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<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Call for Papers</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>International Symposium in Vanuatu: Education, Cultures, Identity </b></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As part of the establishment of the National University of Vanuatu, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vanuatu (MoET) has begun to elaborate on
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In that framework, the Directorate of Tertiary Education, in charge of this major project, strives to animate research through the organization of seminars
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thus, in 2017, a seminar was organized on the legal aspects related to the creation of the university; in 2018, the theme focused on emerging language
issues and resulted in the publication of a book "From linguistic plurality to university bilingualism: realities and challenges".
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In May 2019, a symposium on taxation attempted to examine the legal, economic and sociological implications of introducing an income tax, an issue of
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For 2020, the Ministry of Education and Training in partnership with the Vanuatu Cultural Centre (VKS) aim to organize a conference on education and culture
challenges in a perspective of recognition of Vanuatu's identity at the dawn of the 40th anniversary of its independence.
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">These questions, which take into account the difficulty of not sacrificing sections of culture while trying to integrate them into the educational process,
are regularly addressed by the Vanuatu Cultural Center which considers that it is urgent to document / preserve / enhance traditional knowledge and practices that are sometimes disappearing. As the nations of the Pacific continue to develop, it is imperative
that TK </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and cultural heritage be taught in schools as a means of adapting to the challenges in the natural and social environment.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How do we link culture and education? How do we make the most of Vanuatu's cultural richness for success in school? These are the main themes used to
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<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>History - </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How do we write history,
especially independence period history? How do we engage people to take ownership of history? Foreign and local perspectives are different.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Languages safeguarding - </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The first
question to ask: Why is it necessary to keep vernacular languages?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second question which follows is: how can we keep them alive and relevant for
contemporary society? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discussion around the creation of a languages academy. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This
raises also the question of linguistic unity.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Educational system - </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How does the
education and training system integrate cultural knowledges?</span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For the organization of this bilingual symposium, the university unit of the MoET and the VKS wish to bring together the institutional partners who have
been working for a long time in Vanuatu, in particular the CREDO laboratory and the ANU, but also the country's researchers and doctoral students who are currently working on these issues. Researchers from universities in the region, UNC, USP, Victoria University
of Wellington and other Pacific </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Universities through the PIURN network, will also be invited to contribute through a call for papers.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Local participants from the schools and others who are interested in this field of research will also be invited to participate.
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contact for sending your contributions:
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Anne-Rose Tjiobang, Director Tertiary
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