Pacific Peoples and Societies

Description

This course provides a rich foundation of the history, diversity, and contemporary issues of the Pacific, including diasporic Pacific communities. Students will learn about Pacific Indigenous worldviews, cultures, knowledges, identities and experiences. Students will also explore the structures of Pacific societies and how these are evolving with changes in the modern world. Pacific agency, the transnationalism of Pacific identity and contemporary issues of climate change, sustainability and innovation are themes that run through the course as are the concepts of inclusion, diversity, empowerment, and positive transformation.