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2025 ASAO NADI SCHEDULE
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Virtual version of the schedule available at: https://bit.ly/ASAO2025Schedule
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Link to list of session descriptions: https://bit.ly/ASAO2025Sessions
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- Yaqona (Kava) and Gathering Space is located on the Central Lawn next to the Local Handicraft Market
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- Refreshment breaks on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:30-11 and 3:30-4. Lunch on own from 12:30-2:00
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Wednesday 12 February
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9-11amBoard MeetingDreketi Ballroom
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11-12pmSession Organiser MeetingRewa Ballroom
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11am-3pmRegistration Outside Golden Ballroom
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1-3pmMeeting: ASAO CommunicationSigatoka Ballroom
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4-6pmSevusevu and Yaqona (bring mats, lavalavas for floor seating)Golden Ballroom
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Evening Events
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6:30-8pmOpening PlenaryGolden Ballroom
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8-10pmWelcome party (canapes; cash bar)Golden Ballroom
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THURSDAY 13 February
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8:30am-5:00pmRegistration and Book ExhibitOutside Golden Ballroom
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Morning Sessions
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9am-12pmArchiving, Preserving and Sharing Ethnographic Information for the Future (Symposium)Rewa Ballroom
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9am-12pmPacific Pigs and Their PeopleSigatoka Ballroom
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9am-12pmOur Sea of Militarised IslandsDreketi Ballroom
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9am-12pmTeaching Te Moananui-ā-Kiwa/KeaGardenia Ballroom
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12:30-1:30pmPISA Awardees LuncheonIsland 619 Restaurant
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12:30-1:30pmBook Talks Forum: Florence Mury, Renaud Meltz, Katherine Aigner and Philip McarthurGardenia Ballroom
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Afternoon Sessions
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2-5pmOur Sea of Militarised IslandsDreketi Ballroom
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2-5pmPacific Youth LeadershipRewa Ballroom
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2-5pmMuseums and RepatriationSigatoka Ballroom
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2-5pmIndigenous Pacific LanguagesNavua Ballroom
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2-5pmMiddlemen and Brokers in Oceania RevisitedGardenia Ballroom
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Evening Events
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5-6pmNewcomers WelcomeIn lobby next to "28g" Coffee Shop
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7-10pmGRIKPIC: Community Reciprocity Initiative MeetingDreketi Ballroom
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FRIDAY 14 February
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8:30am-5:00pmRegistration and Book ExhibitOutside Golden Ballroom
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Morning Sessions
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9am-12pmLabour Mobility and the Reconfiguration of Pacific WorldsRewa Ballroom
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9am-12pmConspiracy Thinking in the PacificSigatoka Ballroom
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9am-12pmDecolonising the Sea of IslandsNavua Ballroom
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9am-12pmDialogics of Field PhotographyDreketi Ballroom
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9am-12pmBodies, Signs, and Languages on the Move across the PacificGardenia Ballroom
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12:30-1:30pmBook Talks Forum: Edward Narain, Tarryn Phillips, Aidan Craney and Nicholas HalterGardenia Ballroom
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Afternoon Sessions
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2-5pmColonial Legacies, Bicultural Navigations, and Oceanian CreativityRewa Ballroom
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2-5pmContinued Talanoa: Pacific Studies Association from 2019 (Aotearoa) and 2020 (Hawai'i) to 2025 (Fiji)Sigatoka Ballroom
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2-5pmGender, Environment, and Social Change in West PapuaNavua Ballroom
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2-5pmMudDreketi Ballroom
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2-5pmFrom Dissertation to Book: Tips and Tricks for Publishing the First Book - Panel Discussion/Workshop Gardenia Ballroom
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Evening Events
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6-8pmDistinguished LectureGolden Ballroom
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8-10pmReception (hosted; cash bar)Golden Ballroom
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SATURDAY 15 February
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8:30am-5:00pmRegistration and Book ExhibitOutside Golden Ballroom
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Morning Sessions
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9am-12pmAnthropology of Oceania Past, Present, FutureSigatoka Ballroom
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9am-12pmBreakdown in Hela and EngaNavua Ballroom
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9am-12pmData Sovereignty and Health Care in the PacificDreketi Ballroom
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9am-12pmCollaborative Research: Knowledge, Impact, and RepairRewa Ballroom
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9am-12pmEmerging Scholars Talanoa - 2025 Theme “Our Mana"Gardenia Ballroom
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12:30-1:30pmBook Talks Forum Tabani et al "PACIFIC WAY 50 years on"Gardenia Ballroom
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Afternoon Sessions
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2-5pmCommunity Law-making in the Pacific IslandsSigatoka Ballroom
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2-5pmWomen’s Bodies in Healthcare and Women’s Health in OceaniaRewa Ballroom
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Evening Events
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7-10pmClosing Plenary (cash bar)Golden Ballroom
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