UTF-8, Simplified), Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish. This database used to be available only by subscription but was now made accessible for free. Currently (Jan 2005) the database contains about 800,000 documents, some 100,000 will be added every year. Almost all documents are available in each of the UN's six official languages. The database features a simple and a very useful advanced search."
URL http://documents.un.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [The site is not archived. Access to http://documents.un.org/ is blocked by the site owner via robots.txt.]
Link reported by: Hanno Lecher / Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (h.e.lecher[use"@"]let.leidenuniv.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

03 Jan 2005

The Tsunami & After
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
[Extract: "According to the Tsunami Laboratory at Novosibirsk in Siberia, there were 796 tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean region during the last century. Of these, only 117 caused human casualties and property damage. [...]
9. An International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) was established in 1965 by the IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to create tsunami-awareness and to improve tsunami-preparedness through networking with scientific research and academic organizations, civil defense agencies, and the general public in the areas which are prone to tsunamis. It performs, inter alia, the following tasks: To monitor international tsunami warning activities in the Pacific; to assist member-states in establishing national warning systems, and disseminate information on current technologies for tsunami warning systems. It is located in Honolulu, Hawaii.
10. An International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG) was set up in 1968 to ensure that tsunami watches, warning and advisory bulletins are disseminated throughout the Pacific to member states in accordance with the procedures outlined in a communication plan for the tsunami warning system. The ICG is a subsidiary body of the UNESCO and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
11.The Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (TWSP) presently has the following 26 member-states: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, the Russian Federation and the USA. It is reported that all these countries have also their national warning systems." - b.raman]
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers13/paper1209.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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