Western Museums Association
2011 Annual Meeting Honolulu, Hawai'i Presented in collaboration with Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums and
co-hosted by Hawaii Museums Association & Pacific Islands Museums Association
------------------------ September 23-26, 2011
Hawai'i Convention Center
Ala Moana Hotel & Hilton Hawaiian Village
Honolulu, Hawaii conference website >
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It’s official - the Western Museums Association’s 2011 Annual Meeting will be an international event. The WMA will be joined by the Hawai’i Museums Association and Pacific Islands Museums Association in co-hosting WMA’s 2011 Annual Meeting, September 23-26, 2011. This will be a unique opportunity for WMA and fellow museum professionals to meet and exchange ideas and best practices with colleagues near and far, and to see Hawai‘i in a whole different light!
This year's annual meeting will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center from September 23 - 26 and will include twelve pre-conference workshops, more than 60 sessions including onsite/insight sessions at great venues in Honolulu, a special Library track organized by ATALM, and evening events at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Iolani Palace, Shangri La, Bishop Museum and many more.
The 2011 WMA Annual Meeting is being held two months prior to the convening of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Honolulu, which brings together the leaders of the 21 economies in the Asia – Pacific region. The WMA is taking advantage of this exceptional occasion to gather the diverse museum community and their associations from throughout this important and expansive geographic area to meet face to face, network, and foster greater collaboration across national borders
WMA would like to thank the following organizations:
Hawai'i Convention Center / SMG
Hawai'i Museums Association
Hawai'i Tourism Authority
Pacific Islands Museums Association
CATCH UP WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AT
Hawaii Museums Association Annual Meeting Held in conjunction with the WMA Conference
------------------------ Sunday September 25, 2011
12:30-1:30pm
Hawai'i Convention Center
room #309
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The Hawaii Museums Association will be holding our annual meeting to present the HMA annual report and elect new Board Directors for 2011 – 2013.
Board Nominees:
Natalie Aczon, Marketing Director, Whole Foods
Jane Hoffman, Executive Director, Kilauea Point Natural History Association
Kelly Ota, Daughters of Hawai’I / Queen Emma Summer Palace
Shari Tamashiro, Cybarian, Kapiolani Community College
Note:
No food will be provided however concessions will be available for meeting attendees to purchase lunch
Holographic Epistemology
Native Common Sense
Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer
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Free public lecture
Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:00-8:00 pm
Atherton Halau, Bishop Museum
Contact information: (808) 848-4190
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Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer will be presenting a free public lecture on indigenous ways of knowledge/knowing/understanding, in preparation for her upcoming keynote address at the Western Museum Association Conference.
Once referring to the contemplation of the trilogy of Mind/Body/Spirit as the Triangulation of Meaning, says Meyer, “for years I’ve been trying to understand what happens simultaneously and yet it was described as sequence, the lock-step approach found in modern expectations more interested in quantity, control and time rather than quality, consciousness, and space. I now see these sets of three as holograms … There is a clear knowing that each beam in the hologram is necessary to bring forth the fullness of its essence, form and purpose.”
The fifth daughter of Emma Aluli and Harry Meyer, Manulani comes from a diverse family of scholar-activists who hail from Mokapu, Kailua, Wailuku, Hilo and Kohala on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Moku O Keawe.
She earned her doctorate from Harvard while learning how to articulate aspects of Hawaiian epistemology through land, people, history, and dreams. A prolific presenter and author, her seminal book, Ho’oulu: Our Time of Becoming, can be found at Native Books.
Manulani has been an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Hawaii in Hilo and is currently in New Zealand working for Te Wananga o Aotearoa, the largest Maori tertiary provider in the country with over 35,000 students. Join us for an inspiring and thought provoking discussion that will truly engage the mind, body, and spirit.
Sponsored by Hawaii Council for the Humanities, Bishop Museum and Hawaii Museums Association.
It’s official - the Western Museums Association’s 2011 Annual Meeting will be an international event. The WMA will be joined by the Hawai’i Museums Association and Pacific Islands Museums Association in co-hosting WMA’s 2011 Annual Meeting, September 23-26, 2011. This will be a unique opportunity for WMA and fellow museum professionals to meet and exchange ideas and best practices with colleagues near and far, and to see Hawai‘i in a whole different light!
