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<a href="https://chl.anu.edu.au/event/opening-roads-through-kastom-vernacular-diplomacies-vanuatu-chl-phd-mid-term-review" id="OWA7c69337a-4ac3-1943-8fa1-daa57d4d881e" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="Verified" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Opening
roads through kastom: vernacular diplomacies in Vanuatu</a></b></span></p>
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<i>Time: 2pm to 3pm AEDT</i></b><br>
<b><i>Date: Friday, 22 March 2024</i></b><br>
<b><i>Speaker:</i></b><i> </i><b><i>Anna Naupa, PhD Candidate, CHL-ECDI<br>
Venue: Engma Room 3.165, HC Coombs Building & Online via </i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Public Sans"; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><b><i><a href="https://anu.zoom.us/j/87094604439?pwd=ZkpLaVBHZktQOTFFMDNOV2p2SDllZz09" id="OWA5c3d68f4-2eaf-344d-a3fe-dc1433d93ed3" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Zoom</a></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Public Sans"; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b><i><br>
Meeting ID: 870 9460 4439<br>
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When <b>Vanuatu Prime Minister Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau Maau’koro</b> and <b>French President Emmanuel Macron</b> held high-level talks on 27 July 2023, their backdrop was the colourful and vibrant 7th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival (MACFEST). Following
a series of traditional welcomes, including one by the Paramount Chief of Ifira island in Port Vila harbour, Kalsakau’s ancestral home, Kalsakau and Macron agreed to resolve the long-standing maritime boundary dispute over the Matthew and Hunter islands in
southern Vanuatu before the year was out. New Caledonian President Louis Mapou was present in the talks, and, when prompted by Macron allegedly advised that Kanaky chiefs had already confirmed through kastom that the contested islands are traditionally bound
to southern Vanuatu, captured in the Keamu Accord. The talks were then sealed with the sharing of kava, as per kastom protocol. <br>
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The intentional use of kastom or indigeneity in statecraft is a form of what I call vernacular diplomacy. My PhD research explores how the concept of the kastom roads in Vanuatu’s vernacular diplomacies has utility in understanding how diverse cultural identities
form, adapt and traverse socio-political boundaries, including when a homogenous kastom identity is appropriated by the state for diplomatic outcomes. Effective navigation of kastom roads across cultural and state structures requires skilled actors, often
emergent elites – whom I refer to as vernacular diplomats – who have bounded identities as well as a deep understanding of all systems relevant to the success of a diplomatic encounter.</span></p>
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